On 13 August 2018 WKB Aleksandra Libiszowska, advocate specialising in EU funds, joined WKB as counsel and a member of the State Aid & EU Funds team.

WKB advised Siemens Finance regarding the setting-up of the company’s factoring business line.

WKB’s public procurement team advised the consortium of GE Power and Alstom Power Systems on the conclusion of a contract for the construction of Ostrołęka C Power Plant, currently the largest project of this type in Poland, and most likely the last coal-fired power plant built on Polish soil.

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr advised ABB on the Polish aspects of its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (GEIS), General Electric’s global electrification solutions business.

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr advised the consortium of GE Power and Alstom Power Systems throughout the successful tender procedure and in relation to the conclusion of a contract for the construction of Ostrołęka C 1,000 MW power plant.

WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr advised PKO BP Group during the merger process of two investment fund companies – PKO TFI and Gamma TFI (previously KBC TFI), which was entered into the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register at the beginning of June.

Lawyers from the Public Procurement team have successfully represented the TOTO/ICM consortium before the Regional Court in Szczecin, challenging the decision of the National Appeal Chamber regarding the selection of the most advantageous tender in a public contract award procedure for the construction of a tunnel under the Świna River. Consequently, the TOTO/ICM consortium has good prospects of being awarded a public contract for the implementation of one of the most challenging construction projects of recent years in Poland.

For another year in a row, WKB has been ranked as one of the top nine firms in Poland specializing in media law by Media Law International – the specialist guide to the world’s leading media law firms.