Norton Rose Fulbright advises lenders on financing for Bakalland

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advised a consortium of banks comprising Santander Bank Polska S.A. and Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A. on financing for Bakalland. The funds will be used for refinancing the acquisition costs and existing indebtedness and financing the business activities.

The Warsaw team was led by counsel Marta Kawecka and included associate Przemysław Piasecki and lawyers Karolina Lepakiewicz and Daniel Książek. The team worked under the supervision of partner Grzegorz Dyczkowski who heads the Warsaw office and the firm’s Warsaw banking and finance practice.

Bakalland is the leader in the dried fruit and nuts market in Poland and the biggest company in healthy food industry. For more than 30 years it has specialized in the dried fruit and nuts industry and has been developing further segments - from breakfast products, to snacks, introducing novelties such as protein bars, cereals bars and certified BIO nuts and fruit bars. From the beginning, the company's goal has been to create and provide consumers with healthy food full of valuable ingredients. As a leader and expert in the market, the company is building awareness of the correlation between health and proper diet.