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Warsaw “We believe that the key to our success is the way we deliver our advice. We take care to know and understand our clients’ needs and business environment so that we can provide the most comprehensive yet accurate legal advice.” Arkadiusz Pędzich, Partner, Warsaw
The integration of the Warsaw office into the international network of Allen & Overy offices ensures a comprehensive sharing of knowledge, processes, skills and information technology systems. Our clients enjoy the advantage of working with a truly international firm which seamlessly combines both local and global expertise.
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Welcome to Allen & Overy in Warsaw Band 1 Banking and Finance practice in Poland Chambers Global 2016, Chambers Europe 2016, Legal 500 2016
2016
60+ 7 25 Lawyers
Band 1 Restructuring and Insolvency practice in Poland Legal 500 2016
Band 1 Capital Markets (Debt) practice in Poland Chambers Global 2016, Chambers Europe 2016, Legal 500 2016
Band 1 Competition/Antitrust practice in Poland Chambers Europe 2016, Legal 500 2016
Band 1 Corporate and M&A practice in Poland Legal 500 2016
Band 1 Administrative and Public Law practice in Poland Legal 500 2015
Partners
Years of local experience
“Allen & Overy is a top-tier team, of course. The lawyers are extremely to the point.” Chambers Europe 2016
“Allen & Overy in the Polish market is excellent.” Chambers Europe 2014
“Outstanding service.” “Excellent for complicated projects.” Chambers Europe 2015
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Our comprehensive legal expertise We seek to combine extensive international experience of managing corporate and financial transactions with both expertise in new and complex legal areas and excellent local law advice provided by top-class Polish and foreign lawyers. We have developed a team of lawyers with specialisations covering Allen & Overy’s core practice areas. This enables us to staff major transactions locally, with the facility to involve experts from other Allen & Overy offices if required. Our lawyers cooperate across practice groups to offer clients integrated and business-oriented solutions.
Employment
Banking & Finance Debt and Structured Finance
Litigation
IP/IT
Environment and Regulatory
Our offering
Real Estate
Corporate/M&A
Competition
Tax
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Equity Capital Markets
Energy
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Key areas of competence in detail Banking & Finance
Competition
Environment and Regulatory
– Asset and Structured Finance – General Lending – Real Estate Finance – Leveraged and Acquisition Finance – Project Finance – Restructuring and Insolvency – Export Finance – Regulatory and Funds
– Cartel Investigations – Leniency Applications – Designing Novel Business Strategies – Abuse of Dominance – Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions – Antitrust Litigation – Compliance Training and Competition Seminars – State Aid – Public Procurement
– Renewables Support Schemes – Climate Change, Carbon Trading – EIA/IPPC – Environmental Disputes – Environmental Protection and Compliance – REACH – Waste Management – Contaminated Land and Environmental Liability
Debt and Structured Finance – Bond Issues – Derivatives – Investment Funds – Securitization/Covered Bonds – Hedging Arrangements – Repo Transactions – Securities Lending – Emission Allowances Trading
Equity Capital Markets – IPO and AIM – Private Placings – Block Trades – Dual Listings – Delistings – Takeovers – Demergers – Rights Issues – Depositary Receipts and Equity-linked Securities
Corporate/M&A – Mergers and Acquisitions and Disposals – Takeovers and Public M&A – Joint Ventures – Private Equity and Venture Capital – Corporate Set-ups – Corporate Restructurings – Commercial Contracts – Corporate Governance and Compliance
Energy – Upstream Oil and Gas – Downstream Gas and Storage – Fuels and Lubricants – Liquefied Natural Gas – Electricity – Renewables (including nuclear) – Water
Tax – Mergers and Acquisitions, Spinoffs and Divestitures – Cross-border Tax Planning – Financial Products – Structured Finance – Real Estate – Transfer Pricing – Tax Litigation
Real Estate – Acquisitions and Sales – Planning and Development – Joint Ventures – Structuring/Restructuring – Real Estate Finance
IP/IT – Transfer, licensing, protection and enforcement of IP rights: trademarks, copyrights, designs, know-how, business names and brands – Strategies on data protection requirements – Unfair competition cases – Multi-jurisdictional outsourcing contracts, including advice on data protection regarding professional secrecy limits – IT implementation, licence and maintenance of complex projects – Legal issues arising from new technologies and the internet, including illegal downloads, the misuse of adwords and IP enforcement in the virtual world
Litigation – Antitrust Litigation – Cross-border Litigation and Investigations – Finance and Securities Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Real Estate Litigation – Regulatory Investigations and White Collar Defence – Restructuring and Insolvency Litigation
Employment – Employment aspects of corporate transactions – Internal Restructurings – Employment Due Diligence – Group Lay-offs – Individual Dismissals and Settlement Agreements – Social Plans – Stock Options – Employment Contracts – Retention and Bonus Agreements
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Warsaw office milestones In this section we give you a snapshot of some of our key deals. 01
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Grupa LOTOS S.A. and LOTOS Asfalt sp. z o.o. on the preparation, financing and implementation of the ‘’EFRA – Effective Refining” project consisting of the construction and operation of a delayed coking unit with auxiliary infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the Grupa LOTOS S.A.’s refinery in Gdańsk. This is the most important oil & gas project in Poland in 2015, with an estimated value of approx. PLN2.5bn.
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Rabobank Group on the sale of 88% shares in Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej S.A. (BGŻ) to BNP Paribas S.A. It was the largest M&A deal in the financial sector in Poland in 2014. Matter value was PLN4.2bn (approx. EUR1bn).
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Bank Pekao S.A. (member of the UniCredit Group) and UniCredit Bank AG on financing the development of a multifunctional urban complex Forum Gdańsk (formerly Forum Radunia). It was one of the biggest mixed use development projects in Poland in 2014.
EFRA project
ICM Sale of Client University BGŻ
Financing Universityof of Forum Gdańsk Finance Law
Samsung Polska
EMPIK restructuring
Sale of shares in Alior Bank
Samsung Electronics Polska before the President of the Polish Competition Authority in a consumer case and in appeal proceedings before the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection against the Polish Competition Authority’s decision.
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Bank Pekao S.A. (member of the UniCredit Group), Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (member of the Santander Group), PZU FIZ AN BIS 1, BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A., RBS Bank (Polska) S.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. on an approx. PLN1bn restructuring of EMPIK Media & Fashion S.A. and its Group’s financial indebtedness.
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Alior Lux S.a.r.l, Alior Lux S.a.r.l. & CO S.C.A., Alior Polska sp. z o.o., and Carlo Tassara on the sale of 25,26% shares in Alior Bank S.A. to Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych S.A. (PZU), the largest insurance company in the CEE. The transaction value was PLN1.634bn for the entire stake.
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ENEA S.A. on the establishment of a PLN5bn notes issuance programme.
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Barclays PLN 5bn go-karting bond issuance event programme by ENEA S.A.
Barclays Sale of Legal Training Knurów-Event Szczygłowice coal mine
Refinancing the Metro Portfolio in Poland
SITA waste project
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Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bank Pekao S.A. and PKO Bank Polski S.A. on financing a project comprising the design, development, construction and operation of a waste thermal treatment plant in Poznań by SITA Zielona Energia sp. z o.o. in the form of a public-private partnership. The amount of the facilities granted was nearly PLN900m. This transaction won the European Waste Deal of the Year 2013, Infrastructure Journal.
Kompania Węglowa S.A. on the sale of Knurów-Szczygłowice coal mine to Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. This was the largest M&A deal in the mining sector in Poland in 2014.
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Aareal Bank AG on refinancing existing loan facilities granted to finance the acquisition of the Metro Portfolio in Poland, consisting of 28 properties with shopping malls. The value of the loan facility agreement was over EUR633.5m. This was one of the largest recent retail property financings in the CEE.
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Meeting the people who will work with you
Arkadiusz Pędzich
Tomasz Kawczyński
Piotr Lesiński
Jarosław Iwanicki
Tel +48 22 820 6157
Tel +48 22 820 6137
Tel +48 22 820 6163
Tel +48 22 820 6190
Marta Sendrowicz
Dan Cocker
Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska
Tel +48 22 820 6255
Tel +48 22 820 6155
Tel +48 22 820 6176
Bartosz Jagodziński
Kamil Jankielewicz
Justyna Michalik
Bartosz Merczyński
Tel +48 22 820 6118
Tel +48 22 820 6165
Tel +48 22 820 6236
Tel +48 22 820 6119
Partner, Banking
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Partner, Competition
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Counsel, Banking/ICM
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Partner, Banking/Projects
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Partner, Banking/Projects
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Counsel, Corporate/Energy
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Partner, ICM/ECM
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Partner, Corporate
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Partner, IP/Litigation
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Counsel, Competition
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Counsel, Litigation/Insolvency
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Maciej Kulawik
Miklós Kádár
Michał Smolny
Anna Osińska
Tel +48 22 820 6135
Tel +48 22 820 6141
Tel +48 22 820 6186
Tel +48 22 820 6113
Tomasz Trocki
Paweł Mruk-Zawirski
Anna Mądra
Paweł Krzykowski
Senior Associate, Tax
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Senior Associate, Banking/Restructuring
Senior Associate, Banking/Projects
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Senior Associate, ECM Tel +48 22 820 6146
Senior Associate, Banking
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Senior Associate, Banking Tel +48 22 820 6158
Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, Employment Tel +48 22 820 6169
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Renata Żak-Błażejczyk
Maciej Olszewski
Justyna Ostrowska
Łukasz Walczyna
Tel +48 22 820 6177
Tel +48 22 820 6238
Tel +48 22 820 6175
Tel +48 22 820 6152
Tel +48 22 820 6150
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Senior Associate, Banking
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Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, IP/Litigation
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Senior Associate, Banking/ICM
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Agata Ksionda
Tomasz Ciećwierz
Jerzy Zdrojewski
Maciej Dymnicki
Tel +48 22 820 6192
Tel +48 22 820 6245
Tel +48 22 820 6220
Tel +48 22 820 6221
Maciej Skoczyński
Olga Wiśniewska-Łukasiuk
Zofia Piekarczyk
Senior Associate, Competition
Konrad Zawistowski
Senior Associate, Competition
Tel +48 22 820 6246
Tel +48 22 820 6164
Tel +48 22 820 6183
Tel +48 22 820 6264
Maciej Szykut
Łukasz Lech
Tel +48 22 820 6178
Tel +48 22 820 6216
Senior Associate, Litigation
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Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, Corporate
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Senior Associate, Banking/ICM
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Senior Associate, Banking
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Senior Associate, Banking/ICM
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