Poland > Capital markets: Equity
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Capital markets: Equity
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Other recommended firms
Leading individuals
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- Anna Frankowska Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Jaroslaw Grzesiak Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak SP.K.
- Zbigniew Mrowiec Allen & Overy, A. Pedzich sp. k.
Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak SP.K. is the firm of choice for many issuers and underwriters. It advised the Polish treasury as the selling shareholder in a Rule 144A Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) listing of Europe’s largest coking coal producer, Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa. Managing partner Jaroslaw Grzesiak, and Ireneusz Matusielanski, Piotr Szelenbaum, Artur Zapala, Rafal Sienski, Lukasz Pawlak and Daniel Kaczorowski are the key contacts.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is ‘top notch on all counts’. The practice advised the managers on the landmark IPO by the WSE. Marcin Chylinski ‘can articulate complex issues in a clear way’, and is recommended along with Pawel Zdort, Rafal Zwierz and team head Anna Frankowska. Managing partner Pawel Rymarz is also involved in the practice.
Allen & Overy, A. Pedzich sp. k. ‘provides the best combination of Polish legal skills with the full involvement of a strong, international team’. The practice advised the WSE on its IPO, regarded as one of the most significant transactions in the history of Polish capital markets. Zbigniew Mrowiec’s ‘strengths are the quality of advice, project management, and knowledge of the regulatory environment’.
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K’s Marcin Studniarek is the key contact. The team represented Eureko as the largest selling shareholder in PZU’s €2bn IPO. Associates Rafal Kaminski and Bartosz Smardzewski are experienced lawyers.
Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspolnicy sp.k.’s Konrad Konarski is noted for the IPOs of Ukrainian companies and Jakub Celinski is well known for international IPOs and equity issuances. The practice advised BGZ on its IPO.
Biedecki Biedecki Olejnik advised Dom Maklerski TMS Brokers on its IPO on the alternative trading system, NewConnect, which was the largest IPO on NewConnect to date. Ludomir Biedecki is recommended.
Clifford Chance’s recently promoted counsel Jaroslaw Lorenc co-ordinates the equity practice, and ‘knows Polish securities law extremely well’. Key matters included advising on a significant WSE listing. Warburg Pincus is a regular client.
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka recently acted for both the seller and issuer on a major IPO. Team head Andrzej Foltyn and senior associate Piotr Jackowski are the key contacts.
Gessel Attorneys at Law specialises in capital markets law, particularly underwriting and the issue of bonds with priority rights.
K&L Gates LLP welcomed ex-Garrigues partner Filip Urbaniak as of counsel in August 2011. The practice represented the Minister of the Treasury of the Republic of Poland on BGZ’s IPO. Andrzej Mikosz is recommended.
Linklaters has ‘good knowledge of market practice’. Its equity practice is spearheaded from London by the ‘experienced’ Francis Kucera. The team advised the underwriters on Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej’s IPO, which was the second-largest IPO in Poland in 2011. Locally based lawyer Jolanta Tropaczynska has extensive experience in privatisation work.
Prof. Marek Wierzbowski and Partners Advocates and Legal Counsellors is extremely popular with Polish issuers. Recent highlights include advising on the IPO of BSC Drukarnia Opakowan, marking the WSE’s first IPO of 2011. The team also acts in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. Marek Wierzbowski and Marcin Marczuk are the key contacts.
Norton Rose Piotr Strawa and Partners LP advised the Polish state treasury on the WSE’s IPO. Warsaw head Piotr Strawa is ‘a brilliant lawyer’.
Kraków-based Oles & Rodzynkiewicz has substantial experience in private and public share issues.