What we say about the firm's legal practice in Poland
Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,
Clifford Chance’s recent highlights include advising a bank syndicate, including the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners, on a PLN2bn loan to Telekomunikacja Polska. Grzegorz Namiotkiewicz and Jan Zdzienicki jointly head the team, in which counsels Andrzej Stosio and Rafal Zakrzewski are also key contacts. There was significant turnaround in the team as Nicholas Coddington and Tomasz Ostrowski joined White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K; Pawel Turek become a senior associate at DLA Piper Wiater sp.k.; Agnieszka Kozikowska joined Salans; and Tomasz Jedwabny went to CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta Spólka Komandytowa.
Capital markets: Debt
Within Capital markets: Debt, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K advised the Polish treasury on the establishment of its SEC-registered debt shelf, and as issuer of notes. Marcin Studniarek is recommended.
Capital markets: Equity
Within Capital markets: Equity, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,
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.
Competition/antitrust
Within Competition/antitrust Other recommended firms
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K advised Polish telecoms service provider TP on its €426m sale of a subsidiary, and represented steel manufacturer and distributor Zlomrex in disposing of Cognor’s assets in Poland and shares in Cognor Stahlhander. Practice heads Marcin Studniarek and Aneta Maria Hajska, who also runs the private equity group, are recommended, as are Beata Kiedrowicz and the ‘superb’ Witold Danilowicz.
Dispute resolution
Within Dispute resolution, White & Case LLP is a first tier firm,
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K recruited new department head Pawel Pietkiewicz from CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta Spólka Komandytowa, together with a large team of lawyers, including five new local partners: Lukasz Hejmej; the ‘client-oriented and impressive’ Tomasz Manicki; Sebastian Pabian; Pawel Samborski; and ‘can-do practitioner’ Michal Subocz. Recent highlights include representing BRE Bank in Poland’s first class action, comprising over 800 customers, concerning claims of improper interest rate modifications applied to mortgage loans during the financial crisis.
Employment
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Energy and natural resources
Within Energy and natural resources, White & Case LLP is a third tier firm,
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K’s highlights included advising EBRD on the PLN1.4bn financing of the construction and operation of a combined-cycle gas turbine unit, and representing SwePol Link in successfully implementing a market-coupling mechanism for the Nordic and Polish energy markets. Team head Tomasz Chmal, Alina Szarlak and Michal Zieniewski are the key figures.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
Notable developments in the legal market included CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta Spólka Komandytowa’s disputes head Pawel Pietkiewicz leaving with several lawyers to join White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K, which also recruited banking and finance practitioners Nicholas Coddington and Tomasz Ostrowski from Clifford Chance. Meanwhile, CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta Spólka Komandytowa recruited Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspolnicy sp.k.’s Tomasz Koryzma to lead the newly merged IP/TMT practice.
Real estate
Within Real estate, tier 4
Jean Rossi heads White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K’s team, which acted for AEW Europe on restructuring its Polish real estate activities, including the Wola Park shopping centre. Jolanta Kalecinska is a well-respected practitioner.
Tax
Within Tax, White & Case LLP is a second tier firm,
White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K advised European insurance group Eureko on the Polish tax aspects of its settlement with the Polish government concerning an investment in PZU and subsequent divestment. Janusz Fiszer heads the practice, and is recommended along with senior counsels Marcin Panek and Grzegorz Jukiel.