Rafał Baranowski > Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k Offices
VARSO TOWER
CHMIELNA 69 STR.
00-801 WARSAW
Poland
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Rafał Baranowski
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
Shareholder
Career
Rafał Baranowski focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate and energy law, with an emphasis on the oil and gas sectors. He has over 15 years of experience in handling complex transactions. He has advised major international and domestic market players on numerous large investment projects, M&A, private equity and oil & gas transactions in Poland, Western and Central Europe, Middle East and Asia. His clients include major private equity firms, as well as leading public and private companies in a variety of industries, including biotechnology, consumer goods, telecommunications, media, defense, oil and gas supply.
Concentrations
Mergers and acquisitions
Private Equity
Global Energy & Infrastructure
Capabilities
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Energy & Natural Resources
Admission to Practice
Poland
Languages
Polish, Native
English, Fluent
German, Fluent
Education
- Postgraduate Studies, English Business Law & Practice, University of Cambridge, 2011
- Legal Advisor, 2011
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, European Union Law, with distinction, Jagiellonian University, 2006
- Postgraduate Diploma in Polish and European Corporate Law, with distinction, Warsaw School of Economics, 2005
- M.Jur., with distinction, University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Law, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński Sp. k handles the entire plethora of corporate and M&A mandates for clients in Poland and across the CEE region, including the relevant regulatory aspects of transactions, joint ventures, buy-outs, and restructurings. Senior partner Lejb Fogelman and Rafał Baranowski jointly chair the practice, which is also home to US-qualified practitioners Stephen Horvath and Michał Bobrzyński, and UK-qualified expert Maciej Pietrzak. Filip Kijowski is another notable name and he is well versed in advising private equity and corporate clients. In team news, Klaudia Królak joined the team from Linklaters in October 2023 and Agnieszka Stopińska was promoted to counsel at the beginning of 2023. Of counsel Adam Opalski joined Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka in April 2023.
Poland > Private equity
(Leading individuals)Rafał Baranowski – Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k
Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k is well regarded for its expert handling of complex transactions for leading private equity houses which have a presence across the CEE region. Its offering is bolstered through the group’s co-operation with the firm’s reputable tax, M&A, real estate, banking and finance, and capital markets departments. Senior partner and chair of the group Lejb Fogelman focuses primarily on international business transactions, and he is supported by Rafał Baranowski, who is active across a variety of industries. Klaudia Królak joined from Linklaters in October 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Poland
- Leading individuals Poland > Private equity
- Private equity Poland