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Clifford Chance

NORWAY HOUSE, UL. LWOWSKA 19, 00-660 WARSZAWA
Washington DC, Warsaw, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Sao Paulo , and 24 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Poland

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Clifford Chance’s managing partner Grzegorz Namiotkiewicz and banking and finance head recently welcomed three lawyers from Norton Rose Piotr Strawa and Partners LP. This lender-focused international firm advises banks like Pekao (retail sector financing), Aareal (Rondo One acquisition financing), Zachodni (acquisition financing) and WestImmo (retail estate lending) on various high-value facilities. In projects, the firm assisted Mitsui with a wind farm project.

Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Clifford Chance is a third tier firm,

Clifford Chance’s Agnieszka Janicka leads the equity practice and managing partner Grzegorz Namiotkiewicz heads up debt. The firm acted on PKO BP’s establishment of a €3bn Eurobond share programme, and Millennium Bank was assisted with the issue of Tier II Eurobonds. In equity, the team acted for the underwriter counsel on the global offering of Cyfrowy Polsat shares.

Competition/antitrust

Within Competition/antitrust, Clifford Chance is a third tier firm,

Clifford Chance’s Iwona Terlecka is a respected competition specialist. Recent activity for a five-strong team has included merger clearance issues for Carrefour and Philip Morris, compliance auditing for Raiffeisen Bank, state-aid matters for Brand Distillery, and a large horizontal cartel case for Lafarge Cement. ‘The close integration between the Warsaw and Brussels offices, together with strong technical ability, assures a smooth service’, report clients.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Clifford Chance is ‘big and serious’, with an impressive list of M&A and private equity deals, including advising Bridgepoint on the acquisition of 75% of CTL Logistics, the largest rail freight operator in Poland; acting for PGNiG on its purchase of a stake in oil and gas deposits; and representing Macquarie Global Property Advisers on the restructuring of its investment in the Rondo 1 office building. In media, Polish TV station TVN was assisted with its acquisition of a media and entertainment company. Group head Agnieszka Janicka and counsel Piotr Dulewicz are recommended.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution , Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Clifford Chance’s ever-growing disputes practice is well-regarded in the market and has seen increased instructions in relation to arbitration, insolvencies, healthcare-related actions, and construction disputes. Bartosz Kruzewski’s group was retained by the Government of Poland on a €700m energy charter dispute arbitration instigated by Mercuria Group, and was instructed to challenge the EC’s decision regarding Poland’s CO2 emission allocation. The firm continues to act for the committee of bondholders of Elektrim in a highly publicised dispute, and nine judges are being represented on a pro-bono basis as regards Poland’s President’s refusal to promote them to higher courts.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, tier 5

Clifford Chance’s IP team is run by senior associate Maciej Zwolinski, while disputes head Bartosz Kruzewski is responsible for developing the IP practice. The practice has assisted Office Depot with domain name disputes and advised Mars on trade mark issues. Patent attorney Magdalena Cybulska has joined the firm.

Projects, energy and natural resources

Within Projects, energy and natural resources, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Clifford Chance’s Agnieszka Janicka leads an energy, projects and natural resources department that also advises on environmental law matters. The firm acted on the project financing of a renewable energy plant, and advised Japanese and Dutch clients on various aspects of wind projects. Vattenfall Heat was advised on environmental issues.

Real estate

Within Real estate, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Pawel Debowski’s ‘gold standard’ team at Clifford Chance remains in a league of its own. It picks up the lion’s share of big-ticket property deals although some in the market believe that the chasing pack is catching up. Peter Deegan and Katarzyna Michalak are strongly recommended.

Tax

Within Tax, Clifford Chance is a third tier firm,

At Clifford Chance, Wojciech Dmoch and Tomasz Szymura’s team works closely with its corporate, real estate and finance law departments on the tax side to acquisition activity and financings. Clients include Carrefour, for transactional matters, while Colas was assisted with tax litigation.

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Legal Developments in Poland

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  • Towards uniform European standards – changes in Polish capital market law

    DZP is pleased to present an article written for the IBA newsletter and prepared by partners from DZP - Professor Grzegorz Domański and Paweł Halwa.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Department

    Mergers and Acquisitions Department advises in a wide range of transactions in Poland as well as in eastern Europe. Our lawyers have experience in assisting in sophisticated transactions.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Lawsuit Department

    The Lawsuit Department provides all-round legal assistance in the scope of broadly understood settling disputes. The legal assistance covers both legal representation before common courts of all instances, arbitration courts as well as the Client’s representation in settling disputes on a pre-litigation stage.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Real Estate Department

    The Real Estate Department renders advisory in all aspects of real estate transaction law, investment and infrastructure projects. The Department consist of experienced lawyers ensuring legal help in all kinds of investment projects.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • Departament of Energy

    Department droves full, current legal attendance in aid of enterprises from energy sector. Particular feature differing this Department is knowledge and experiences in service constant and current legal equipment for entrepreneur with specialized knowledge to the point specific posed that require businesses by reason of their specificity of activities, these activities of controls of regulators of markets relying on subjecting.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Mergers & Acquisitions Review

    DZP is pleased to present The European Mergers &Acquisitions Review (Polish Section) published by Law Business Research. The book contains a collection of reports on M&A transactions carried out in selected European countries in the years 2006 – 2007. It was drawn up by renowned lawyers at European law firms one of which was Domański Zakrzewski Palinka. The chapter on the Polish market was prepared by two partners from DZP: Krzysztof Zakrzewski and Remco van der Kroft.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

  • Redundancy Law in Europe

    DZP is pleased topresent a Polish section of the „RedundancyLaw in Europe” book published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The Polish chapterwas prepared by a lawyer from DZP - Łukasz Kuczkowski.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
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