Firm Profile > Gide Loyrette Nouel > Warsaw, Poland
Gide Loyrette Nouel Offices
METROPOLITAN
PL. PILSUDSKIEGO 1
00-078 WARSAW
Poland
Gide Loyrette Nouel > The Legal 500 Rankings
Capital markets Tier 2
Gide Loyrette Nouel's capital markets team, which focuses on DCM, was established following the arrival of Robert Dulewicz and a number of more junior lawyers from Dentons in January 2019. The group, often working alongside the firm's Paris, London and New York offices, is particularly noted for bond issuances and advises a wide variety of public and private corporate issuers. Dulewicz is supported by counsel Michał Śmiechowski, whose experience spans structuring and restructuring financing transactions, including in the public sector at both central and local government levels.
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Testimonials
‘Perfect availability, significant sector knowledge, operational excellence.‘
‘I believe there are only few legal teams in Poland which truly specialize in bond issuances and this team is definitely one on them.‘
‘Robert Dulewicz is well-known for his great experience, responsiveness and direct contact with the clients. Working with him is a pleasure.‘
Key clients
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
BGŻ BNP Paribas S.A.
Protos Next
Haitong Bank
European Investment Bank
Bank Pekao
mBank
Tauron Polska Energia
PKN Orlen
Public procurement Tier 2
At Gide Loyrette Nouel, public procurement work is focused on energy and infrastructure projects, and the team is often instructed on matters related to motorways, pipelines, railways and transport terminals. It also advises clients on defence sector procurement issues. The group is led by Piotr Sadownik.
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Real estate Tier 2
As a key practice for Gide Loyrette Nouel in Poland, the real estate team has expertise throughout the life cycle of real estate transactions. In particular, the group handles asset and share deals, joint ventures, zoning and construction issues, as well as financing and commercialisation work including leasing mandates and advice to tenants. Outside of the transactional arena, the group assists with asset management issues. Marcin Muszel is the practice head, while associate Tomasz Roszczyc stands out for transaction structurings, lease agreements, and administrative and regulatory matters.
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Testimonials
‘Very good contact with partner and associate, high availability, responsiveness and readiness to work, good process management.‘
‘Friendly approach to cooperation.‘
Key clients
AEW
Apsys
Archicom
Auchan Group
Bank Millennium
Bank Pekao
B&B Hotels
BNP Paribas
Bouygues Immobilier
BPI Real Estate Poland
Chep
Compin
Dassault Systemes
Echo Investment
Eiffage
Essilor Optical Laboratory Poland
Griffin Real estate
Hines
Immobel
InSite Real estate
Intermarché
Leonardo Poland
L’Oreal Polska
Louis Vuitton
Mayland Real estate
Mindspace
mLeasing
mBank
Nexity
Okam
Orpéa Polska
Pernord Ricard
Penta Real estate
P3
Redifine
SGI
Skanska Property Poland
Skanska Residential Development Poland
Triuva
Yareal
YIT Development
Banking and finance Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel's main focus is transactional work for a range of banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, financial institutions and private equity funds with operations in Poland. Regulatory work is also a feature of the practice, and the group is often called upon to advise on day-to-day issues. The team is led by Paweł Grześkowiak, whose expertise in banking and finance is supported by experience in private equity and M&A transactions. Associate Mateusz Gronau is another name to note; he has experience of a ranged of secured and structured finance transactions.
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Testimonials
‘Very good banking & finance team that focuses on understanding of our business and needs.‘
‘Mateusz Gronau combines expert knowledge in the field of financing transactions with quick reactions and ability to find common ground between parties in tense situations.‘
‘We really enjoy working with them on real estate & financing projects.‘
‘Its key strengths are: commitments to deliver the best legal and transactional solutions, professional advice provided in a timely manner, focus on clients’ needs and objectives.‘
Key clients
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Credit Agricole Bank Polska
mBank
PKO BP
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki
KGHM Polska Miedź
BNP Paribas Bank Polska
Atlantex
Chassis Brakes International
Orpea Polska
Pekao Leasing
Santander Bank
Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3
At Gide Loyrette Nouel, lawyers advise buyers and sellers at every stage of M&A transactions, including pre- and post-merger structuring advice. The group is able to provide a full service to clients, drawing on firm-wide expertise in private equity, finance, regulation and tax, Corporate consulting services offered include corporate transformations of capital groups, capital operations, joint venture projects and the establishment of companies. Dariusz Tokarczuk leads the department, ad regularly advises Polish and foreign investors with operations in Poland.
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Key clients
Enterprise Investors
Investindustrial
Resource Partners
YIT Development
Orpea Polska
Protos Venture Capital
Nowy Styl Group
Stinhoff
Seris
Vinci Energies
Competition/antitrust Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel's department handles EU and Polish competition and consumer protection law issues, as well as advising on commercial agreements, particularly related to distribution systems. The team is led by Dariusz Tokarczuk and includes Szymon Chwaliński, who is able to draw on his previous experience at the Polish Competition Authority.
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Key clients
Atlantex
Auchan
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
Bonduelle
BPI
Enterprise Investors
ETI
KGHM Polska Miedź
Polski Fundusz Rozwoju
Dispute resolution Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel's team handles domestic and international litigation (including before the Polish Supreme Court) and arbitration, as well as administrative proceedings. It is instructed across areas including commercial law, real estate, intellectual and industrial property and unfair competition. It also has experience of white-collar criminal defence and representing employers in employment litigation. Advocate Piotr Sadownik leads the department and has substantial experience in cross-border litigation for Polish companies and international investors concerning infrastructure and energy projects.
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Testimonials
‘Gide is always professional and has excellent specialists.‘
‘Strong team, good understanding of business needs.‘
‘The Warsaw litigation team is formed by high qualified professionals with strong international approach, high value skills and prompt cooperation.‘
Key clients
General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways
mBank
PGNIG
Elektrociepłownia Stalowa Wola
KGHM Polska Miedź
Bouygues Immobilier Polska
Parfums Christian Dior
Telewizja Polska
INSO Sistemi per le Infrastrutture Sociali
Groupe PSA (Citroën Polska / Peugeot Polska
Employment Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel's employment and labour disputes team handles a wide variety of work including employment-related audits, employee incentive plans, social packages and collective bargaining agreements, as well as trade union negotiations. It also has experience in assisting with employment restructurings and collective lay-offs, as well as acting in litigation before the Polish courts. Banking and finance lawyer Paweł Grześkowiak heads up the team, while litigator Joanna Jasiewicz specialises in labour law and social insurance issues.
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Key clients
Mindspace
ETI
BNP Paribas
Remy Cointreau
Akiem
Guerbet
Layetana
PZL-Świdnik
KGHM Polska Miedź
Bonduelle
DiaSorin
Naval Group
Atlantex
Orpea Group
P3 Logistic Parks
Inter-Vion
Willis Towers Watson
EDF
Raben Transport
Transalliance
Transport i Logistyka Polska
XPO Transport Solutions
Auchan Polska
Boccard
Edenred
Energy and natural resources Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel is regularly instructed on regulatory, environmental, corporate, real estate and finance matters relating to the energy industry. The team, which is led by Piotr Sadownik, has experience at all stages of energy and natural resource projects, including public procurement and financing mandates. It also assists companies with commodity trading and with the acquisition of existing projects in Poland. In late 2019, counsel Konrad Kosicki moved to Wolf Theiss.
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Key clients
PGNiG
KGHM Polska Miedź
Grupa Azoty Zakłady Chemiczne
ENEA Trading
Tauron
PGE Group
Gaz-System
Vitol
DufEnergy Trading
EuroCape
Private equity Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel provides a full service to equity funds, their sponsors, and investors, drawing on developed expertise in corporate law, financial services, regulatory issues, tax, and contracts. The team also assists clients with recapitalisation transactions, build-ups, and exits. Paweł Grześkowiak, who also leads the banking and finance team, heads the department.
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Testimonials
‘Great transactional experience and shared best practices from other offices. Very engaged and work to strict deadlines. They always look for solutions rather than confrontation.‘
‘Paweł Grześkowiak is engaged, fully briefed, and always on call.‘
‘We have never been disappointed by the firm. All of their lawyers are very competent and reliable.‘
Key clients
Enterprise Investors
Resource Partners
Investindustrial
Seris
Steinhoff
Tax Tier 3
Gide Loyrette Nouel's group has a particularly busy advisory practice, assisting corporates with the tax aspects of a range of transactions, including M&A, corporate restructurings, real estate deals, industrial property rights and financing schemes. Corporate lawyer Dariusz Tokarczuk co-ordinates the team, which consists of international tax expert Ewa Żbikowska, transactional tax specialist Maciej Grela and Kamil Grzywka, who has experience in tax structuring matters.
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Key clients
L’Oréal Group
Yareal Polska
Lactalis Group
Kapsch Telematic Services
Inter-Vion
Vitol S.A.
Pointpark Properties
KGHM Polska Miedź
Société Générale
Eurocape
Orpea Polska
Intermarche
ETI European Food Industries
B&B Hotels Polska
Alior Leasing
Tauron
Gide Loyrette Nouel > Firm Profile
When Gide opened an office in Warsaw in 1991, it was one of the first international legal practices acting in Poland under the new regime. In the past two and a half decades, Gide has been involved in a large number of projects, including the most important privatisations and investment transactions on the Polish market. Gide Poland provides legal advice in all key areas of business law and is one of the most recommended international law firms in Poland.
Gide’s Warsaw office employs over 40 lawyers and tax advisors, including five partners, and advises some of the leading players in Poland, ranging from financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, and foreign investors, to Polish companies and other entities, including state-owned companies and public institutions.
Our key specialisations include:
- Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law and Private Equity
- Banking & Finance / Capital Markets
- Energy, Infrastructure and Public Law
- Real Estate Transactions & Financing
- Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Tax Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Labour Law
- Competition Law
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate | Dariusz Tokarczuk | dariusz.tokarczuk@gide.com | |
| Banking & Finance | Pawel Grzeskowiak | pawel.grzeskowiak@gide.com | |
| Banking & Finance | Robert Dulewicz | robert.dulewicz@gide.com | |
| Banking & Finance | Michał Śmiechowski | michal.smiechowski@gide.com | |
| Capital Markets | Dariusz Tokarczuk | dariusz.tokarczuk@gide.com | |
| Capital Markets | Robert Dulewicz | robert.dulewicz@gide.com | |
| Capital Markets | Pawel Grzeskowiak | pawel.grzeskowiak@gide.com | |
| Capital Markets | Michał Śmiechowski | michal.smiechowski@gide.com | |
| Private Equity | Pawel Grzeskowiak | pawel.grzeskowiak@gide.com | |
| Real Estate Transactions & Financing | Marcin Muszel | marcin.muszel@gide.com | |
| Real Estate Transactions & Financing | Blazej Czwarnok | blazej.czwarnok@gide.com | |
| Energy | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Energy | Konrad Kosicki | konrad.kosicki@gide.com | |
| Projects & Infrastructure | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Projects & Infrastructure | Grzegorz Banasiuk | grzegorz.banasiuk@gide.com | |
| Dispute Resolution / Arbitration | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Dispute Resolution / Arbitration | Krzysztof Cieplinski | krzysztof.cieplinski@gide.com | |
| Public Law | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Public Law | Grzegorz Banasiuk | grzegorz.banasiuk@gide.com | |
| Restructuring and Insolvency | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Tax | Ewa Zbikowska | ewa.zbikowska@gide.com | |
| Tax | Maciej Grela | maciej.grela@gide.com | |
| Intellectual Property | Piotr Sadownik | piotr.sadownik@gide.com | |
| Intellectual Property | Krzysztof Cieplinski | krzysztof.cieplinski@gide.com | |
| Employment Law | Pawel Grzeskowiak | pawel.grzeskowiak@gide.com | |
| Employment Law | Joanna Jasiewicz | joanna.jasiewicz@gide.com | |
| Competition | Dariusz Tokarczuk | dariusz.tokarczuk@gide.com | |
| Competition | Szymon Chwalinski | szymon.chwalinski@gide.com |
Lawyer Profiles
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Mr Michał Śmiechowski | Michał Śmiechowski, counsel and attorney specialising in issues related to debt securities… | View Profile |
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Szymon Chwali?ski | Szymon Chwaliński is a legal advisor at Gide Loyrette Nouel’s Warsaw Office.… | View Profile |
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Mr Krzysztof Ciepliński | Krzysztof Ciepliński is an advocate at Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw. He specialises… | View Profile |
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Mr Błażej Czwarnok | Counsel Błażej Czwarnok specialises in real property sales, investment processes, court, administrative and… | View Profile |
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Mr Robert Dulewicz | Robert Dulewicz, a partner and legal counsel, heads the Gide Warsaw Capital… | View Profile |
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Mateusz Gronau | Mateusz Gronau is an advocate at Gide’s Warsaw office. He specialises in… | View Profile |
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Mr Paweł Grześkowiak | Paweł Grześkowiak is an advocate and partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw.… | View Profile |
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Mr Marcin Muszel | Marcin Muszel is a partner and a legal advisor at Gide Loyrette… | View Profile |
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Mr Piotr Sadownik | Piotr Sadownik is a partner responsible for the Department of Litigation and… | View Profile |
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Mr Dariusz Tokarczuk | Dariusz Tokarczuk specialises in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, infrastructure investment projects… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 550 at this office : over 40Languages
English French German Italian Polish Russian SpanishOther
Contacts : Dariusz Tokarczuk (dariusz.tokarczuk@gide.com) Contacts : Robert Dulewicz (robert.dulewicz@gide.com) Contacts : Pawel Grzeskowiak (pawel.grzeskowiak@gide.com) Contacts : Piotr Sadownik (piotr.sadownik@gide.com) Contacts : Marcin Muszel (marcin.muszel@gide.com) Other offices : Algiers Other offices : Beijing Other offices : Brussels Other offices : Cairo Other offices : Casablanca Other offices : Istanbul Other offices : London Other offices : New York Other offices : Paris Other offices : Shanghai Other offices : TunisComparative Guides
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