Mr Paweł Grześkowiak > Gide Loyrette Nouel > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Gide Loyrette Nouel is well known for its work in the DCM space, advising issuers, investors, investment banks, and other financial institutions on debt securities. It is also highly adept in the ECM arena, supporting clients with IPOs, public take-overs, and share buy-backs, and is also noted for its expertise in compliance-related mandates. Paweł Grześkowiak heads up the practice. Dawid Van Kędzierski, who was promoted to counsel in April 2023, is lauded for his ‘deep understanding of the complex and evolving regulations and trends in this highly dynamic sector’.

The corporate and M&A department at Gide Loyrette Nouel is overseen by Dariusz Tokarczuk and offers clients a multi-disciplinary approach, benefiting from the ability to call upon other practitioners from the firm’s banking and finance, private equity, and venture capital teams, which are led by Paweł Grześkowiak. Key areas of interest for the practice include the creation and liquidation of companies, reorganisations, registration proceedings, and day-to-day advisory work. Marta Karmińska and Dawid Van Kędzierski were promoted to of counsel and counsel, respectively, in April 2023.

At Gide Loyrette Nouel, the employment practice’s advisory offering includes assistance with restructuring and relevant issues in M&A transactions. Other areas of focus include negotiations with trade unions, and individual and collective disputes. Practice head Paweł Grześkowiak has experience handling negotiations relating to collective bargaining agreements and individual disputes concerning work and pay conditions. Joanna Jasiewicz is also an active member of the practice.

Paweł Grześkowiak sits at the helm of the private equity and venture capital practice at Gide Loyrette Nouel, with substantial expertise in banking and finance, secured and structured financing, and M&A mandates. The department is highly adept at supporting clients across a plethora of mandates in the private equity arena, from leveraged buyouts and venture capital transactions, to real estate fund acquisitions and exits from investments.

Gide Loyrette Nouel boasts ‘years of experience working with the banking sector’, including both borrowers and lenders. Its offering is broad ranging and encompasses cross-border finance transactions, corporate financings and real estate financings, as well as regulatory issues, leveraged and acquisition financing, and the preparation of transactional documentation. Paweł Grześkowiak sits at the helm of the practice with expertise in secured and structured finance operations. ‘Excellent lawyer‘ Mateusz Gronau was promoted to counsel in April 2023, and Marta Karmińska made of counsel at the same time.