Dr hab Andrzej Wierciński > WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr Offices
PLAC STANISLAWA MALACHOWSKIEGO 2
00-066 WARSAW
Poland
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Dr hab Andrzej Wierciński
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Senior partner and co-founder of WKB, co-head of the M&A team and head of the Restructuring & Insolvency team
Career
Andrzej’s extensive experience derives from many years’ work on the most high-profile and innovative M&A projects, such as the very first cases of privatisation of state enterprises and state-owned banks or the creation of the first joint ventures in post-transformation Poland. He also assisted in a number of international restructuring and distressed M&A transactions, including the first successful attempt to restructure high-yield debt in Poland (i.e. the restructuring of NETIA group), and advises clients in state aid matters.
Languages
Polish, English, Russian
Memberships
International Bar Association
Education
Andrzej holds the degree of doktor habilitowany in law and is a former visiting lecturer at Trinity College Oxford, one of the world’s oldest universities, and a former lecturer of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He is currently engaged as a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw.
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Restructuring and insolvency
WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr handles domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency mandates for lenders, financial institutions, debtors and acquirers of distressed assets. Key workstreams span restructuring and insolvency proceedings, debt restructurings, standstills, out-of-court restructurings and pre-bankruptcy arrangements. Practice head Andrzej Wierciński has expertise in restructuring and insolvency proceedings, state aid matters, M&A and privatisations. The team is also supported by Marcin Smolarek, who leads the banking and finance team, and Jakub Jedrzejak.