Mr Filip Lesniak > Rymarz Zdort Maruta > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Rymarz Zdort Maruta
UL.PROSTA 18
00-850 WARSZAWA
Poland

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Filip Lesniak is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland and a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta. Prior to joining Rymarz Zdort, (formerly known as Weil, Gotshal & Manges – Pawel Rymarz sp.k.) in 2010, he completed internships in Polish and international law firms.

Filip is a specialist in commercial company law, M&A transactions, and capital market regulations. He regularly advises private equity funds and the largest public and private companies from a variety of sectors, including regulated institutions. He advises on public offerings and accelerated bookbuilding processes, including transactions in the financial institutions sector. He has assisted issuers, selling shareholders, and investment banks on all aspects of public offerings and private placements of securities on international and domestic capital markets. Filip has also provided advice to various institutions in respect of regulatory matters and proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. Moreover, he counsels issuers and their shareholders on the reporting obligations of public companies listed on the WSE.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

Bar Association of Advocates

Education

Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2011)

Course in US law at the Center for American Law Studies co-organised by the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin College of Law

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Capital markets

Rymarz Zdort Maruta‘s team was formed at the beginning of 2023 following the merger of Rymarz Zdort and Maruta Wachta. The practice has a strong focus on ECM mandates, covering Polish and international IPOs, secondary offerings and private placements, and rights issues and accelerated book-building processes. With a focus on ECM and securities regulatory mandates, Ewa Bober jointly leads the department alongside capital markets regulation specialist Filip Leśniak. Managing partner Paweł Zdort is another notable name in the practice.