Mr Jakub Podkowa > CMS > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

CMS
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69 St.
00-801 Warsaw
Poland

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner, Banking and Finance Department in Poland

Career

Jakub Podkowa is a Polish-qualified attorney-at-law and a Partner in the Banking and Finance Department at CMS.

Jakub specialises in banking and finance law. He focuses on advising banks and other financial institutions, as well as borrowers on preparing and negotiating credit documentation.

His experience includes advice related to financing the day-to-day operations of business entities and financing investments in many branches of the economy, with emphasis on the commercial real estate market. He also supervises due diligence analyses and has experience in advising domestic and foreign financial market institutions on regulatory matters, including outsourcing, banking secrecy, setting up branches and representative offices.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw (2012)

Education

Warsaw School of Economics (2006), PhD studies, in Management and Finance

 

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (2004), Master of Laws

 

Warsaw School of Economics (2003), MA, Banking & Finance

Personal

Practice areas:
– Bank Transactions and Regulations
– Banking and Finance
– Commercial Banks
– Financial Institutions
– Regulatory
– Infrastructure and PPP
– Project Finance
– Real Estate Finance

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Banking and finance

CMS‘s group is praised as ‘one of the best banking teams in Warsaw with exceptional individuals‘. It boasts a broad client roster, which includes domestic and foreign banks, financial institutions, companies, and investment funds, and assists them with projects across Poland and the wider CEE region. Transaction financing is a core area of expertise for practice head Michał Mężykowski. Jakub Wieczorek specialises in project finance and acquisition finance, while Jakub Podkowa is skilled in financings in the real estate sector. Structuring projects and export financing are also key areas of strength for the department. In team news, Pawel Wajda joined the firm in January 2023 from Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k..