Mr Jakub Podkowa > CMS > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
CMS Offices
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69 St.
00-801 Warsaw
Poland
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Mr Jakub Podkowa
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..
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
- White-collar crime