SSW Solutions offers expertise in municipal infrastructure financing, securitisation, and a broad range of transactional financings including acquisition, energy and real estate finance. Piotr Grabarczyk acts as practice head and is often sought out for his experience handling project finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate finance deals. Karol Rajewski is a key figure in the group and heads the banking regulatory team. Former Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka practice head Rafał Grochowski joined the firm in October 2024.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘I worked with Karol Rajewski historically and I have always found him to be a straightforward, and down-to-earth advisor.’

  • ‘One of the key strengths that distinguishes SSW’s banking regulatory team is the leadership of Karol Rajewski, whose background is truly unique in the market. His extensive experience spans regulatory, risk management, and compliance within the financial, banking, and insurance sectors.’

  • ‘SSW team had great involvement in the financing project, showed excellent attention to detail and communicated well.’

  • ‘Weronica Mielnicka was the main point of contact for the project. She showed great independence, banking expertise and dedication.’

  • ‘1) an experienced team, proficient in handling transactions related to municipal bond issues acquired by financial market entities, 2) highly effective and well-organised remote collaboration, using email and other remote communication tools, 3) flexibility in resolving non-standard issues and adapting proposed transaction documents to the specific needs of the parties to the transaction, 4) ability to organise transactions under time pressure, including appropriately guiding the parties to the transaction to ensure deadlines are met.’

Key clients

  • Baltic Power sp. z o.o.
  • NextEnergy Capital Ltd.
  • Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
  • CUK Ubezpieczenia
  • ING Bank Śląski S.A.
  • Bank Pocztowy
  • iService
  • mBank
  • MPK Wrocław
  • MZK Toruń
  • Hotel Wrocław
  • MPO Warszawa

Work highlights

Advised Baltic Power (a JV between ORLEN S.A. and NP Baltic Wind B.V.) on post-closing matters and legal opinions related to the financing of a 1200 MW offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea.
Advised a group of 19 minority shareholders of Zabka Group on their participation in the company’s $1.59bn IPO, including cross-border reorganisation, refinancing, capital markets, and multi-jurisdictional tax matters.
Advised Bunge Global SA on the €1.15bn accession of its Polish subsidiary to a commercial receivables securitisation program, including review of Polish law documentation, security instruments, and tax structuring.
Practice head

Piotr Grabarczyk

Other key lawyers

Rafał Grochowski; Karol Rajewski; Weronica Mielnicka