For the global financial markets team at Clifford Chance, Janicka, Kruzewski, Stosio i wspólnicy spólka komandytowa, which boasts ‘outstanding experience and deep knowledge of the market’, green and sustainability-linked financings are a key area of focus, as are project finance mandates in the renewable energy sector. The practice also supports clients with their syndicated lending, leveraged and acquisition finance, asset and real estate finance, derivatives and regulatory mandates, handling large Polish-based matters, as well as significant cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Group lead Andrzej Stosio frequently supports international and Polish banks, alternative lenders, sponsors and corporates with their transactional and regulatory needs. Other key members of the team include Miłosz Gołąb, who is highly adept at advising on refinancing and restructuring mandates, and Irena Floras-Goode, who is lauded as ’one of the highest skilled banking professionals’ on the market, and she assists clients with the financing of acquisition of assets and companies.
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‘The team has an outstanding experience and deep knowledge of the market. I appreciate CC's support for a diversity & inclusion initiative that's being observed across different practices of the firm.’
‘I've worked most with Irena Floras-Goode, who is one of the highest skilled banking professionals that I have had an occasion to work with. She demonstrates very reasonable approach and independency in the advisory, always led by the worth of the project/topic and the solution rather than specific interest of one party.'
‘Industry know-how, experience, coordination across teams, availability.’
‘We would like to recommend Baker McKenzie Poland as a professional and reliable advisor and business partner, providing legal services at the highest level expected by us. The banking and finance team is supporting us in strategic financing projects.’
‘They are knowledgeable, have considerable market experience and can understand the need to listen to the client, understand the client's concern and respond to that very concern. A basic but rare ability.’
‘Irena Floras-Goode listens and draws on her experience and knowledge to understand what needs to be done, then she and her team do it, and in the process she cares that the client stays informed and understands what is happening and why. To us a definition of good service and of a modern leader.’
‘Excellent teamwork internally and an ability to react to a fast paced and challenging process in which the structure was amended multiple times ahead of signing. The team also kept on top of acomplex Polish closing process and were able to lead the deal to close without many hiccups.’
‘Kacper Bardan was excellent at porting the latest European infrastructure financing technology into typically rigid Polish bank market standards, and gave invaluable commercial and structuring advice to help us deliver an excellent outcome for our client that bridged market approaches to the financing.’
Key clients
- Bank Pekao S.A.
- mBank S.A.
- BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A.
- Caixa Bank
- ING Bank Śląski S.A.
- Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.
- Santander Bank Polska S.A.
- Alior Bank S.A.
- Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
- Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A.
Work highlights
Advised a consortium of banks composed of Bank Pekao, mBank, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Caixa Bank, ING Bank Śląski, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie and Santander Bank Polska on the extension of the tenor and increase in the syndicated financing for the Inter Cars group of up to approximately PLN2.54bn.
Advised Fiberhost S.A., a fiber-optic network operator, and INEA sp. z o.o., internet and TV services provider, both from group of Odin Holdings Sarl (Macquire Asset Management portfolio company) on the up to PLN2.77bn financing granted by a consortium consisting of Santander Bank Polska S.A. (acting as Facility Agent and Security Agent), Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Credit Agricole Bank Polska S.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank Śląski S.A., mBank S.A., Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A., Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń S.A., Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń na Życie S.A., Santander Bank Polska S.A. and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Advised a consortium of Polish and international financial institutions composed of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bank Pekao S.A., Alior Bank S.A., KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, and Erste Group Bank AG on the financing of the construction of a combined-cycle gas turbine with a capacity of approximately 750MW in Ostrołęka.
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Miłosz Gołąb
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Irena Floras-Goode
Practice head
Andrzej Stosio
Other key lawyers
Miłosz Gołąb; Irena Floras-Goode; Kacper Bardan; Maksymilian Jarząbek; Michał Jadwisiak; Maciej Bocheński; Mateusz Chruściak