The team at Schoenherr Halwa Okoń Chyb sp.k frequently handles national and cross-border transactions, especially for clients in the financial, food and beverages, IT and technology, manufacturing, automotive and retail industries. Its offering also encompasses corporate law matters, legal due diligence and drafting transactional documentation. Paweł Halwa sits at the helm of the department, which is also home to Krzysztof Pawlak, who has noble experience in handling M&A transactions, as well as intra-group corporate restructurings. The team grew significantly between December 2023 and February 2024, with the addition of Paweł Chyb, Katarzyna Solarz-Włodarska, Marcin Czaprowski, and Szymon Okoń from SSW, with a view to strengthening the firm’s position in the CEE.
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Work Department
corporate & reorganisations | mergers & acquisitions | crisis response | compliance & internal investigations | banking & financial services regulatory | equity capital markets | finance & corporate finance | special situations | real estate law | technology & digitalisation | real estate & construction | financial institutions | healthcare & life sciences
Position
Office Managing Partner
Career
Paweł Halwa is the managing partner in Schoenherr’s Warsaw office, where he focuses on corporate/M&A, banking & finance and capital markets. He specializes in corporate law, including corporate law disputes and securities, as well as equity capital markets. Paweł’s experience includes advising corporates, funds and financial institutions on large transactions with an international angle as well as on their day to day activity. He frequently advises on structuring transactions, including cross-border M&A transactions, offerings of securities and restructuring processes. On the financial regulatory side, Paweł has assisted on structuring the operations of financial institutions, including brokers and fund managers, and represented clients in licensing processes. He has represented clients in negotiations and proceedings before courts and administrative bodies such as the Financial Supervision Authority, Ministry of Finance, National Bank of Poland and Office for Competition and Consumer Protection. Paweł has authored books and articles on company law and capital markets in Poland.
Languages
Polish, English, German
Education
Poznan University, Poznan/Poland (Master of Laws 1998)
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Key clients
- Gfk SE
- Celsa Group
- BYGGFAKTA Group Nordic Hold Co.
- Tencent Holdings Ltd
- Caverion Group
- Avallon MBO
- Accolade Holding
- Crawford & Company
- ABC Automotive Poland
- Grupa Żywiec
Work highlights
Advised GfK SE on the EUR 315m sale of its European Consumer Panel business (GfK CP) to YouGov PLC.
Advised the creditors of Celsa Group, including Strategic Value Partners, Deutsche Bank AG, Anchorage Capital Group, Attestor Capital, Cross Ocean Partners, Golden Tree Asset Management, and Sculptor Capital, on the takeover of the company.
Advised Avallon MBO, a private equity fund in Central and Eastern Europe, on the sale of Wosana S.A., a beverage producer, to DyDo Goup Holdings, Inc.