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Warsaw Capital Markets

Meet the Team

Greenberg Traurig offers clients an unparalleled breadth of experience in all aspects of Polish securities law, allowing us to facilitate all phases of securities transactions on Polish and international capital markets. Our seasoned capital markets professionals are acknowledged leaders in Poland and, as a group, make up one of the most experienced teams among international law firms in this vibrant Central European market.

We have advised investors on transactions involving share and senior note issues, friendly and hostile takeovers, company restructuring and representation before regulatory bodies. We represent issuers and borrowers, from major international corporations to early-stage private companies.

We advise investment banks, commercial banks and other financial institutions acting as underwriters, arrangers, placement agents or lenders, or in other capacities. We represent highly specialized market participants, including investment funds and their sponsors and investment managers.

Over the past 5 years, we have advised on the vast majority of IPOs in Poland, which included the representation of:

  • Investment banks on the IPO of Allegro.eu, the largest IPO in the history of the WSE (PLN 9.2 billion)
  • Zabka Group and the principal selling shareholder (CVC Capital Partners) on the IPO of Zabka Group, one of the largest IPOs in Poland in recent years (PLN 6.45 billion)
  • Diagnostyka S.A. on its IPO (PLN 1.7 billion)
  • Investment banks on the IPO of Grupa Pracuj S.A. (PLN 1.1 billion)
  • Investment banks on the IPO of STS Holding S.A. on its IPO (PLN 1.1 billion)
  • ONDE S.A. on its IPO (PLN 444.5 million)
  • PCF Group S.A. on its IPO (PLN 203 million)

Our core capabilities include:

  • initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • follow-on equity offerings by issuers and secondary offerings by principal shareholders
  • public company mergers and acquisitions
  • compliance with stock exchange requirements
  • US registered and private (including Rule 144A and Regulation S) offerings of debt and other fixed-income securities, including investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt securities
  • information disclosure obligations under securities legislation
  • offerings of ADRs and GDRs
  • block trade and accelerated bookbuilding transactions
  • securities law disclosure requirements
  • early stage and mezzanine equity private placements
  • listing and delisting of shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) rights offerings
  • financings involving hedge funds and other non-traditional investment vehicles
  • friendly and hostile tender offers
  • rights offerings