Profilo
Tomasz Denko focuses his practice on issues related to corporate, commercial, and civil law. He has advised in various M&A transactions, including share and asset transactions and joint ventures, both private and public.
Concentrations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Corporate law
- Competition law
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
- Advised Bogdan and Elżbieta Kaczmarek and private equity fund Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of 100% of shares in Pfleiderer Polska, in a corporate carve-out transaction from Pfleiderer Group, owned by funds managed by the global investment firm - Strategic Value Partners.
- Advised Abris Capital Partners, the ESG transformation specialist private equity investor and B Corp, in connection with signing a preliminary agreement regarding the sale of Velvet CARE, Poland’s leading manufacturer of paper-based personal care products, to Partners Group, a global private markets firm.
- Advised CBRE Investment Management in connection with the acquisition of a logistics portfolio, consisting of 24 standalone properties, from Hillwood Investment Properties. The value of the transaction amounted to EUR 980 million, making it one of the largest real estate transactions executed in Europe in 2022.
- Advised Stock Spirits Group, a portfolio company owned by a fund managed by CVC Capital Partners, in connection with the indirect acquisition of 100% of the shares in Polmos Bielsko-Biała S.A.
- Advised PAK-Polska Czysta Energia in connection with the acquisition of a special purpose company owned by the Neoinvestment Group, responsible for the construction of a wind farm situated in Człuchów, consisting of 33 wind turbines with a total capacity of approx. 72.6 MW.
- Advised a Korean investor in connection with a transaction concerning the acquisition of all of shares in a company holding a warehouse facility located in Poland leased to a leading online retailer. The value of this transaction was one of the highest to date among acquisitions in this area of the logistics sector.
- Advised Goldman Sachs and UBS, acting as Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, mBank and PKO BP Biuro Maklerskie, as Joint Bookrunners and investment firms intermediating in the public offering of the securities and WOOD & Company as a Joint Bookrunner, in connection with the due diligence process related to the IPO of shares in STS Holding S.A. on the WSE (the transaction value exceeded PLN 1.1 billion).
- Advised Goldman Sachs, Citi, Trigon Dom Maklerski, acting as Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, Numis Securities Limited as a Joint Bookrunner and mBank as a Co-Manager of the offering, in connection with the due diligence proced related to the IPO of shares in Grupa Pracuj S.A. on the WSE (the transaction value exceeded PLN 1.1 billion).
- Advised Union Investments in connection with the final purchase agreements for the acquisition of two hotel properties in Katowice (Hotel Mercure) and Kraków (Hotel ibis Styles). The total value of the transaction is over EUR 80 million.
- Advised EQT Exeter in connection with the acquisition of a Polish logistics portfolio consisting of selected 5 class-A warehouse projects.
- Advised Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and Polkomtel sp. z o.o. in connection with a conditional share sale agreement concerning a 99.99% stake in Polkomtel Infrastruktura sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of Polsat Group, with Cellnex Poland sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of Cellnex Telecom S.A., The value of the transaction exceeds PLN 7 billion.
- Advised Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of a stake in Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne from its current owners.
- Advised Madison International Realty in connection with the acquisition of shares in Cavatina Office sp. z o.o., the owner of the Chmielna 89 office building in Warsaw, from Cavatina Holding S.A.
- Advised OANDA Global Corporation on the acquisition of Dom Maklerski TMS Brokers S.A.
- Advised Lee Hecht Harrison, an Adecco Group entity, on the acquisition of the enterprise of Development & Business Consulting Gniazdowski i Partnerzy sp.k., which previously operated as a local representative of Lee Hecht Harrison.
- Advised REINO RF CEE Real Estate, the Luxemburg-based fund created as part of the strategic cooperation between REINO Capital and the Australian fund, RF CorVal, in connection with the attempted acquisition of the entire BUMA Group real estate portfolio.
- Advised Agora S.A. in connection with the acquisition of a 40% stake in Eurozet sp. z o.o. and negotiation of a shareholders agreement with its majority shareholder SFS Ventures s.r.o., governing the cooperation of both Eurozet shareholders.
- Advised CVC Capital Partners, one of the leading global private equity firms, in connection with the acquisition of the convenience retailer “Żabka” from Mid Europa Partners. The sale of Żabka, the largest transaction in the Polish food retail sector and the largest private equity exit in Poland, won the CEE Legal Matters 2017 CEE Deal of the Year Award for Poland.
- Advised Discovery Polska in connection with the execution of the Investment Agreement pursuant to which Discovery Polska acquired and subscribed for shares in Green Content.
- Advised EcorNaturaSi, an Italian distributor of organic food, in connection with the acquisition of the controlling stake in Organic Farma Zdrowia.
- Advised Empik Media & Fashion S.A. on the sale of shares in Learning Systems Poland S.A. to Bookzz Holdings Limited.
- Advised Rentokil Initial in connection with the acquisition of the organized part of an enterprise from Magic Group Polska Sp. z o.o. relating to aroma marketing solutions carried out under the brand AromaCorp.
- Advised AnaCap in connection with the acquisition of FM Bank PBP.
- Advised Alior Bank in connection with the acquisition of 98% of shares of Meritum Bank from Innova Capital. Value of the transaction was PLN 352 million.
- Advised PKO BP Bank in connection with the acquisition of Nordea Bank Poland, Nordea Life and Nordea Finance. The value of the transaction was approx. PLN 3.5 billion.
- Advised BNP Paribas in connection with the acquisition of 90% of shares in Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej S.A. from Rabobank. Value of the transaction was PLN 4 billion.
- Represented BNP Paribas in the public offering of shares listed on the WSE. The value of the offer was PLN 231.2 million.
- Advised Budimex S.A. in connection with the sale of Budimex Danwood sp. z o.o. Value of the transaction was PLN 238 million.
- Advised Smithfield Foods in connection with proceedings before the European Commission and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) relating to the acquisition of Pini Polonia, which concluded with a positive decision by the OCCP.
- Advised Platform Specialty Products Corporation before UOKIK in connection with taking control over Arysta Lifescience Ltd.
- Advised PGE S.A., KGHM S.A., and TAURON S.A. before the Anti-Monopoly Office in connection with the acquisition from PGE of shares in PGE EJ 1, which will be responsible for building and operating Poland’s first nuclear power plant.
Riconoscimenti e Premi
- Legal 500 EMEA: Recommended in Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2024)
- Member, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
Formazione
Formazione
- Attorney-at-Law, 2018
- Master of Law, Warsaw University
- Diploma di maturità, Economics, Warsaw School of Economics
Abilitazioni
- Poland
Lingue
- Polish, Madrelingua
- Inglese, Fluente