WARSAW – Jan. 16, 2018 - The Warsaw office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP was ranked first place in Mergermarket’s Global & Regional M&A Report FY 2017 with respect to the value of M&A transactions handled in Poland in 2017.
The total value of the transactions amounted to 3.154 USD billion.
Lejb Fogelman, the Warsaw office's Senior Partner, commented that "this is the proof of strength and breadth of our M&A Practice. We operate in a very competitive and demanding market and in 2017 we had the opportunity to represent our key international and domestic clients in the largest and most complex M&A transactions in Poland and the CEE.”
Jarosław Grzesiak, Managing Partner of the Warsaw office, said, "We started 2017 by being recognized as the Chambers Europe Law Firm of the Year in Poland and the first place in the Mergermarket League Table marks a great ending of a very demanding and successful year for Greenberg Traurig in Poland.”
In 2017, Greenberg Traurig advised, among others, CVC Capital Partners with respect to the acquisition of Żabka Polska from Mid Europa Partners and Cyfrowy Polsat Group on the acquisition of shares in Netia S.A.
About Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp.k.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 2000 attorneys serving clients from 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp.k. was named the 2017 Law Firm of the Year in Poland and the 2016 Law Firm of the Year in Poland - Client Service Award by Chambers and Partners. The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP provides legal services to clients in Central Europe and beyond and consists of 100 lawyers. Team members are regularly recognized as leaders in numerous practice areas. Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000 and EMEA Legal 500 consistently rank them among the top tiers the areas of Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Private Equity, Tax, Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Energy, Dispute Resolution and TMT.