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Szymon Świerszcz focuses his practice on capital markets law, with a particular focus on initial public offerings, public companies’ disclosure obligations and M&A transactions. He advises public companies, private equity and venture capital funds, and investment banks.

Concentrations

  • Capital markets
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate law

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주요 경력

  • Participated in the work for Benefit Systems S.A. on the PLN 742 million public offering of the company’s 280,000 Series H new issue shares in an accelerated book building process.
  • Participated in the work for Diagnostyka S.A., a leading provider of diagnostic services, in connection with the initial public offering of the company’s shares and their admission to trading on the regulated market operated by the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
  • Participated in the work for Shoper S.A. on the sale of the remaining shares in Shoper S.A. through an accelerated bookbuilding process. The value of shares sold in the ABB exceeded PLN 200 million.
  • Participated in the work for KI Chemistry and Ciech S.A. in connection with the delisting of Ciech S.A. from the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse.
  • Participated in the work for Żabka Group and CVC Capital Partners acting as the principal selling shareholder on the initial public offering of shares in Żabka Group and their admission to trading on the regulated market operated by the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
  • Participated in the work for KI Chemistry, a company from the Kulczyk Investments group, in connection with the acquisition of shares in Ciech S.A. via a public tender offer and several public invitations to submit offers for the sale of shares, including a compulsory buy-out of minority shareholders. The total value of all transactions for KI Chemistry’s acquisition of shares in Ciech S.A. in 2023 was approx. PLN 1.4 billion.
  • Participated in the work for Madison International Realty, the majority shareholder of Capital Park S.A., related to the compulsory buy-out and subsequent delisting of Capital Park from the WSE.
  • Participated in the work for CCC S.A. in connection with the issue and offering of 14 million new shares, allowing CCC S.A. to raise more than PLN 500 million.
  • Participated in the work for PCF Group in connection with its PLN 100 million public offering of new shares.
  • Participated in the work for Woodpecker.co in connection with the admission of shares to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
  • Participated in the work for PCF Group in connection with the public offering of newly issued shares, which were almost entirely subscribed for by KRAFTON, a South Korean video game developer. The value of the transaction was almost PLN 135 million.
  • Participated in the work for Ufenau Capital Partners, a Swiss private equity fund, in connection with the acquisition of Strategor Sp. z o.o., a consulting company that assists businesses in securing EU grants and public funding for investment and development projects.
  • Participated in the work for Ufenau Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of the Nexia Advicero group, a professional advisory firm providing tax, accounting, payroll, and financial outsourcing services.
  • Participated in the work for Ufenau Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of a Polish law firm – KWKR.
  • Participated in the work for Banco Santander S.A. in connection with the sale of a 49% stake in Santander Bank Polska S.A. for EUR 6.8 billion and 50% of Santander’s Polish asset management business (Santander TFI) for EUR 200 million to Erste Group Bank AG. The total transaction value is EUR 7 billion.
  • Participated in the work for CVC Capital Partners in connection with the PLN 2.64 billion acquisition of Comarch S.A. through a tender offer for all shares in Comarch and delisting from the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
  • Participated in the work for Buglo Play, the largest playground manufacturer in Poland, and the PE fund Resource Partners in connection with the acquisition of Elverdal, a company based in Denmark.
  • Participated in the work for Dark Passenger, a gaming developer, in connection with a financing round and securing funds from a VC fund from LA – The Games Fund.
  • Participated in the work for eRecruitment Solutions, a company from the capital group of Grupa Pracuj S.A., in connection with the acquisition of all shares in HRlink from Agora S.A. and two individual minority shareholders.
  • Participated in the work for Madison International Realty, the majority shareholder of Capital Park S.A., in connection with the corporate and regulatory aspects of the sale of certain assets of the group in a management buy-out, co-financed by Europi Property Group, Capital Park’s minority shareholder.
  • Participated in the work for Value4Capital, a private equity firm, on the sale of 100% of the shares in Kom-Eko to a fund whose sole and exclusive investment advisor is CEE Equity Partners.
  • Participated in the work for the founders of the eSky Group and Syntaxis Capital fund on the sale of a majority stake to a fund held by MCI Capital.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Świerszcz prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

학력 및 자격사항

학력
  • Diploma, The British Law Centre, Juris Angliae Scientia in cooperation with the University of Warsaw, 2020
  • Master of Law, the University of Warsaw, 2022
자격
  • Poland
언어
  • Polish, Native
  • English, Fluent
  • German, Conversational

Related Capabilities

Corporate Capital Markets