Linklaters

The Warsaw office comprises a number of Poland’s most respected Polish and internationally qualified lawyers.

Linklaters is the first port of call for clients seeking expertise in domestic, cross-border and regional corporate/M&A, banking, capital markets and real estate transactions. These teams  work closely with the firm’s litigation/arbitration, TMT, IP, tax and competition/antitrust specialists in Poland to advise clients on their most significant M&A, private equity, real estate  and finance deals.

Transactional  know-how and regulatory expertise is  another hallmark of Linklaters’ offering in Warsaw.  

 Recent transactions include advising

• HSBC Polska on its sale of consumer finance portfolio to Alior Bank
• Santander on its joint venture with AIG Bank Polska
• PGE group on its reorganisation as a vertically integrated energy undertaking, combining fuel supply, electricity generation, trade and supply activities into a single company
• Mid Europa Partners on the acquisition of Centrum Medyczne LIM Sp. z o.o. (CM LIM), the leading national private healthcare provider in Poland
• BNP Paribas, Société Générale S.A. and other banks on €1.6 billion of facilities for PKN Orlen S.A. to acquire a majority shareholding in AB Mazeikiu Nafta
• on Bridgepoint’s leveraged acquisition of CTL Logistics, the CEE’s largest private rail logistics company – one of the largest private equity deals in Polish history

Linklaters operates in Poland through a local partnership under the name Linklaters C. Wiśniewski i Wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa, which is affiliated to Linklaters LLP.

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