The Warsaw office of Hogan Lovells advised the Gdańsk Shipyard Group sp. z o.o. on the sale of 81.05% of the shares in Stocznia Gdańska S.A. (the Gdańsk Shipyard), and 50% of the shares in GSG Towers Sp. z o.o. to Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A. (the Industrial Development Agency).
As of July 19, 2018, Stocznia Gdańska S.A. (the Gdańsk Shipyard) and GSG Towers Sp. z o.o. (a manufacturer of wind turbine towers) are now fully owned by companies from the Industrial Development Agency Group.
On 11 June 2018, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection agreed to the concentration through the acquisition by SPV Operator sp. z o.o. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Industrial Development Agency) of the shares in GSG Towers Sp. z o.o..
Advocate Marek Wroniak, the Partner heading the Corporate and M&A Department within the Hogan Lovells Warsaw office, supervised the project which was conducted and coordinated by legal advisor Tomasz Żak (Counsel). The Hogan Lovells transaction team consisted of:
(i) advocate Piotr Kwasiborski, legal advisors Tomasz Pietrzak, Michał Białobrzeski, and Hubert Kruk - from the Corporate and M&A Department,
(ii) legal advisor Adriana Mierzwa-Bronikowska from the Infrastructure Department,
(iii) legal advisor Piotr Skurzyński, advocate Magdalena Kowara, and Dr Maciej Gac - from the Antitrust / Competition Practice,
(iv) advocate Przemysław Tacij from the Dispute Resolution Practice.