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Banking & Finance - Poland

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie enters the rankings thanks to successfully expanding and raising the profile of its banking and finance team. The practice is particularly active on the borrower side, advising Polish companies from sectors including manufacturing, mining and real estate, on corporate loans, debt refinancing and restructuring matters. It also assists investment funds and bank lenders with real estate and acquisition financings. The team is an experienced adviser on term loans, revolving credit facilities and secured loans. Baker McKenzie additionally has expertise in insurance matters, covering commercial, regulatory and contentious issues.

Work Highlights

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  • Baker McKenzie advised Paged Pisz and other Paged group companies on a PLN430 million debt refinancing, consisting of term and revolving facilities from a consortium including ING Bank Slaski and Alior Bank.

Strengths

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"Baker McKenzie has a strong team you can rely on, which provides comprehensive advice and quick reaction times."

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

"The entire team has really good availability and responds very quickly with useful answers."

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

"They have a lot of insight into Polish market practices, know the best way through the system and will tell you how things are done and what you need to consider in this jurisdiction."

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Sebastian Pabian
3
Sebastian Pabian
3
Band 3

Sebastian Pabian advises clients in the insurance sphere on both contentious and non-contentious matters.

"Sebastian Pabian is renowned on the Polish market for the quality of his services."

"Sebastian Pabian has a focus on contentious insurance cases and a strong and big team that is specialised in litigation."

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Marcin Iwaniszyn
4
Marcin Iwaniszyn
4
Band 4

Marcin Iwaniszyn rises in the rankings due to excellent market feedback and high levels of activity on sophisticated transactions. He advises on large financing deals, including acquisition and real estate financing as well as refinancing of renewables.

"I really admire Marcin Iwaniszyn's ability to stay calm in difficult negotiations, even with complicated and unrealistic requests coming from the counterparty. He's always looking for solutions, very approachable and involved and his calm demeanour warms up everybody, even in the most crowded and tense negotiation room."

"Marcin Iwaniszyn is a very capable lawyer, with a good client interface."

"He is a good lawyer who is active in the market."

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Ranked Lawyers at
Baker McKenzie

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Poland

Banking & Finance
Marcin Iwaniszyn
4
Marcin Iwaniszyn
4
Band 4
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Banking & Finance: Insurance
Sebastian Pabian
3
Sebastian Pabian
3
Band 3
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Ireneusz Stolarski

Head of Department