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The CMS Warsaw Banking and Finance Department is led by partner Michał Mężykowski and employs 26 lawyers. Our Banking practice acts for a wide range of institutions such as Polish and foreign banks, branches of financial institution, as well as their clients, such as international corporations, private equity and property funds in all types of business in the Polish and CEE market. We have almost 25 years of valuable experience in numerous projects and transactions, including the financing of export, assets and leasing, project finance (including PPP structure), real estate finance, acquisition finance as well as restructuring transactions. We are also unique in offering our clients the highest level of complex legal advice in all types of regulatory issues, including consumer products.

Our advisory services include:

  • representing clients in export finance, project finance, asset finance, management buy-out and leveraged buy-out transactions;
  • representing Polish and foreign banks and their clients in all types of lending transactions;
  • preparing legal opinions for banks and financial institutions;
  • providing to foreign and domestic financial institutions regulatory advice, including consumer products;
  • advising banks in connection with their clients’ restructuring or bankruptcy proceedings;
  • providing advisory services to banking syndicates and borrowers in connection with infrastructure projects and property acquisition deals.



Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Poland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

CMS has a strong team that boasts a broad practice encompassing corporate loans, acquisition and real estate finance as well as refinancings. The law firm offers further capabilities in project finance, including within the renewable energy space. The legal practice is instructed by local and international banks and also advises domestic borrowers and sponsors. CMS is often instructed on cross-border deals due to its network of offices across the CEE region. The law firm also has an active insurance practice.

Work Highlights

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  • CMS advised Lewandpol and E&G on the project financing to build Kleczew Wind & Solar Project wind farm, which included a PLN866 million senior facility agreement from a consortium of three banks as well as a PLN90 million subordinated loan agreement from Polish development fund PFR.

Strengths

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"CMS had impressive knowledge and the ability to work within tight deadlines on a complex documentation."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"The lawyers are easy-going, responsive, good on the merits, and they know us and our standards and what we need."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"We can always count on CMS for fair and wise judgement, especially in situations where there is no clear guidance from the regulator."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"They react in a timely manner, which is extraordinary considering the complexity of our requests. They have proven many times that they can handle the most complicated requests in a proper way."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"CMS is made up of very professional experts with a long track record and experience."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Michał Mężykowski
3
Michał Mężykowski
Head of Banking & Finance
3
Band 3

Head of department Michał Mężykowski is adept at handling renewable energy and real estate financing matters. He also advises on corporate financing and refinancing.

"Michał Mężykowski delivers everything we want: he is knowledgeable, very efficient, well informed about the topics in the industry, and gets back to us with short reaction times."

"He was calm, professional, solution-oriented and had deep knowledge and understanding of legal and economic backgrounds."

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Jakub Wieczorek
4
Jakub Wieczorek
4
Band 4

Jakub Wieczorek ascends in the rankings thanks to receiving strong market backing and his high activity levels on sophisticated matters. He regularly assists with acquisition and general corporate financing matters as well as project and real estate financing.

"Jakub Wieczorek is engaged in a lot of transactions and very good."

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Jakub Podkowa
5
Jakub Podkowa
5
Band 5

Jakub Podkowa regularly handles commercial real estate refinancings and financing mandates.

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U
Artur Bednarski
U
Up and Coming

Artur Bednarski assists clients with financing and debt restructuring matters.

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Rafał Zakrzewski
F
Rafał Zakrzewski
F
Foreign Expert

UK-qualified Rafał Zakrzewski assists Polish corporations and international banks with cross-border banking transactions.

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Poland

Banking & Finance
Michał Mężykowski
3
Michał Mężykowski
Head of Banking & Finance
3
Band 3
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Jakub Wieczorek
4
Jakub Wieczorek
4
Band 4
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Jakub Podkowa
5
Jakub Podkowa
5
Band 5
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U
Artur Bednarski
U
Up and Coming
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Rafał Zakrzewski
F
Rafał Zakrzewski
F
Foreign expert for UK
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Members

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Artur Bednarski

Karolina Zając

Konrad Leszko

Krzysztof Mrozik

Marek Milwicz vel Delach

Martyna Markiewicz

Michał Mężykowski

Michał Mężykowski

Head of Department

Monika Kowara

Industries

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Banking, Finance Services, Energy, Real Estate, Industry, Technology