Capital Markets: Equity

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Provided by Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig offers clients an unparalleled breadth of experience in all aspects of Polish securities law, allowing us to facilitate all phases of securities transactions on Polish and international capital markets. Our seasoned capital markets professionals are acknowledged leaders in Poland and, as a group, make up one of the most experienced teams amongst international law firms in this vibrant Central European market.

We have advised investors on transactions involving share and senior note issues, friendly and hostile takeovers, company restructuring and representation before regulatory bodies. We represent issuers and borrowers, from major international corporations to early-stage private companies.

We advise investment banks, commercial banks and other financial institutions acting as underwriters, arrangers, placement agents or lenders, or in other capacities. We represent highly specialized market participants, including investment funds and their sponsors and investment managers.

We have advised in pioneering and the most innovative transactions in Poland:

• The largest IPO in the history of the WSE (PZU)
• The first takeover of a public company (Dom Plast)
• The first WSE dual listing (Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG)
• The largest IPO of a private company in the history of the WSE (Alior Bank)
• The first hostile takeover (Polifarb Cieszyn)
• The first delisting (E. Wedel)
• The first dual listing of an American company on the WSE (IVAX)