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Pawel Szaja
Work Department
Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Pawel Szaja is a partner in the Capital Markets practice. He is based in the London and Dubai offices and advises corporates, underwriters and private equity funds in EMEA on complex cross-border SEC-registered and Rule 144A / Regulation S equity and debt capital markets, M&A / private equity and SPAC/de-SPAC transactions as well as corporate governance, regulatory and ongoing reporting matters.
Pawel is a member of the Fintech Foundry program at Shearman & Sterling. He has completed secondments to the execution group at a major investment bank in London and the legal department at ADNOC in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Languages
Polish, German, English
Memberships
Admissions
New York
England and Wales
Ireland – On the Roll
Education
Columbia University School of Law, LL.M.
Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main, LL.M. (Finance)
Warsaw University, J.D.
Lawyer Rankings
United Arab Emirates > Commercial, corporate and M&A
A&O Shearman predominantly acts for oil and gas majors in the UAE market, with the team active on both investment and disposal deals. Omar Alkaffas and Pawel Szaja are the practice heads.
United Arab Emirates > Capital markets
The wide ranging practice at A&O Shearman covers the full gamut of capital markets work, with a strong track record on IPOs. Pawel Szaja has a mixed ECM and DCM practice and has been involved in substantial offerings on the ADX. Senior associate Kasia Lebiecki is also noted.
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
(Next Generation Partners)London > Finance > Debt capital markets
(Leading individuals)A&O Shearman has ‘extremely knowledgeable debt capital markets lawyers; focused and client-oriented with a very good understanding of their clients’ business‘. The firm handles a variety of public and private debt deals, including equity-linked notes, investment-grade offerings, liability management transactions, and programme establishment. Head of EMEA capital markets Trevor Ingram ‘produces work of the highest calibre‘. He acted for Deutsche Bank as underwriter of the $2bn offering of sustainability-linked notes by Eaton Corporation. Key partner Pawel Szaja, who works in both Dubai and London, has extensive experience in both debt and equity transactions in the CEE and CIS regions. ‘They know their subject matter backwards and don’t miss a beat‘, say clients of Ingram and ‘responsive, detailed, smart‘ associate Evangelia Andronikou. Marwa Elborai moved to A&O Shearman.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Debt capital markets
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > High yield
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax