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Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.
Varso Tower
ul. Chmielna 69
Warsaw 00-801
Poland
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Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Michał Głowacki is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office, where he co-heads capital markets practice. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2008. Previously, he worked for five years in law firms and a consulting company. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University and the Warsaw School of Economics.

Michał is known as a leader of innovation in debt capital markets deals. He has been at the forefront of creating first-of-its-kind debt deals in Poland, and has experience in a whole range of capital market transactions, including equity (ECM) and debt (DCM) offerings (both private and public, by Polish and foreign issuers’). He advises in tender offers, managerial and incentive programs (including also ESPP, SOP, RSU), financial services regulatory (capital and banking law, mifid, MAR, BMR), complex debt restructuring, corporate and public M&A transactions.

Michał due to its extensive experience and deep legal knowledge is very well perceived by market participants (issuers, banks, brokerage houses, but also WSE and NDS).

Languages

English, Polish

Memberships

  • Warsaw Bar Chamber

Education

  • Warsaw School of Economics (Master’s Degree) (2006)
  • University of Warsaw (Master’s Degree) (2005)

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Capital markets

(Leading partners)

Michał Głowacki – Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

With an ‘exceptional combination of expertise, legal skills and a business-oriented approach’, the capital markets team at Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k. frequently coordinates with the firm’s banking and finance, tax and M&A practices to provide major financial institutions and private equity funds with an all-encompassing offering. This includes daily advice on investor relations and corporate governance mandates, implementing stock option plans and advising on the regulatory aspects of public trading. Marcin Chyliński heads up the ECM side of the practice, while Michał Głowacki chairs the DCM-focused group. The ECM group provides support with IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements and public M&A transactions, while the DCM team handles Eurobonds, EMTN programmes, convertible and exchangeable bonds, and green bonds. Katarzyna Grodziewicz is another core member of the team, with particular expertise public and non-public issuance of debt securities.