At the beginning of 2023, WKB Lawyers‘ banking, debt capital markets, and financial regulations teams were merged into one practice; the strengthened group is now well placed to handle an even wider range of mandates, from multi-jurisdictional restructurings and high-yield bond issuance, to large-scale project, energy and real estate financings, to matters affecting the payments service industry. Securitisation and non-performing loans also fall within the group’s advisory work. Since previous practice head Marcin Smolarek left the firm in December 2022, Agata Szczepańczyk-Piwek has taken over leadership of the team, and she is praised as ’one of the best banking lawyers in CEE’.
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Key clients
- Accolade Group
- Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.
Work highlights
- Assisted Accolade Group and its SPVs with the process of obtaining financings from major Polish banks for logistics centres in Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Gorzow, Elbląg, Jelenia Góra, Legnica, Konin, Koszalin, Piła and Szczecin.
- Advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. on several financings of logistics centre developments by Panattoni Group.