CEE/CIS - Poland

Dentons

The multi-disciplinary practice at Dentons boasts a broad-ranging offering which encompasses dealing with restructurings, bankruptcies, and related disputes. It has a strong client base in the financial sector, and is also regularly instructed by companies in the infrastructure, automotive, transportation, manufacturing, energy, retail, FMCG, agriculture and TMT sectors. Anna Pukszto sits at the helm of the department and was promoted to co-managing partner in April 2023; she has expertise in cross-border bankruptcies and distressed asset acquisitions. Tomasz Trocki is praised as ‘a unique lawyer with a wide scope of knowledge and experience in restructuring’, and he heads up the consensual restructuring group. Counsel Stanisław Sołtysik is another notable name in the contentious insolvency space.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The most important element is the constant striving to find a solution in situations where, at first glance, it seems that there is no solution at all. And I don't know how, but they find it. Thanks to this, the transaction is closed successfully.’

  • 'Anna Pukszto is great at negotiations and finding proper solutions.'

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Key clients

  • GX Technology Poland sp. z o.o.
  • HSBC Continental Europe

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Work highlights

  • Advised a TMT company on the restructuring of its intra-group receivables from a Polish subsidiary amounting to approximately €2bn arising from a number of loans granted in previous years and the liquidation of the subsidiary.
  • Advised a major infrastructure construction company in Poland on a debt restructuring, resulting in a successful consensus with two groups of creditors and an investor.

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