Banking & Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Poland
Band 3
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+48 22 520 5555About
Provided by CMS
CMS Poland's Banking and Finance Department acts as a business partner to our clients over the long term, which enables us to understand clients’ sector, strategy and culture. Our lawyers have extensive experience in various types of financing and financial restructuring transactions. Our team is very responsive, always reachable and is valued for its business approach as well as its regulatory expertise.
We have over 25 years of valuable experience in numerous projects and transactions including property finance, asset finance, project finance (including PPP structure), real estate finance and acquisition finance as well restructuring transactions. We are also a unique law office that offers its clients the highest level of complex legal advice on all types of regulatory issues.
We have a strong client base that includes the leading Polish and international banks, financial institutions, institutional and private investors, major corporations, international developers, venture capital and private equity funds. Many of our banking and finance clients are among the most active in the CEE at present, meaning that we continue to receive a stream of impressive instructions. Moreover, the considerable size of our team enables us to work simultaneously on several large projects while maintaining the highest quality.
Chambers Review
CMS has a strong team that boasts a broad practice encompassing corporate loans, acquisition and real estate finance as well as refinancings. The law firm offers further capabilities in project finance, including within the renewable energy space. The legal practice is instructed by local and international banks and also advises domestic borrowers and sponsors. CMS is often instructed on cross-border deals due to its network of offices across the CEE region. The law firm also has an active insurance practice.
Work Highlights
- CMS advised Lewandpol and E&G on the project financing to build Kleczew Wind & Solar Project wind farm, which included a PLN866 million senior facility agreement from a consortium of three banks as well as a PLN90 million subordinated loan agreement from Polish development fund PFR.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"CMS had impressive knowledge and the ability to work within tight deadlines on a complex documentation."
"The lawyers are easy-going, responsive, good on the merits, and they know us and our standards and what we need."
"We can always count on CMS for fair and wise judgement, especially in situations where there is no clear guidance from the regulator."
"They react in a timely manner, which is extraordinary considering the complexity of our requests. They have proven many times that they can handle the most complicated requests in a proper way."
"CMS is made up of very professional experts with a long track record and experience."
"CMS had impressive knowledge and the ability to work within tight deadlines on a complex documentation."
"The lawyers are easy-going, responsive, good on the merits, and they know us and our standards and what we need."
"We can always count on CMS for fair and wise judgement, especially in situations where there is no clear guidance from the regulator."
"They react in a timely manner, which is extraordinary considering the complexity of our requests. They have proven many times that they can handle the most complicated requests in a proper way."
"CMS is made up of very professional experts with a long track record and experience."
Notable Practitioners
Head of department Michał Mężykowski is adept at handling renewable energy and real estate financing matters. He also advises on corporate financing and refinancing.
"Michał Mężykowski delivers everything we want: he is knowledgeable, very efficient, well informed about the topics in the industry, and gets back to us with short reaction times."
"He was calm, professional, solution-oriented and had deep knowledge and understanding of legal and economic backgrounds."
Pawel Wajda advises clients on insurance matters including regulatory and compliance advisory as well as contentious issues. His experience includes assisting with insurance distribution topics and with corporate governance in insurance companies.
Jakub Wieczorek ascends in the rankings thanks to receiving strong market backing and his high activity levels on sophisticated matters. He regularly assists with acquisition and general corporate financing matters as well as project and real estate financing.
"Jakub Wieczorek is engaged in a lot of transactions and very good."
Jakub Podkowa regularly handles commercial real estate refinancings and financing mandates.
Artur Bednarski assists clients with financing and debt restructuring matters.
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