Marcin Iwaniszyn
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Banking & Finance
About
Provided by Marcin Iwaniszyn
Career
Marcin Iwaniszyn is an attorney at law and partner in the Baker McKenzie Warsaw office. He heads the Banking and Finance Practice.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2006, also completing a course in US law, with distinction, at the Center for American Law Studies co-organised by the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2005, and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2010. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in May 2022, Marcin worked with a leading international law firm since 2005 and, after its presence in Poland ended, with a Polish law firm continuing the activities of that international law firm.
Marcin specializes in M&A financings (including public and cross-border), complex corporate financings and refinancings, debt securities issues and debt restructuring processes. He participated in numerous domestic and international debt financings and refinancings advising companies, financial institutions, private equity funds, strategic investors and investment firms on many of the largest M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts and delistings in recent years.
Chambers Review
Europe
Marcin Iwaniszyn rises in the rankings due to excellent market feedback and high levels of activity on sophisticated transactions. He advises on large financing deals, including acquisition and real estate financing as well as refinancing of renewables.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I really admire Marcin Iwaniszyn's ability to stay calm in difficult negotiations, even with complicated and unrealistic requests coming from the counterparty. He's always looking for solutions, very approachable and involved and his calm demeanour warms up everybody, even in the most crowded and tense negotiation room."
"Marcin Iwaniszyn is a very capable lawyer, with a good client interface."
"He is a good lawyer who is active in the market."
"I really admire Marcin Iwaniszyn's ability to stay calm in difficult negotiations, even with complicated and unrealistic requests coming from the counterparty. He's always looking for solutions, very approachable and involved and his calm demeanour warms up everybody, even in the most crowded and tense negotiation room."
"Marcin Iwaniszyn is a very capable lawyer, with a good client interface."
"He is a good lawyer who is active in the market."