About Pawel Piotrowski

Pawel Piotrowski is Co-Head of the Capital Markets Practice in the Warsaw Office of Greenberg Traurig. He focuses his practice on securities law, M&A and private equity transactions. He has advised clients on initial and secondary equity public offerings, sales of shares in accelerated bookbuilding processes, delisting processes as well as private and public M&A transactions.

Concentrations

•Equity offerings
•M&A transactions
•Private Equity transactions

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

Chambers Global:
•Band 2 in Capital Markets: Equity (2022-2026)
•Band 3 in Capital Markets: Equity (2020-2021)
•Band 4 in Capital Markets: Equity (2018-2019)
•Up and Coming in Capital Markets: Equity (2015-2016)
Chambers Europe:
•Band 1 in Capital Markets: Equity (2026)
•Band 2 in Capital Markets: Equity (2022-2025)
•Band 3 in Capital Markets: Equity (2020-2021)
•Band 4 in Capital Markets: Equity (2018-2019)
•Up and Coming in Capital Markets: Equity (2014-2016)
EMEA Legal 500:
•Leading Partner in Capital Markets (2025)
•Recommended in Commercial, Corporate & M&A (2025)
•Recommended in Private Equity (2021-2025)
•Leading Individual in Capital Markets (2022-2024)
•Recommended in Capital Markets (2021)
•Recommended in Banking and Finance (2021)
•Recommended in Capital Markets: Equity (2018-2019)
IFLR1000:
•Highly Regarded in Capital Markets: Equity (2018-2025)
•Highly Regarded in M&A (2018-2025)
•Highly Regarded in Private Equity (2018-2025)
Best Lawyers: Recommended in Capital Markets (since 2016)

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 3
    • Corporate
    • Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
    • Capital Markets

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Polish
    Native
    English
    Fluent
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Local Partner
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Equity Offerings: Represented Kemberton sp. z o.o., a company in Ghelamco Group, in connection with the issue of PLN 120 million bonds by Kemberton.
    Represented Benefit Systems S.A. in the public offering of the company's 280,000 Series H new issue shares in an accelerated book building process (ABB).
    Represented Diagnostyka S.A., a leading provider of diagnostic services, in the initial public offering of the company's shares
    the admission of some shares to trading on the regulated market operated by the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The value of the shares sold in the IPO was nearly PLN 1.7 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs in Pol
    in recent years.
    Represented Zabka Group
    CVC Capital Partners acting as the principal selling shareholder in the initial public offering of shares in Zabka Group
    their admission to trading on the regulated market operated by the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
    Represented Dom Maklerski Banku H
    lowego S.A. acting as the Global Coordinator in the sale, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of Ten Square Games S.A. shares. The sold shares represent 6% of the share capital
    total votes in the company (the value of the transaction exceeded PLN 138 million).
    Represented Goldman Sachs
    UBS, acting as Global Coordinators
    Joint Bookrunners, mBank
    PKO BP Biuro Maklerskie, as Joint Bookrunners
    investment firms intermediating in the public offering of the securities
    WOOD & Company as a Joint Bookrunner, in connection with the IPO of shares in STS Holding S.A.
    their admission to trading on the WSE (the transaction value exceeded PLN 1.1 billion).
    Represented Goldman Sachs, Citi, Trigon Dom Maklerski, acting as Global Coordinators
    Joint Bookrunners, Numis Securities Limited as a Joint Bookrunner
    mBank as a Co-Manager of the offering, in connection with the IPO of shares in Grupa Pracuj S.A.
    their admission to trading on the WSE (the transaction value exceeded PLN 1.1 billion).
    Represented Benefit Systems S.A. on the sale of the company's 118,053 treasury in an accelerated book building process (the value of the Transaction was over PLN 94.4 million).
    Represented mBank S.A., acting as the manager, in the public offering, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of newly issued Mabion S.A. shares (the transaction value exceeded PLN 130 million).
    Represented Wood & Co. acting as the sole global coordinator in the sale, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of Ten Square Games S.A. shares representing 9.78% of the share capital
    total votes in the company (the transaction value exceeded PLN 355 million).
    Represented Goldman Sachs International
    Morgan Stanley, as global coordinators
    joint bookrunners
    Barclays Bank, BofA Securities, Citi, as joint bookrunners, Biuro Maklerskie PKO BP
    Sant
    er Biuro Maklerskie, as joint bookrunners
    co-offering agents,
    Bank Pekao, Pekao Investment Banking, Credit Agricole Corporate
    Investment Bank, Erste Group
    Raiffeisen Centrobank as co-lead managers, in connection with the PLN 9.2 billion (PLN 10.6 billion including the over-allotment shares) IPO of shares of Allegro.eu
    their admission to trading on the WSE. This was the largest IPO in Pol
    's history.
    Represented UBS
    IPOPEMA in connection with a PLN 140 million new share offering of Ryvu Therapeutics.
    Represented CCC S.A. in connection with a PLN 500 million new share offering.
    Represented Wood & Co. acting as the sole global coordinator in a sale, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of Ten Square Games S.A. shares representing 13.3% of the share capital
    total votes in the company (the transaction value exceeded PLN 220 million).
    Represented a consortium of investment banks (Pekao Investment Banking S.A., Kempen & Co. N.V.
    Wood & Company Financial Services, A.S. Spolka Akcyjna, Polish Branch) in an offer concerning the sale of shares in Echo Investment S.A. by its majority shareholder
    the offer was carried out by way of an accelerated bookbuilding without the need to prepare a prospectus for the offering.
    Represented CCC S.A. for the purposes of the issue
    offer of a new issue of shares under an accelerated bookbuilding process, without the need to draw up a prospectus regarding such shares,
    the admission of the new issue shares to trading on the WSE. The value of the offer was PLN 530 million.
    Represented a consortium of investment banks (Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, Dom Maklerski Banku H
    lowego, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
    Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. Dom Maklerski Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A.) in the initial public offering of shares of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A.
    Represented a consortium of banks (Pekao Investment Banking S.A., UniCredit Bank AG, London Branch, IPOPEMA Securities S.A.
    mBank S.A.) in the sale, through an accelerated bookbuilding process, of Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A. shares. The sold shares represent 27.18% of the share capital
    19.51% of the total votes in the company. The value of the transaction was PLN 390 million.
    Represented J.P. Morgan, Pekao Investment Banking S.A., UniCredit Bank AG London branch
    IPOPEMA Securities S.A. in connection with the IPO
    the admission of the shares of X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski S.A. to trading on the Main Market of the WSE.
    Represented Pekao Investment Banking S.A., IPOPEMA Securities S.A.
    Vestor Dom Maklerski S.A. as the offering managers, in connection with the initial public offering
    the admission of the existing shares of AAT Holding S.A. to trading on the WSE. The value of the transaction was PLN 57.5 million.
    Represented Cyfrowy Polsat the issuer in a PLN 1 billion notes offering, the first of its kind under the new Bonds Act.
    Represented the investment banks UBS Limited
    WOOD & Company Financial Services in the sale of 7.8% of CCC S.A. shares through accelerated bookbuilding. The value of the transaction exceeded PLN 511 million.
    Represented Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A.
    its selling shareholder, European Media Holding S.a r.l. - an entity controlled by the private equity fund Innova Capital, on the initial public offering of shares
    listing on the WSE.
    Represented Grupa LOTOS S.A. in connection with a PLN 1 billion rights issue.
    Represented UBS Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
    Dom Maklerski BZ WBK S.A.as the managers in the accelerated bookbuilding for 2% of the shares of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. sold by Banco Sant
    er S.A. The value of the transaction was over PLN 700 million.
    Represented Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International
    UniCredit as global coordinators
    joint bookrunners,
    Espirito Santo Investment Bank, PKO Bank Polski
    Societe Generale as joint bookrunners, in the process of accelerated bookbuilding by the State Treasury
    Polskie Inwestycje Rozwojowe S.A. for the shares of PGE S.A for the total price of PLN 1.32 billion.
    Represented Dom Maklerski BZ WBK, Renaissance Capital, Societe Generale
    others in a domestic
    international offering, through an accelerated bookbuilding, of Alior Bank's shares for PLN 464.2 million.
    Represented the European Bank for Reconstruction
    Development in connection with its participation in the IPO of PKP Cargo
    the acquisition of 5.27% of PKP Cargo's shares. The value of the transaction was PLN 155.4 million.
    Represented the underwriters Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, KBC Securities
    Sant
    er Investment in connection with one of the biggest secondary offerings in the history of the WSE - the PLN 4.9 billion secondary offering of BZ WBK shares.
    Represented the Joint Global Coordinators: Citigroup Global Markets Limited, DMBH, Societe Generale, UBS
    Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch,
    the Joint Bookrunners: DM PKO BP, DI BRE, DM BZ WBK
    Wood&Co in the PLN 238.6 million IPO of Polski Holding Nieruchomosci (PHN).
    Represented J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Ipopema S.A.
    others - joint global coordinators
    bookrunners in Alior Bank's PLN 2.1 billion IPO.
    Advised UniCredit in connection with the PLN 445.5 million IPO of Open Finance S.A. on the WSE.
    Advised BRE Bank S.A. on its PLN 2 billion rights issue.
    Advised Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, ING
    Dom Maklerski BZ WBK on a domestic
    international offering, through an accelerated bookbuilding, of the Polish Treasury's shares in the listed KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.
    Advised on introducing IVAX Corporation (IVAX) shares to public trading
    the exchange offer for IVAX shares in exchange for Polfa Kutno S.A. shares.
    Advised on preparing the public offer of shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. addressed to the Polish shareholders of IVAX in light of the merger of the two companies.
    Assisted in preparing Opoczno S.A.'s prospectus
    its IPO.
    Assisted with respect to the Polish aspects of the Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (BACA) listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange
    assisted both BACA
    CA IB Securities S.A. as the offeror with respect to introduction of BACA shares to public trading in Pol

    listing on the WSE. BACA was the first foreign company listed on the WSE.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Piotrowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.


    M&A Transactions: Represented Banco Sant
    er S.A. in connection with the sale of a 49% stake in Sant
    er Bank Polska S.A. for EUR 6.8 billion
    50% of Sant
    er's Polish asset management business (Sant
    er TFI) for EUR 200 million to Erste Group Bank AG. The total transaction value was EUR 7 billion.
    Represented Agora S.A. in connection with the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eurozet sp. z o.o.
    Represented Deutsche Bank AG in connection with the sale
    demerger of Deutsche Bank Polska S.A.'s local Private & Commercial Banking business to Sant
    er Bank Polska S.A.
    Represented Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. in connection with all aspects of the acquisition of Polkomtel sp. z o.o., which included (i) negotiating agreements with existing shareholders, (ii) issuing Cyfrowy Polsat's new shares
    their admission to the WSE as well as (iii) refinancing the existing indebtedness of the Cyfrowy Polsat
    Polkomtel capital group (Senior Notes, PIK Notes
    Senior Facilities). The value of the transaction was PLN 6.15 billion.
    Advised EDF on the proposed acquisition of shares in ENEA S.A. from the state treasury in the privatization process.
    Advised RWE on the proposed acquisition of shares in ENEA S.A. from the state treasury in the privatization process.
    Advised on the acquisition of the Polish banking
    financial assets of Fortis Group, including a controlling stake in Fortis Bank Polska S.A.
    Dominet Bank S.A. by BNP Paribas.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Piotrowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.


    Private Equity Transactions: Represented CVC Capital Partners in connection with the PLN 2.64 billion acquisition of Comarch S.A. through a tender offer for all shares in Comarch
    delisting from the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
    Represented Innova/6 in the acquisition of a majority stake in STX Next sp. z o.o.
    Represented Innova/5 in the exit
    sale of shares in Pekaes sp. z o.o. to GEODIS S.A.
    Represented Innova Capital in connection with the takeover of “
    CHEMES M. SZPERLINSKI”
    sp. z o.o.
    the creation of a holding company
    capital group including Drukarnia Embe Press S. Bezdek M. Mamczarz sp. z o.o.

    CHEMES M. SZPERLINSKI”
    sp. z o.o.
    Represented Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in Drukarnia Embe Press S. Bezdek M. Mamczarz sp. z o.o.
    Represented Innova Capital as the majority shareholder of Profim sp. z o.o. in a transaction concerning the contribution of all shares in Profim sp. z. o.o. to Flokk Group (a leading Sc
    inavian office furniture manufacturer) in exchange for new shares in a holding company belonging to Flokk Group.
    Represented Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Polish company Profim sp. z o.o.
    Represented Innova Capital, a private equity fund, in the acquisition of a majority stake in PEKAES S.A. from Kulczyk Investments S.A.
    Kulczyk Holding S.A., further tender offer
    squeeze-out,
    the Warsaw Stock Exchange delisting process.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Piotrowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2002, Poland
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Warsaw Bar of Attorneys-at-Law

  • Education & Certifications
    Other Education
    Warsaw University
    Class of 2002
    Master of Law
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    Pawel Piotrowski speaks Polish, Native and Fluent.
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