Category: Press release

  • Rymarz Zdort lawyers among the best in Poland according to IFLR1000’s 2022 ranking

    We are excited to announce that eight of our partners have been listed by IFLR1000 as being among the best legal advisors in Poland. These rankings were bestowed in three individual categories: “Market Leaders,” “Highly Regarded” professionals and “Notable Practitioners”.

    Both managing partners, Paweł Rymarz and Paweł Zdort, have been awarded the title of “Market Leader” with respect to M&A and Private Equity. Additionally, Paweł Rymarz has been listed as a “Market Leader” in the Capital Markets (Equity) and Restructuring & Insolvency areas. The designation “Market Leader” is IFLR1000’s highest distinction and is reserved for lawyers that are not only leaders in their particular areas of expertise, but who have also advised on innovative deals of particular significance for the economy.

    Furthermore, five Rymarz Zdort partners have been recognised as “Highly Regarded”, a title granted to professionals possessing a strong transactional record and consistently receiving positive peer and client feedback. Those include:

    • Ewa Bober – Capital Markets (Equity) and M&A;
    • Marek Durski – Project Development and M&A;
    • Zofia Frydrychowicz – Banking, Capital Markets (Debt), and Real Estate Finance;
    • Dr hab. Łukasz Gasiński – Capital Markets (Equity), Private Equity, and M&A;
    • Iwona Her – M&A.

    IFLR1000 has also recognised Monika Kierepa as a “Notable Practitioner” in the Capital Markets (Equity) and M&A fields. This title is awarded to individuals possessing a track record of advising on significant deals on the Polish market and in particular practice areas.

    Apart from individual recognitions, Rymarz Zdort has also received top rankings in seven practice areas, namely: M&A, Capital Markets (Debt), Capital Markets (Equity), Banking, Project Development Power, Project Development Infrastructure, and Project Finance.

    We are proud of these achievements and would like to thank our clients for their continued trust and positive feedback We would also like to congratulate all of the attorneys that have been recognised and those who contributed towards the recognition of the above-mentioned practice areas. Outstanding work!

    More on this year’s IFLR1000 ranking results (edition 2022) can be found here: link

  • Rymarz Zdort among the best law firms according to IFLR1000’s new 2022 Banking and Finance ranking

    Rymarz Zdort is pleased to announce that in the latest IFLR1000 ranking, it was once again recognised as one of the best law firms in Poland, being recognised in Tier 2 in the Banking & Finance practice.

    2021 was a very dynamic year for our team – says Zofia Frydrychowicz, co-head of Rymarz Zdort’s Banking & Finance practice. We were involved in various spectacular transactions, such as the financing of the acquisition of 100% of the shares in CEDC International by Maspex Group and the financing of the acquisition of Luxembourg-based Moventum by ProService Finteco.

    We also supported clients from the renewable energy sources sector, such as Aberdeen Standard Investments and a consortium of lenders on the complex financing of a portfolio of 140 photovoltaic farms. It was a very busy and demanding year, but thanks to our clients’ trust and our commitment towards projects, it turned out to be a very successful year – summarises Dr Jakub Rachwol, co-head of Rymarz Zdort’s Banking & Finance practice.

    Rymarz Zdort was also recognised in Tier 3 in the Project finance category of this year’s IFLR1000 ranking. We are also delighted to add that Zofia Frydrychowicz has been recognised in the Women Leaders 2022 category.

    Congratulations to all of the lawyers and teams that received recognition.

    We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our clients – your positive feedback has always served as our greatest distinction.

    Please visit IFLR1000 to find out more: IFLR10002022

  • Rymarz Zdort strengthens its M&A/Corporate practice: Anna Zorya and Viktoriia Dobrynska join the M&A team

    We are pleased to announce that Anna Zorya (partner) and Viktoriia Dobrynska (senior associate) have joined the M&A/Corporate practice of Rymarz Zdort. They gained their transactional experience at several law firms in the Ukraine.

    “I am delighted to have Anna and Viktoriia on board. They are experienced lawyers with in-depth expertise in all legal aspects that may arise in the course of doing business. Anna has led several M&A/Corporate projects in various jurisdictions in the CEE region. We are convinced that thanks to the unique combination of their specialisation and experience, we will be able to provide our clients in Poland with the highest quality of services in more and more complex projects”, says Paweł Rymarz, managing partner and co-head of M&A/Corporate practice.

    Anna Zorya is an attorney-at-law with many years of experience in providing M&A and corporate legal advisory services. She has provided clients with comprehensive legal advice, including the provision of extensive support in M&A transactions, transaction structuring, the preparation of transactional documentation, the development of effective corporate governance models, and the provision of advice on all corporate governance issues. She has also advised on the implementation of squeeze-out/sell-out procedures and the establishment of businesses, in addition to providing support to corporate governance activities.

    Viktoriia Dobrynska is an attorney-at-law and a specialist who has represented corporate clients and institutional investors in the course of complex M&A transactions, cross-border structured finance transactions, the establishment of joint ventures, other capital market transactions and debt financing.

    “It is a pleasure for us to join one of the leading M&A legal houses in Poland. I am sure that Rymarz Zdort will benefit from our previous experience, and together we will execute several interesting transactions not only in Poland but also in the CEE region”, says Anna Zorya.

    Anna and Viktoriia, welcome aboard and good luck!

  • Rymarz Zdort No.1 law firm in Poland in terms of number of deals and deal value in Mergermarket Global & Regional M&A Report for first quarter of 2022

    We are pleased to announce that Rymarz Zdort has maintained its top position in the Mergermarket Global and Regional M&A League Tables 1Q22 – Legal Advisors. We are the No.1 law firm in Poland in terms of number of deals and No. 1 in terms of deal value. Rymarz Zdort advised on 8 transactions with a total value of approximately USD 1.2 billion. We are also the only independent Polish law firm in the TOP 10 in terms of deal value in the CEE region.

    Mergermarket gives intelligence, data and analysis and provides a comprehensive big picture of global M&A deals. We are happy that the transactions on which we advise are each time classified as the most significant transactions on the market.

    In the first quarter of 2022 we took part in one of the most complex and demanding deals Rymarz Zdort has handled in recent years due to its immense complexity and the involvement of a large number of entities with which we held simultaneous negotiations. Rymarz Zdort supported Grupa LOTOS S.A. in its implementation of the remedies specified in the conditional decision of the European Commission regarding its consent to a concentration involving Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. taking control over Grupa LOTOS S.A. In connection with such remedies, we had an opportunity to advise Grupa LOTOS S.A. on the drafting and negotiation of several conditional share sale agreements pursuant to which Grupa LOTOS will transfer the following shares to an entity controlled by Saudi Aramco:

    • 30% of the shares in LOTOS Asfalt sp. z o.o., the entity that will be operating the refinery in Gdańsk;
    • 100% of the shares in a company to which an organised part of the wholesale fuel enterprise currently operated by LOTOS Paliwa sp. z o.o. will be carved out prior to the closing of the transaction; and
    • 50% of the shares in LOTOS-Air BP Polska sp. z o.o.

    Moreover, we advised Grupa LOTOS in connection with the negotiation of an agreement for the sale of 417 fuel stations to Hungary-based MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company. We also supported Grupa LOTOS on the execution of a conditional agreement for the sale to a member of Unimot S.A. Group of 100% of the shares in LOTOS Terminale S.A., an entity engaged in the fuel logistics business (fuel depots). Finally, we advised Grupa LOTOS on the execution of a conditional agreement for the sale to Rossi Biofuel Zrt. of all of the shares in LOTOS Biopaliwa.

    We also advised Ten Square Games S.A. on its acquisition of a 24.8% stake in the Polish gaming business Gamesture sp. z o.o., the Polcom Group on concluding a partial scheme of arrangement with a consortium of lenders and its subsequent merger with Volumetric Building Companies, and Innova Capital on the sale of 100% of the shares in Trimo to Belgium-based Recticel.

    Our lawyers also advised the sellers of the Alseva Group on the signing of an investment agreement with Sunly, an investment group from the Baltic states and Norway. Rymarz Zdort additionally advised HigoSense, a Warsaw-based digital healthcare provider, and its founders in connection with a EUR 5 million Series A funding round led by Cogito Capital Partners and which included the participation of existing early-stage investors. Among other clients, the Rymarz Zdort team advised Electrum in connection with the negotiation of various agreements related to a joint venture between Electrum and Nofar Europe.

    We would like to thank our clients for giving us the opportunity to participate in such interesting projects and for their continued trust and support, which give us positive energy and drive us to work hard and provide top-of-the-line legal services. Only good organisation and faith in the success of the team makes it possible to achieve success. Our law firm is proof of that.

  • Rymarz Zdort among market leaders in 2022 edition of The Legal 500 EMEA

    The Legal 500 Europe 2022 rankings confirm the position of Rymarz Zdort as one of the leading law firms in Poland. We have been recognised as a top-tier law firm in four practice areas: Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Energy & Natural Resources; and Private Equity.

    Moreover, our firm has been ranked in Tier 2 in the following categories: Competition / Antitrust; Restructuring & Insolvency; Tax; White Collar Crime and Dispute Resolution.

    Our Banking & Finance and Real Estate practices have each been ranked in Tier 3.

    Eight Rymarz Zdort attorneys have also been nominated as being among the best legal advisors in Poland. Managing partner Paweł Rymarz has been listed in The Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” with respect to Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and has again been included on the elite “Leading Individuals” list for Private Equity. Moreover, managing partner Paweł Zdort, who is ranked for Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and Private Equity; partner Dr Filip Uziębło, ranked for Private Equity; partner Ewa Bober, ranked for Capital Markets; and partner Robert Krasnodębski, who is ranked for Tax, have all been recognised as “Leading Individuals”.

    Three partners have been listed as “Next Generation Partners” in their respective practice areas, i.e. Magdalena Pyzik-Waląg, Restructuring & Insolvency; Marcin Iwaniszyn, Banking & Finance; and Marek Durski, Energy & Natural Resources.

    We would like to thank you, our clients, for your trust and recommendations. Congratulations to all of the recognised attorneys and practices for their outstanding achievements and hard work.

  • Rymarz Zdort expands its regulatory practice: Dr Adam Puchalski and Dr Łukasz Karasek of Bank Pekao join the team

    We are pleased to announce that Dr Adam Puchalski, counsel, and Dr Łukasz Karasek, senior associate, are joining the regulatory practice of Rymarz Zdort on 19 April 2022. Our new lawyers have gained their rich transactional experience working for law firms and as managers in the legal departments of financial sector institutions.

    “For many reasons, I am delighted that Adam and Łukasz are joining our team. We focus on difficult and often groundbreaking transactions that require the involvement of many lawyers with outstanding competences. Adam and Łukasz have such competences. I know it because I have already worked with them on many occasions. They are excellent lawyers and high-class specialists. Obviously, they will be a great support for our transactional and regulatory dream team. I also count on their legislative expertise, knowing that Łukasz and Adam have supported several organisations in their legislative work, including the Polish Bank Association (Związek Banków Polskich),” says Dr hab. Łukasz Gasiński, partner heading the regulatory practice of Rymarz Zdort.

    Adam Puchalski is an attorney-at-law with many years of experience in corporate matters, equity and debt capital markets law, M&A transactions, and financial sector regulatory issues. His experience includes advising on the largest and most complex M&A transactions in the Polish banking sector. Adam has participated in the largest and most prestigious initial and secondary public offerings of shares and public offerings of bonds. He has provided advice to a variety of institutions in respect of regulatory matters and proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. He is the author of several publications, including the only Ph.D. dissertation in Poland on tender offers for shares in public companies, later published as a monograph. Before joining Rymarz Zdort, he held the positions of Director of Legal Projects and Director of Strategic Projects at Bank Pekao S.A., and has also worked for GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

    Łukasz Karasek is an attorney-at-law specialising in regulatory issues and financial markets law. During his work for the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, he was responsible for the implementation of key legal regulations relating to the capital and banking markets into the Polish legal system. His doctoral studies focused on regulatory and compliance issues. Before joining Rymarz Zdort, he worked for Bank Pekao S.A., Grupa Allianz and GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

    “As we join Rymarz Zdort, we are facing new challenges, and we look forward to working on interesting projects and having an opportunity to create a wide-ranging offer of services for our clients. We are proud to be able to join one of the best regulatory law firms serving the financial sector. We hope that our previous experience will make a valuable contribution that will expand Rymarz Zdort’s competence in this area,” says Dr Adam Puchalski.

    Welcome on board and good luck!

  • Rymarz Zdort among best law firms in Poland according to Chambers Europe 2022

    In this year’s edition of the Chambers Europe 2022 legal ranking, Rymarz Zdort has again been listed among the best law firms in Poland.

    Distinctions were awarded in the following categories:

    Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Band 1

    Capital Markets: Equity – Band 1

    Private Equity – Band 1

    Banking & Finance – Band 3

    Competition/Antitrust – Band 3

    Energy & Natural Resources – Band 3

    Restructuring/Insolvency – Band 3

    Tax – Band 3

    Dispute Resolution – Band 5

    Individual recognitions were also given to the following Rymarz Zdort lawyers:

    Paweł Rymarz

    Capital Markets: Equity – Eminent Practitioners, Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Eminent Practitioners

    Paweł Zdort

    Capital Markets: Equity – Band 1, Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Band 1, Private Equity – Band 1

    Marcin Chylinski

    Capital Markets: Equity – Band 1

    Robert Krasnodębski

    Tax – Band 1

    Marek Durski

    Energy & Natural Resources – Band 2

    Ewa Bober

    Capital Markets: Equity – Band 3

    Filip Uziębło

    Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Band 3, Private Equity – Band 4

    Iwona Her

    Competition/Antitrust – Band 3

    Karina Aust-Niewiadomska

    White-Collar Crime – Band 3

    Łukasz Gasiński

    Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Band 4

    Magdalena Pyzik-Walag

    Restructuring/Insolvency – Band 4

    Marcin Iwaniszyn

    Banking & Finance – Band 5

    Zofia Frydrychowicz

    Banking & Finance – Band 5

    “2021 presented a number of exciting challenges for our law firm. We had the pleasure of working on the largest M&A transactions in Poland and Europe, were involved in some spectacular IPOs and assisted clients in landmark arbitration cases. We owe our success to the clients we have advised for years and to our Rymarz Zdort teams, who have given their best. I would like to thank everyone involved” – summarised Paweł Rymarz, managing partner.

    More information is available on the website of the organiser of the Chambers and Partners ranking at: Chambers Europe 2022.

  • Rymarz Zdort among market leaders in 2022 edition of Chambers Global Guide

    The Chambers Global Guide has once again, in its 2022 edition, recognised Rymarz Zdort as one of the top law firms in 5 categories: Corporate/M&A (Band1), Equity Capital Markets (Band1), Banking & Finance (Band3), International & Cross Border (Band2) and Dispute Resolution (Band5).

    Furthermore, 8 of our lawyers received individual recognitions:

    Corporate/M&A (Band 1)

    • Paweł Rymarz (Eminent Practitioners)
    • Paweł Zdort (Band 1)
    • Filip Uziębło (Band 3)
    • Łukasz Gasiński (Band 4)

    Equity Capital Markets (Band 1)

    • Paweł Rymarz (Eminent Practitioners)
    • Paweł Zdort (Band 1)
    • Marcin Chyliński (Band 1)
    • Ewa Bober (Band 3)

    Banking & Finance (Band 3)

    • Zofia Frydrychowicz (Band 5)
    • Marcin Iwaniszyn (Band 5)

    International & Cross Border (Band 2)

    Dispute Resolution (Band 5)

    Congratulations to all of our recognised lawyers for their outstanding achievements.

  • Rymarz Zdort named among leading legal counsel for M&A in the latest issue of Mergermarket Global & Regional M&A League Tables 2021

    Rymarz Zdort has again been named among the top law firms in Poland by Mergermarket in its Global and Regional M&A League Tables 2021 – Legal Advisors report. The firm was ranked number two in terms of the value of transactions handled, and number three in terms of the number of deals.

    “In our second year as an independent law firm we are proud to maintain our leading position on the Polish M&A legal services market, having participated in as many as 18 M&A transactions with a total value of USD 5,6 billion, thus ranking second in the Mergermarket Global & Regional M&A Report 2021. We are also very pleased that in addition to the transactions included in the Mergermarket list, we also advised our Polish clients on a number of transactions outside Poland. We have set our goals for 2022 much higher and, looking at the current market situation and our engagement pipeline, we firmly believe that we can certainly achieve our ambitions. Many thanks to all of our clients for their continued trust and support which give us positive energy and drive us to work hard and provide top-of-the-line legal services” – summed up Pawel Zdort, managing partner.

    In 2021, Rymarz Zdort advised, among others, on transactions involving Robyg, Pluralis, Blue Media, Santander Bank Polska, Grupa Maspex, NapoleonCat, Griffin RE, Groupe Canal+, PGNiG, Wirtualna Polska Media, ProService Finteco, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, APG, Meliuz, Grupa Netsprint, Archicom and Northland Power. In addition, in 2021, we advised CVC Capital Partners on the Polish law aspects of its investment in Stock Spirits Group, and led the legal advisory teams in connection with foreign acquisitions by our clients, including, among others, CEPD’s investment in Admenta Sweden, the operator of the LloydsApotek pharmacy chain and the acquisition by Ten Square Games of RORTOS, based in Italy.

  • Rymarz Zdort among the best law firms for M&A according to IFLR1000 2021 ranking

    Rymarz Zdort is pleased to announce that in the most recent edition of the IFLR1000 2021 ranking, it has again been recognised as one of the best law firms in Poland for M&A. Rymarz Zdort has been recognised in Tier 1.

    Several Rymarz Zdort lawyers have also been recognised individually.

    Market leader recognition:

    • Paweł Rymarz (Capital markets: Equity, M&A; Private equity, Restructuring and insolvency); and
    • Paweł Zdort (M&A, Private equity).

    Highly regarded recognition:

    • Ewa Bober (Capital markets: Equity, M&A);
    • Marek Durski (Energy and infrastructure, Project development, M&A);
    • Dr hab. Łukasz Gasiński (Capital markets: Equity, Private equity, M&A); and
    • Iwona Her (M&A).

    Notable practitioner recognition:

    • Monika Kierepa (Capital markets: Equity, M&A); and
    • Dr Filip Uziębło (M&A, Real estate acquisitions, Private equity).

    We kindly thank our clients for their trust and recommendations. Congratulations to all of the lawyers and teams that received recognition!

    Please visit IFLR1000 to find out more: IFLR10002021