Katarzyna Łukaszewicz named co-head partner of Financial Regulatory practice at Rymarz Zdort Maruta

We are pleased to announce that Katarzyna Łukaszewicz has been serving as a co-head partner of the Financial Regulatory practice at our law firm. Katarzyna is an attorney with over 14 years of experience who specialises in financial sector regulations, M&A transactions and corporate law. She has been with Rymarz Zdort Maruta since 2010.

“This is not only a great opportunity for me, but also a great pleasure to co-head the Financial Regulatory practice of Rymarz Zdort Maruta. I would like to thank my colleagues at the firm for their support, especially Łukasz Gasiński for the trust he places in me every day. I am very grateful for this opportunity to develop and advance,” says Katarzyna Łukaszewicz, partner.

Katarzyna advises local and foreign financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, as well as on complex deals with challenging regulatory aspects. In addition, she supports clients in navigating regulatory challenges related to regulated activities in the financial sector. Katarzyna independently led key regulatory and corporate work streams in most of the recent M&A transactions in the banking sector in Poland. In particular, she was responsible for advising on the regulatory and corporate aspects of the demerger of Bank BPH S.A. (GE Group), the demerger of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. and its subsequent cross-border merger with Raiffeisen Bank International AG, the merger of Rabobank S.A. with Bank BGZ S. A. (now BNP Paribas S.A.), and the first mortgage bank split in Poland, i.e. mBank Hipoteczny S.A. Katarzyna has led almost all the processes that have taken place in Poland in which banks integrated their subsidiary brokerage houses into their operations. Starting with the very first, pioneering and successful project in 2014, she went on to subsequently complete five similar projects. She has supported financial institutions in dozens of complex proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, helping clients to obtain regulatory approvals and licences enabling them to commence regulated activities.

“Kasia’s promotion is a special moment of joy and pride for me in the nearly 15 years we have worked together. Kasia possesses a unique combination of qualities that make her an exceptional lawyer. She is extremely intelligent, professional, committed and quick to act. She is a veritable volcano of energy adored by clients. Together we have achieved many successes, and we are particularly proud of having built a regulatory practice from scratch. It is now one of the strongest in the market, and Katarzyna’s contribution to this success has been invaluable. Once again, I would like to thank Kasia for the years of cooperation, for which I am very grateful. I also believe that together we will achieve even more success than we have thus far. Kasia, my sincere congratulations on your promotion!” – says Łukasz Gasiński, who until Katarzyna’s promotion was the sole managing partner of the Financial Regulatory practice at Rymarz Zdort Maruta.

Photographer Tomasz Puchalski