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Marcin is the co-head of the Corporate Practice in Warsaw and has over 20 years of experience in advising international financial institutions, private equity funds and the largest Polish corporates on Polish and cross-border M&A transactions, including M&A work, private equity transactions, restructuring (including sale of distressed assets) and pre-sale restructurings.

Marcin also co-leads the firm’s Financial Regulation Group, which advises investment funds, financial, credit and insurance institutions, as well as listed companies, on regulatory matters under Polish and European law.

Marcin is also the National Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Warsaw office.

Marcin has led on many major transactions. These include advising*:

• Cerberus Capital Management on the PLN 1.075bn acquisition of 100% of the shares of VeloBank, a leading global bank in Poland
• Cornerstone Investment Management,  a CEE’s leading private equity investment management business on the acquisition of Ecowipes / Hydra Beauty & Clean, a European leader in natural personal hygiene and childcare products
• Nrep, a leading Northern European real estate investor on the acquisition of an 80% stake in 7R S.A. one of Poland’s largest logistics developers. Nrep invests approximately €200m into the company
• Orange Polska, one of the largest Polish telecommunications service providers on the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture with the APG fund valued at €605m, to build a fiber-optic network in Poland
• Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. with respect to the implementation of the “Financial Shield”, the government financial support programme aimed at reducing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
• ING Bank Śląski, a Polish subsidiary of ING Group, on its acquisition of 45% of shares in NN Investment Partners TFI (Polish asset management company) from NN Investment Partners International Holdings
• PESA Group, the largest Polish rolling stock manufacturer, on all aspects of the restructuring of its existing financing and divestment to the Polish Development Fund (PFR)
• Chariot Top Group, a company co-managed by Griffin Real Estate, on the €1bn acquisition of a portfolio of 28 retail assets, including nine shopping centres in Poland, and subsequent resale of part of the portfolio

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard