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Szymon Świerszcz focuses his practice on capital markets law, with particular focus on initial public offerings and public companies’ disclosure obligations as well as M&A transactions. He advises public companies, private equity and venture capital funds, and investment banks.

Concentrations

  • Capital markets
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate law

Capabilities

Experience

  • Participated in the work for CVC Capital Partners in connection with its launch of a tender offer for all shares in Comarch S.A.
  • Participated in the work for Madison International Realty, the majority shareholder of Capital Park S.A., related to the compulsory buy-out followed by a delisting of Capital Park from the WSE.
  • Participated in the work for eRecruitment Solutions, a company from the capital group of Grupa Pracuj S.A., in connection with the acquisition of all shares in HRlink from Agora S.A. and two individual minority shareholders.
  • Participated in the work for Madison International Realty, the majority shareholder of Capital Park S.A., in connection with the corporate and regulatory aspects of the sale of certain assets of the group in a management buy-out, co-financed by Europi Property Group, Capital Park’s minority shareholder.
  • Participated in the work for PCF Group in connection with the public offering of new shares addressed to Polish and international investors. The value of the transaction exceeded PLN 100 million.
  • Participated in the work for KI Chemistry, a company from the Kulczyk Investments group, in connection with the acquisition of shares in Ciech S.A. via a public tender offer and several public invitations to submit offers for the sale of shares, including a compulsory buy-out of minority shareholders. The total value of all transactions for the acquisition of shares in Ciech S.A. by KI Chemistry in 2023 was approx. PLN 1.4 billion.
  • Participated in the work for PCF Group in connection with the public offering of newly issued shares, which were almost entirely subscribed for by KRAFTON, a South Korean video game developer. The value of the transaction amounted to almost PLN 135 million.
  • Participated in the work for CCC S.A. (listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, one of the largest shoe companies in Europe) in connection with the process of issuing and offering 14 million new shares, allowing CCC S.A. to raise more than PLN 500 million.
  • Participated in the work for Value4Capital, a private equity firm, on the sale of 100% of the shares in Kom-Eko to a fund whose sole and exclusive investment advisor is CEE Equity Partners.
  • Participated in the work for the founders of the eSky Group and Syntaxis Capital fund on the sale of a majority stake to a fund held by MCI Capital.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Świerszcz prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

Credentials

Education
  • Master of Law, University of Warsaw, 2022
  • Diploma, The British Law Centre, Juris Angliae Scientia in cooperation with the University of Warsaw, 2020
Admissions
  • Poland
Languages
  • Polish, Native
  • English, Fluent
  • German, Conversational

Related Capabilities

Corporate Capital Markets