Profilo
Andrzej Wysokiński is head of the firm’s Warsaw banking & finance practice. He specializes and has over 25 years of experience in complex domestic, international and cross-border banking & finance transactions, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, as well as M&A and private equity. Andrzej also advises and represents clients in dispute resolution matters before courts and arbitral tribunals. He has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Poland in Polish and international legal directories and rankings.
Concentrations
- Banking & Finance (acquisition and leveraged finance, private debt, real estate finance)
- Litigation, commercial arbitration
- Bankruptcy, financial restructuring
- M&A, private equity
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
Andrzej advised clients in a number of significant deals in recent years, including advising the following clients:
- Tele-Fonika Kable in numerous financings, including syndicated bank loans, loans guaranteed by export credit agencies and other financial transactions.
- CCC Group in numerous financings, including syndicated bank loans, bonds and convertible bonds.
- Cyfrowy Polsat Group and Polkomtel Group in numerous financings, including syndicated bank loans and bonds.
- Lisala in margin loan financing.
- Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in various financing transactions.
- Agora in the financing in connection with the acquisition of Radio Zet.
- Unimot in the financing in connection with the acquisition of certain companies and businesses from Orlen.
- Bank Pekao, as creditor and security agent, in connection with PBG Group companies financial restructuring and bankruptcies.
- Innova, a Polish private equity fund, in the financing in connection with the acquisition of Pfleiderer Polska.
- Innova in the financing in connection with the acquisition of Pekaes.
- Innova in the financing in connection with the acquisition of Profim.
- Żabka in connection with financing matters relating to its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
- Deutsche Bank in connection with the sale of its Polish private & commercial banking business to Santander Bank.
- Cyfrowy Polsat in connection with the acquisition of Polkomtel.
- Lloyds Bank and other lenders in the financing in connection with the acquisition of Multikino, the second largest cinema chain in Poland, by Vue Entertainment.
- Roust Corporation and its Polish subsidiaries in connection with the offering of high yield notes (as part of U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings).
Andrzej has advised or represented clients in numerous dispute resolution matters including:
- U.S. and Dutch investors in matters relating to investment arbitration under Polish-U.S. and Polish-Dutch bilateral investment treaties.
- Polish company before Polish courts, including the Supreme Court of Poland, in a dispute concerning a squeeze-out and related disputes with minority shareholders.
- Polish insurance company before Polish courts, including the Supreme Court of Poland, in disputes with minority shareholders.
- Polish company from the oil & gas sector in arbitration in London under ICC Rules in a dispute relating to liability for breach of warranties in an M&A transaction.
- Polish utility company in arbitration before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) in a dispute relating to cross-border electricity transmission.
- Investor in arbitration before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (KIG) in a dispute relating to real estate investment and corporate matters.
- Polish construction company in arbitration before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (KIG) in a dispute relating to real estate investments.
- U.S. investors in investment arbitration under a Polish-U.S. bilateral investment treaty.
- Polish company from the oil & gas sector before Polish courts concerning the company’s subsidiary and disputes with minority shareholders.
- Polish bank before Polish courts in disputes with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA).
- Polish company from the oil & gas sector in arbitration in London under UNCITRAL Rules concerning an off-take agreement and a joint venture agreement.
- Persons and companies, Polish and foreign, in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).
Andrzej also acted as chairman of the arbitral tribunal in arbitration before Lewiatan Court of Arbitration in Warsaw relating to lease agreements in a major commercial center in Poland.
Riconoscimenti e Premi
- Chambers Europe: Band 3 in Banking & Finance (2011-2024); Band 4 in Restructuring & Insolvency (2023-2024); Band 3 in Restructuring & Insolvency (2022); Band 2 in Restructuring & Insolvency (2015-2021), Band 3 in Dispute Resolution (2008-2018), Insurance (2013) and Restructuring/Insolvency (2012-2014); Band 4 in Dispute Resolution (2019)
- Chambers Global: Band 4 in Banking & Finance (2025); Band 3 in Banking & Finance (2010-2024), Band 4 in Dispute Resolution (2019), Band 3 in Dispute Resolution (2008-2018), Band 2 in Restructuring & Insolvency (2015), Band 3 in Restructuring & Insolvency (2013-2014)
- IFLR1000: Highly Regarded in Banking (2008-2010, 2013-2024), M&A (2016-2024), Restructuring & Insolvency (2016-2024), Project Finance (2008-2009, 2013, 2015-2024) and Dispute Resolution (2016-2017)
- EMEA Legal 500: Leading Individual in Banking & Finance (2022-2024); Recommended in Restructuring & Insolvency (2015-2024), Dispute Resolution (2014-2024), Capital Markets (2018-2019, 2021-2024), Banking & Finance (2013-2021), Energy & Natural Resources (2015-2019) and Capital Markets: Debt (2014-2017)
- Benchmark Litigation: Dispute Resolution Star (2018, 2020)
- Best Lawyers: Recommended in Arbitration and Mediation, Banking & Finance and Litigation (since 2010)
- Expert Guides: Leading Expert in Banking & Finance (2016)
- Member, Warsaw Bar Association
- Arbitrator at the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration in Warsaw
Formazione
Formazione
- Advocate, 2001
- Master of Law, the University of Warsaw, 1996
- The Centre for the Study of English and European Law (with merit), the University of Warsaw (together with the University of Cambridge), 1995
Abilitazioni
- Poland
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Certain partners in GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k. are also shareholders in Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Lingue
- Polish, Madrelingua
- Inglese, Fluente