Rafał specialises in advising on capital markets, infrastructure, energy projects and natural resources as well as securities and public companies. He is an expert in advising Polish and foreign banks on issues concerning corporate finance and debt instruments. He has extensive experience in advising lenders on corporate debt restructuring. He has advised on numerous real estate leases and sale-and-leaseback transactions.

Rafał advised on the first and second post-war issuance of mortgage bonds in Poland, the first and second securitisation transactions carried out by a Polish bank, the first bond issue carried out by a foreign bank as well as the public sector’s credit and debt financing. He helped to prepare standard documentation for derivatives in the domestic interbank market and participated in legislative reforms to amend the Bond Act.

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Education

  • Master’s degree in Law, University of Warsaw

Languages

  • English

Selected projects

  • Advising Bank Polska Kasa Opieki on structuring a transaction whereby entities from the bank’s capital group would acquire bonds issued by the Municipal  Waste Collection (Warsaw) company; preparing related transaction documentation (value: PLN 2.5bn)
  • Advising Company Development Fund on an investment agreement concluded with the Gryfia Maritime Repair Yard, concerning the modernisation of a floating dock and its leasing agreement; financing was provided by Norddeutsche Landesbank
  • Advising the Warsaw Metro company on issues concerning financing granted by the European Investment Bank and commercial banks; advising on an intercreditor agreement and security structure for several parallel financings
  • Advising the Warsaw Tramline company on issues concerning financing granted by the European Investment Bank and Pekao; advising on an intercreditor agreement and security structure for several parallel financings
  • Advising on the co-financing of an investment project implemented by the John Paul II International Airport at Kraków-Balice – a private issue of bonds
  • Advising on legal documentation related to a bond issue by Warmia i Mazury, which has its registered office in Szymany
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  • Advising on the co-financing of an investment project (re: expansion of Wroclaw airport) financed by a private issue of bonds
  • Advising on the co-financing of an investment project (re: construction of Lublin airport) by a private issue of bonds
  • Advising on the co-financing of an investment project (re: expansion of Warszaw Modlin airport) by a private issue of bonds
  • Advising on the co-financing of the investment project (re: expansion of the Władysław Reymont airport in Łódź) by a private issue of bonds
  • Advising on legal documentation related to a bond issue by Port Lotniczy Poznań-Ławica, with its registered office in Poznań