Katarzyna Wacławek

Partner

She understands our business and is focused on negotiating key objectives. She enjoys the fast pace and adrenaline of the negotiating room, but at the same time she has a lot of patience in explaining difficult legal concepts to us in a clear and digestible manner.

— Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Banking & Finance

Emailkatarzyna.waclawek@dlapiper.com

Call+48 22 540 74 89

Warsaw

About

Areas of FocusFinancial Services Finance Financial Services Regulatory Energy and Natural Resources Restructuring

Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law (Radca prawny) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 2014

EXPERIENCE

Advising European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on financing to Resi4Rent group for financing development and operation of a pipeline of apartments for rent in Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Lodz and Poznan. The project is considered under the Resilience and Livelihoods Framework, a EUR 2 billion package which was adopted by the EBRD after the Russian invasion in order to support Ukraine and other affected countries (value of transaction: EUR50m).
Advising PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. on financing from European Investment Bank for the modernization of distribution network infrastructure and integration with renewable energy resources, being largest financing transaction for a Polish company to date in the history of the EIB (value of transaction: PLN2bn).
Advising Santander Bank Polska, the lender, in refinancing of portfolio of four existing student house assets belonging to Student Depot in Lublin, Łódź, Poznań and Wrocław, and two student house to be developed by Griffin Real Estate in Warsaw and Gdańsk (approx. value of transaction: EUR41m).
Advising Alior Bank, the lender, on financing of development of a multi-purpose investment including hotel, office and retail space and housing estate in Olsztyn, Poland by Inopa (approx. value of transaction: EUR31.4m).
Advising the borrower an Asian welfare fund on the refinancing of Galeria Katowicka, quality shopping centre and Gdanski Business Centre C and D, prime office buildings in Warsaw by Standard Chartered Bank (approx.. value of transaction: EUR328m).
Advising an Asian sovereign welfare fund, acting as borrower in multi-jurisdictional refinancing of two portfolios comprising of nine assets (logistics, office and data centre) located in four countries and coordinating legal assistance related to full real estate due diligence, a limited corporate due diligence, and finance law assistance in the process of granting new loan by Standard Charted Bank and two additional German lenders (approx. value of transaction: EUR293m).
Advising Berlin Hyp on the financing of an acquisition of Sezam, office building in prestigious location in Warsaw by Liebrecht & Wood group (approx. value of transaction: EUR90m).
Advising financial institution in developing and launching representative offices in 6 European cities.
Advising a Chinese multinational bank on the granting of bilateral financing and a bank guarantee to Famur S.A., a leading global manufacturer of mining machinery and equipment.
Advising the client on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the mining company NRW Karbonia S.A. by way of the enforcement of security.
Advising a major financial institution on possible scenarios for the enforcement of security and supporting it in the takeover of the shares of its business partner in a complex case concerning the recovery of funds resulting from unfair actions taken by the business partner.
Advising an Asian investor on the refinancing of the acquisition of a controlling stake in City Logistics Łódź VI from Panattoni and Kajima by PKO BP.
Advising Santander Bank Polska on the sale of its receivables to the Octava FIZAN investment fund (the Elliott group) and on the granting of financing to the fund for the purpose of purchasing a portfolio of 11 office and retail properties from BPH TFI funds.
Advising one of the largest banks in Poland on financing for the construction of a wind farm consisting of three wind power plants with an electric capacity of 3,650 MW each.
Advising a large, international bank on the financing of four wind power plants with a total capacity of 12.5 MW.
Advising Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. on financing of 25 photovoltaic farm projects carried out by Wento Group companies.
Advising Bank Ochrony Środowiska as a lender on the financing of construction of 55 MW PV portfolio in Poland.