Natalia Potrubacz

Junior Associate
Trainee Advocate
About

Natalia specialises in mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies - with an emphasis on regulated entities from the financial, capital market transactions, and regulatory aspects.

She provides transactional and corporate advice to leading financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies and investment banks as well as companies in the public and private sectors.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a global insurance group on proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority in connection with corporate mergers of insurance companies (life and non-life), mutual fund managers, and pension fund managers as part of the integration of companies acquired in 2022 with the group’s operations in Poland.*
  • Advising a global insurance group on proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority in connection with the acquisition of insurance companies (life and non-life), a mutual fund manager, and a pension fund manager, and the acquisition of joint venture companies with a major bank.*
  • Advising a leading cable manufacturer on obtaining financing of PLN1.95bn.*
  • Advising a video game development company on the public offering of new shares addressed to Polish and international investors. The value of the transaction exceeded PLN100m.*
  • Advising a private equity firm on the sale of 100% of the shares in a waste management company to a fund whose investment advisor is a Central and Eastern Europe-focused equity firm.*
  • Advising global investment banks and local brokers acting as Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners, and intermediating firms on the initial public offering of shares in a betting company and the admission of its shares to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising global investment banks and a local broker acting as Global Coordinators, Joint Bookrunners, and Co-Managers on the initial public offering of shares in a recruitment services company and their admission to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising a major footwear retailer on a PLN500m new share offering.*
  • Advising a leading food processing company on the acquisition of an 80% stake in an innovative producer of poultry-derived protein products.*
  • Advising a global insurance group on the corporate mergers of insurance companies (life and non-life), mutual fund managers, and pension fund managers as part of the integration of companies acquired in 2022 with the group’s operations in Poland.*
  • Advising a global insurance group on the EUR2.5bn acquisition of insurance companies (life and non-life), a mutual fund manager, and a pension funds manager, and the acquisition of a 51% stake in life and non-life bancassurance joint ventures with a major bank.*
  • Advising a clean energy company on the acquisition of a special purpose company responsible for the construction of a wind farm consisting of 33 wind turbines with a total capacity of 72.6 MW.
  • Advising an international insurance brokerage firm on the acquisition of a Polish insurance company.*
  • Advising a Polish subsidiary of a global pest control company on the acquisition of a local pest control company.*
  • Advising a media and telecommunications group on the PLN800m (EUR183.46m) financing of the construction of a wind farm.*
*denotes experience in previous firm.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • German
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2023
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Master's degree in finance, 2023-2025
  • School of Intellectual Property Rights, H.Grotius Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, 2023
  • School of New Technology Rights, H.Grotius Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, 2023
  • School of New Technology Rights, H.Grotius Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, 2023

Prior Experience

  • April 2024 – present, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • July 2023 – March 2024, Junior Associate, Global Law Firm, Warsaw
  • September 2021 – June 2023, Paralegal, Global Law Firm, Warsaw

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