IFLR1000 Reviews

Financial and corporate

Norton Rose Fulbright Piotr Strawa and Partners is the Polish presence of international law firm Norton Rose. The firm is led by Grzegorz Dyczkowski and is based in Warsaw.

Norton Rose Fulbright is an international business law firm with more than 3700 lawyers and other legal staff working across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm has a strong practice in banking and project finance where the firm has achieved top tier status in Poland.

 

Key clients

In banking key clients of the firm include BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, Bank of China – Polish branch, Commerzbank Group (local entity: mBank), HSBC Group, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China – Polish Branch, ING Group (local entity: ING Bank Śląski), LOT Polish Airlines and PKO Bank Polski.

In debt capital markets key clients of the firm include HSBC Bank, Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Polskie Linie Lotnicze, JP Morgan Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, TAURON Polska Energia, Goldman Sachs, Greenyard and Oriflame Poland.

In M&A key clients of the firm include Amicus Therapeutics, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Bayer, Benefit Systems, Bioplan Europe, Bioventus, Cathay Pacific Airways, CEE Equity Partners, Dot2Dot and Domestic & General Group.

In project development key clients of the firm include Aquila Capital Management, Allianz Capital Partners, Enel Green Power, TFI Energia, R.Power, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and PGE Energia Odnawialna.

In project finance key clients of the firm include BlackRock, Allianz Capital Partners, Aquila Capital Management, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, PGE Energia Odnawialna, Tauron Polska Energia, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, mBank, Santander Bank Polska and DNB Bank Polska.

 

Client Feedback: 31st edition (2020/2021)

Bank lending: Lender side

"Professional - responsive - dedicated."

"Competent, experienced lawyers, they also take care of the transaction and analyse all potential risks for the bank."

 

Banking and finance

"The team is knowledgeable, always proactive, technically very sound, thinks ahead to resolve issues and top of the market in their jurisdiction."

 

Investment funds

"Quick, reactive, pragmatic, available and precise"

 

M&A

"Well connected, good renewable energy knowledge and context."

 

Project development: Energy

"Availability. Knowledge of regulatory framework. M&A."