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4 February 2025

2024 Year In Review: A&O Shearman Capital Markets Practice In Warsaw

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A&O Shearman

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A&O Shearman was formed in 2024 via the merger of two historic firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. With nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets. This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. A firm that advises at the forefront of the forces changing the current of global business and that is unrivalled in its global strength. Our clients benefit from the collective experience of teams who work with many of the world’s most influential companies and institutions, and have a history of precedent-setting innovations. Together our lawyers advise more than a third of NYSE-listed businesses, a fifth of the NASDAQ and a notable proportion of the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext, Euronext Paris and the Tokyo and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
Throughout 2024, our leading Capital Markets practice demonstrated its expertise and commitment to excellence by advising on a series of high-profile transactions.
Poland Finance and Banking

Throughout 2024, our leading Capital Markets practice demonstrated its expertise and commitment to excellence by advising on a series of high-profile transactions. These deals reflect our ability to navigate complex financial landscapes and provide top-tier legal services to our clients.

Here are some of the key transactions we advised on this year.

  • The Republic of Poland: on EUR3billion dual-tranche notes (EUR1.75bn 3.125% notes due 2031 and EUR1.25bn 3.875% notes due 2039).
  • Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego: on EUR1.5bn 3.875% notes due 2035 and EUR750million 4.250% notes due 2044.
  • European Investment Bank (EIB): on EUR2.236bn of five tranches of bonds issued by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego to support Ukrainian refugees.
  • PKO Bank Polski: on EUR750m 3.875% Green Senior Non-Preferred Callable Fixed to Floating Interest Rate Notes due 2027.
  • Bank Millennium: on EUR 5.308% Green Senior Non-Preferred Callable Fixed to Floating Interest Rate Notes due 2029.
  • Millennium Bank Hipoteczny: on the inaugural issuance of three-year covered bonds totaling PLN300m.
  • ING Bank Hipoteczny: on issuing PLN500m Floating Rate Mortgage Covered Bonds due 2028.
  • Alior Bank: on establishing a structured bank securities program, the first of its kind for a Polish bank.

These transactions underscore our commitment to providing exceptional legal services and our ability to support our clients in achieving their financial objectives. We look forward to continuing to deliver innovative solutions and strategic advice in the Capital Markets sector in the coming years.

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