We offer full legal support related to our clients' presence in the financial market, enabling them to focus on the opportunities this market provides. We ensure compliance with legal requirements and market best practices. We advise investment firms. At GP Partners, we combine legal expertise with investment knowledge. Our team members are active investors and hold specialized education in investment banking.
What we offer
- We provide a full range of legal advisory services for the day-to-day operations of listed companies, including assistance with notification obligations and reporting
- For investment firms, we issue legal opinions and advise companies on implementing and applying regulations (including MAR, MIFID, reporting, and GPW good practices)
- We handle public offerings of shares and bonds, as well as transactions involving listed companies
- We represent clients in administrative proceedings before the financial supervision authority (KNF)
- We conduct and represent at General Meetings of Shareholders
- We represent stakeholders of public companies (Management Boards, Supervisory Boards, Shareholders) in corporate disputes, including defense against hostile takeovers
- We prepare management opinions that protect Boards and Supervisory Boards from liability
- We sit on Supervisory Boards of companies to safeguard shareholder interests
Selected experience
- Preparation of numerous legal opinions on the application of regulations (including MAR and MIFID II) for the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) and investment firms
- Participation on Supervisory Boards of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Representation in corporate disputes involving companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Successfully defended a former management board member of an issuer against liability related to so-called misselling of securities
- Conducted acquisitions of public companies, including in the mining, manufacturing, and real estate sectors
- Successfully represented a client before the KNF in a case concerning proper reporting practices
Reputation
- Selected publication: Article by Piotr Biernatowski on shareholder rights after the amendment regarding the shareholder register – Changing the rules of determining rights from shares is a new challenge (for Rzeczpospolita)
- For years, we have enjoyed the trust of and provided advisory services to clients operating in the financial market in various roles (listed companies, investment firms, GPW)
