Jacek Zawadzki

Jacek Zawadzki is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland and a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta.

Experience and education:

A specialist in corporate law, M&A transactions and capital markets regulations, Jacek has extensive experience advising both Polish and international clients. His expertise covers a wide range of areas, including complex public and private M&A transactions, where he has been involved in groundbreaking deals in the financial institutions sector, setting benchmarks for similar transactions in the Polish market. Additionally, Jacek has advised issuers of securities, investment banks, and selling shareholders on major initial and secondary public offerings, rights issues, ABB transactions, and bond issuances, including convertible bonds. In the regulatory sphere, he has advised financial institutions on matters before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, as well as on bancassurance transactions. Furthermore, Jacek has extensive experience in corporate matters, particularly in advising Polish WSE-listed companies.

He graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 2008 and has also completed post-graduate studies in capital markets law organised by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. Jacek qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2012.

Awards and rankings:

The Legal 500 has recognised Jacek as a Next Generation Partner in Commercial, Corporate, and M&A, and recommended him in Private Equity. According to recent reports, “Jacek Zawadzki provides comprehensive services, an ability to bring solutions, experience, and an ability to solve problems before they are brought to the table”; “Jacek Zawadzki is very proactive and involved, independent, and able to handle complex assignments”. In addition, The Legal 500, recommended Jacek for insurance in its 2019 edition.

Since 2011, the prestigious legal ranking publication Chambers & Partners has ranked Jacek as one of the best specialists in Poland for equity capital markets. According to recent reports, Jacek Zawadzki is a “hard-working lawyer who brings knowledge to the table.” He is a noted ECM specialist who advises on IPOs and share offerings. A client says: “He has no problem in dealing with clients and senior members of the board and is very good at managing clients. He is a guy who is always there.”.

Jacek was also singled out as one of the rising stars of the legal profession in a ranking published by a leading Polish daily, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, in 2013.