Iwona Her is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and the head of the antitrust and competition law practice.
A specialist in antitrust, M&A and corporate law, Iwona has significant experience in Polish and European Union competition law matters, including in respect of merger control proceedings, cartels or abuses of dominance, and consumer protection. She has also advised on distribution agreements, co-operation agreements, joint ventures and state aid. Iwona advises companies from various sectors, such as the financial, fuels, chemicals, energy & gas, telecommunication, transportation, FMCG, heavy industry (steel and coal), and real property sectors.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2001, also completing, with distinction, a course in English and European law organised by the British Centre for English and European Legal Studies at the University of Warsaw in co-operation with the University of Cambridge, and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2008.
In 2012, based on a recommendation from the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Iwona became a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network, an association of competition agencies from all over the world devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement.
The prestigious legal ranking publication Chambers & Partners has since 2013 ranked Iwona as one of the best specialists in Poland for competition/antitrust. According to recent reports, Iwona Her enjoys a strong reputation in the market for her experience in merger control. She often assists high-profile clients with court proceedings in Poland and the EU. She also handles abuse of dominance and merger clearance matters. One client mentions that she is “very responsive and quick.” “She knows how to combine clients’ expectations with clients’ goals,” says another interviewee.
Another prestigious legal ranking publication, The Legal 500, has since 2016 recommended Iwona for competition/antitrust. In the 2018 edition of another publication, IFLR1000, Iwona was recommended as a “Notable Practitioner”, and since 2019 she has been singled out as one of a select few “Highly Regarded” lawyers for M&A.
12 April 2024
We are pleased to announce that we advised Węglokoks on the acquisition of 80% of the shares in Przedsiębiorstwo Przeładunkowo-Składowe “Port Północny” from the Belgian group Sea-Invest. However, Węgl...
10 April 2024
We are pleased to announce that we advised Dutch company Northland Power International Holdings B.V. (“Northland”) in relation to its joint venture with Energa Wytwarzanie S.A. (“Energa”) formed to pr...
14 March 2024
We are going for a record! We are pleased to announce that in this year’s edition of the Chambers and Partners Europe ranking, nine of our practices have been ranked and as many as 21 lawyers have bee...
31 January 2024
We are pleased to announce that we advised Bounty Brands Europe Limited (“Bounty Brands”) on the sale of 100% of its shares in Stella Pack Europe sp. z o.o., being the majority shareholder of Stella P...
3 January 2024
We are pleased to announce that lawyers of our law firm advised in the process of the delisting of Capital Park S.A. and the subsequent management buyout (MBO). In the MBO process, we had the pleasure...
31 August 2023
We are pleased to announce that we advised GKSD S.r.l. (“GKSD”) and Gruppo San Donato (“GSD”) in connection with their joint acquisition of a majority stake in American Heart of Poland S.A. (“AHP”). T...
11 August 2023
We are pleased to announce that Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised 7R, a Polish warehouse developer, in connection with the acquisition of “joint control” over the company by NREP (via its Luxembourg-re...
6 June 2023
The 13th edition of the European Financial Congress, a major annual forum of the finance world in Poland, was held on 5 and 6 July 2023. Rymarz Zdort Maruta organised a debate titled “In search of ...
11 May 2023
We are pleased to announce that Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (“PGE”) on the formation of PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa S.A. The new company is a joint venture of PGE and ZE PAK...
16 March 2023
We are pleased to announce that we advised Cerceda sp. z o.o., a company owned by Kajima PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED (“Kajima”), and Griffin Capital Partners (“Griffin”) on the acquisition of a 70% interest ...