Experience
Rafał Woźniak holds a PhD in law and is a lecturer at Koźmiński University. He specialises in capital market issues, commercial law, as well as corporate issues and securities law. He supports clients in transactions involving mergers and acquisitions.
Rafał represented, among others, Banco Santander in transactions on the Polish financial market, including the acquisition of the WSE-listed Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (with a value of more than EUR 4 billion), and the merger of Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. with Kredyt Bank S.A. (with a value of over EUR 5 billion).
Rafał has extensive transactional experience acting for the benefit of entities from various industries in both public and private markets. He advised on the acquisition of Meyra Group S.A. by H.I.G. Capital or Teufelberger GmbH on the acquisition of Marflex Marflex M.J. Maillis Poland Sp. z o.o.
Rafał also advised on several M&A transactions in the pharmaceutical or renewable energy sector for clients such as ONDE, Greenvolt, Scatec, PAD RES as well as on a number of IPO or SPO processes.
Rafał is the author of a number of scientific publications on the corporate law and capital market, in particular on securities and insider information. He successfully combines scientific activity with legal practice.
Memberships
- Advocate - The Warsaw Bar Association
Recent Cases
Initial and Secondary Public offerings
- Novaturas AB - advising as transactional counsel in Novatura’s initial public offering and introduction of shares on the Polish market to the trading market on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, comprising inter alia supporting the issuer in fulfilling information duties, as well as legal advice on the corporate governance.
- Danwood Holding S.A. - advising as bookrunner’s counsel in relation to the initial public offering of the Company on Warsaw Stock Exchange.
- Maxcom S.A., a producer of telecommunications devices - legal advice on initial public offering and introduction of shares on the Polish market to the trading market on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, comprising inter alia due diligence of the issuer and preparing of the prospectus, as well as legal advice on the corporate governance (ongoing project).
M&A
- i2 Development S.A. - advising on an investment agreement concerning joint investment in a special purpose vehicle together with YIT Development sp z o.o. Preparation of the investment agreement and the shareholders' agreement of the newly established special purpose vehicle.
- CDRL S.A. - advising on the acquisition of a majority share in a foreign company with a chain of stores for children's goods in Belarus operating under the brand name-Buslik. Comprehensive legal advisory in the project, including advising on the preparation of the investment agreement.
- EBRD (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) - advising on investment in Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas. EBRD acquired approximately 4.5% of shares of bank BGŻ BNP Paribas S.A. and thus became its shareholder.
Testimonials
- Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Capital Markets
"Rafał Woźniak has good knowledge and an interpersonal approach."
- Legal 500 EMEA 2024 – Private Equity
"Rafał Woźniak has done an outstanding job for us and led to us expanding the use of the DWF team more generally."
- Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Commercial, Corporate and M&A
"From our perspective, DWF’s team is built correctly; whenever we ask them about something, we will quickly get feedback. There are quite a lot of lawyers specialised in particular cases."
"We often require a wide range of legal services for our projects and DWF is able to successfully address and resolve our legal needs. On top of that, DWF responsiveness is timely and excellent, which inspires us with a high level of confidence."
"It has been a pleasure to work with them throughout this last year of collaboration, the service has been excellent. In addition, their experience and expertise have been key to the successful closing of our transaction."
- IFLR1000 2023 – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, M&A – Rising star