
Chadbourne & Parke Radzikowski, Szubielska i Wspólnicy sp.k. ul. Emilii Plater 53 00-113 Warsaw Poland
+48 (22) 520-5000
wradzikowski@chadbourne.com
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Włodzimierz
Radzikowski
Partner
Practice Description
Włodzimierz Radzikowski is the Managing Partner of the Warsaw office of Chadbourne & Parke. He focuses his practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and public trading in securities. He has been involved in a number of public offerings in Poland and has extensive experience in debt restructuring, privatization, joint ventures, project finance and banking law. Mr. Radzikowski participated in the drafting of legal acts concerning commercial activity and civil and administrative law, as well as in negotiation on international agreements connected with international trade issues, including double taxation treaties and agreements on protection of foreign investment.
Representative Matters
- Advised Nafta Polska S.A., a state-owned company established to restructure and privatize the oil and heavy chemicals sectors in Poland, in connection with the privatization program for companies belonging to the Great Chemical Synthesis sector (Zakłady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mościcach S.A. and ZAK S.A.) and Ciech S.A.
- Represented foreign industry and capital investors in their take-overs of a number of Polish enterprises, such as: Celuloza Świecie (currently Mondi Świecie S.A.), Zakłady Przemysłu Tytoniowego w Radomiu (currently Gallaher Sp. z o.o.), Fabryka Maszyn Papierniczych FAMPA.
- Headed a team of lawyers advising Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych S.A. in the process of debt restructuring and privatization, including negotiations with the company's lenders, shareholders and potential investors.
- Represented a group of major creditors in the financial restructuring and privatization of Huta Częstochowa S.A.
- Represented the controlling shareholder of Grupa LOTOS S.A., Poland’s second largest oil company, in its initial public offering.
- Represented Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń S.A. (PZU), the largest insurance company in Poland, in its acquisition of an insurance group in Ukraine.
- Represented Złomrex S.A. in its acquisition of an organized split-off part of Stalexport S.A.
- Represented Rolimpex S.A. in negotiations regarding EBRD’s capital investment in Rolimpex S.A.
Honors
Mr. Radzikowski has been listed in Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2004-2010) for corporate and mergers and acquisitions law in Poland. He is also listed in Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008, 2009) for corporate/M&A law in Poland. He is recognized by Best Lawyers (2010) for his work in corporate and M&A law in Poland.
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Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate
Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
Securities Compliance
Private Funds
Finance
Capital Markets
Regions
Europe
Poland
Russia, CIS and Central Europe
Education
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Master of Law, 1975
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, postgraduate studies, 1982
Professional Background
- Faculty member, University of Warsaw, Institute for Legal Problems in Management, 1975-1980
- Legal advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, 1980-1985
- Legal advisor, Polish Embassy in Moscow, Polish Commercial Counselor’s Office, 1985-1989
- Deputy Director of the Legal Department, Polish Ministry of Foreign Trade, 1989-1990
Admissions
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1984
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Poland, Legal Advisor
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Languages
Polish
English
Russian
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