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Radzikowski, Szubielska i Wspólnicy sp.k.
ul. Emilii Plater 53
00-113 Warsaw
Poland

+48 (22) 520-5060
wradzikowski@chadbourne.com

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Włodzimierz Radzikowski

Partner

Practice Description

Włodzimierz Radzikowski, managing partner of the Warsaw office, focuses his practice primarily on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and public trading in securities. He has been responsible for a number of public offerings in Poland. Mr. Radzikowski has extensive experience in debt restructuring, privatization, joint ventures, project finance and banking law. He participated in the drafting of legal acts concerning commercial activity and civil and administrative law, as well as in negotiations on international agreements connected with international trade issues, including double tax treaties and agreements on protection of foreign investments. He also provided legal assistance to Polish enterprises in the former Soviet Union, as well as on matters connected with Iranian nationalization of Polish investments.

Representative Matters

  • Assisting in the establishment of a major Polish steelmaker on the basis of assets of a Warsaw steel mill (Huta Lucchini). 
  • Advised in the acquisition of shares in one of Poland’s largest cigarette producers by a French tobacco company. 
  • Advised in the restructuring of a major holding of Polish cable producers. 
  • Advised in the acquisition of shares in a major Polish paper mill (currently Mondi Packaging Paper Świecie S.A.) by an international packaging company. 
  • Represented Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych S.A., an automobile manufacturer, in negotiations with its lenders, shareholders and potential investors. 
  • Represented a group of major creditors, including five banks, in the financial restructuring and privatization of Huta Częstochowa S.A., the largest Polish supplier of steel products for the shipbuilding industry. 
  • Represented the controlling shareholder of Grupa LOTOS S.A., a Polish oil refinery, 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.

Honors

Mr. Radzikowski has been listed in Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2004-2008) for corporate and mergers and acquisitions law. He is also listed in Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008) for corporate/M&A law in Poland.

Activities and Affiliations

Mr. Radzikowski is a member of the Regional Bar of Legal Advisors in Warsaw and the Warsaw Bar Association.
 

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions

Corporate

Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring

Securities Compliance

Finance

Private Funds

Capital Markets

Regions

Europe

Russia and the CIS

Poland

Education

  • Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration, Master of Law, 1975
  • Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration, postgraduate studies, 1982

Professional Background

  • Faculty member, Warsaw University, Institute of Legal Problems of 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

1984

Poland

Languages

Polish

English

Russian