Marcin Bartczak

Marcin Bartczak is a partner and co-heads the capital markets practice in Warsaw. He has over 15 years experience in advising on Polish capital markets and derivatives transactions.

He is ranked in the legal directory Chambers Europe 2012 in the categories: banking and finance - regulatory and equity capital markets, as well as endorsed in Practical Law Company's Which Lawyer? 2012 rankings in the field of investment funds.

Recent Experience:

• Heading the working group at the Polish Banks Association preparing standard documentation for derivatives transactions
• Ongoing advice to the treasury, brokerage and custody department of leading Polish banks
• Negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements for PZU, PKN, PGNiG, EWSA, Polkomtel SA, PKE, TPSA
• Preparing documentation connected with the registration of foreign investment funds in Poland (Merrill Lynch, Franklin Templeton, KBC, JP Morgan, ING)
• Advising foreign investment funds (Merrill Lynch, KBC, Franklin Templeton) on ongoing activity
• Advice concerning capital markets, trading in securities, derivatives and other financial instruments for JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, ABN AMRO, ING
• Advising Polish and foreign companies on its public offering of shares
• Advising Raiffeisen on a synthetic securitisation transaction

Career:

• Partner - Salans, Warsaw (2007-to date)
• Senior Associate and then Counsel - Clifford Chance (2001-2007)
• Legal Advisor - Bank Handlowy w Warszawie (1994-2001)
• In-house Lawyer - Credit Department of Animex Bank (1993-1994)

Education:

• Qualified as a legal advisor in Poland (1997)
• Warsaw University, Master of Laws (1993)

Languages:

• Polish
• English