Pawel J. Szaja

Practice Details

• Languages
  Polish
  Native; English
  Fluent; German
  Fluent; French
  Advanced
• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters - Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / SPAC: Advised a major Saudi financial institution in connection with a planned acquisition of a fintech company
  expansion of business in Southeast Asia.
  Elemental Holdings on a $100 million private investment by Silk Road Fund as well as a separate $290 million private investment by IFC, EBRD
  Polish Development Fund.
  Sant
  er Bank Polska on the sale of its minority stakes in Aviva Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen na Zycie, Aviva Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen Ogolnych
  Aviva Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne Aviva Sant
  er for approximately 2.5 billion.
  Major private equity funds in connection with planned SPAC IPOs in the UAE.
  MCI Capital SA, as a shareholder
  PIPE investor, on the business combination (de-SPAC) of GT Gettaxi Limited with Rosecliff Acquisition Corp I.
  Axios Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC listed on NYSE, on with its planned de-SPACs.
  Merger of Videocon d2h
  Dish TV (Asia Pacific's largest direct-to-home V company)
  the acquisition by a U.S. listed company Wright Medical Group N.V. of IMASCAP, a French company.
  Planned public-to-private transaction for a company based in Central
  Eastern Europe.
  Consortium of investment funds in connection with the acquisition of Eversholt Rail Group in the UK.
  Representative Matters - Private Funds: Advised a governmental agency in the GCC on formation of a private equity fund.
  Advised European UHNW on formation
  reorganization of Luxembourg domiciled funds
  SICAV vehicles.
  Advised a major Saudi financial institution on investment in a Delaware incorporated private credit fund.
  Advised a major Saudi financial institution on investment in a Cayman Isl
  s incorporated private equity fund.
  Advised a government-related entity in the GCC on several fund-related project, including formation, reorganization
  secondaries.
  Representative Matters - Equity Capital Markets: The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, as selling shareholder, on the sale of 1.1 billion of shares in National Bank of Greece (NBG).
  ADNOC L&S
  ADNOC on ADNOC L & S' $769 million IPO
  listing on the ADX. This was the second-largest IPO in the MENA region this year
  the largest dem
  globally for an IPO in 2023.
  Ferretti S.p.A., listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on the admission to listing
  trading of its ordinary shares on the Euronext Milan, the Italian main market
  concurrent secondary institutional offering of Ferretti shares.
  Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Borealis AG,
  Borouge plc on the $3 billion IPO
  listing on the ADX of Borouge.
  Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, EFG
  ENBD, as underwriters, on the $1 billion IPO
  listing on DFM of Salik, the exclusive toll gate operator in Dubai.
  Fertiglobe on its $795 million IPO
  listing on the ADX.
  ADNOC
  ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC on the $1.1 billion IPO
  listing on the ADX of ADNOC Drilling.
  IPOs of ADNOC Distribution in the UAE, Emaar Misr in Egypt, Enefit Green in Estonia, Y
  ex in the United States / Russia, TDC in Denmark, Chipita(proposed) in Greece, Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc in the UK / Egypt, ABN AMRO
  Basic Fit in the Netherl
  s, Nova Ljubjanska Banka in Slovenia, Enel in Spain, Citadele banka (proposed) in Latvia, Waberer's in Hungary,
  others.
  Numerous block trades
  rights issues in the EMEA region.
  Representative Matters - Debt Capital Markets: ADNOC on its $1.64 billion combined offering of existing shares in ADNOC Distribution
  issuance of exchangeable bonds listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
  Enel Finance International N.V. (EFI), the Dutch-registered finance company controlled by Enel S.p.A., on its multi-tranche sustainability-linked bond in the amount of $3.5 billion.
  Initial purchasers on the $814 million bond offering by ACWA Power Management
  Investments One Limited.
  The underwriters on the project bond offering by Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC.
  The underwriters on the project bond offering by Emirates Sembcorp Water & Power Company.
  Numerous other debt offerings, including MTN programs for The Royal Bank of Scotl
  , ING, st
  -alone investment grade
  high yield offerings for Polkomtel, Ciech, Odigeo, Kerry Group, ENGIE, Digicel, Mylan, Arcelor Mittal,
  others.
  The above representations were h
  led by Mr. Szaja prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Limited.
  In-House Experience: Secondment, ADNOC Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, Acting Associate General Counsel for Finance & Investment, 2020-2021
  Secondment, Credit Suisse AG, London, 2014
  Additional Experience: Supervisory Board Member (independent, non-executive), Elemental Holding Group, 2023-Present
• Additional Links
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