About Filip Kijowski

Filip Kijowski focuses his practice on advising private equity and corporate clients in connection with corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, and capital markets transactions. With 15 years of professional experience in effecting complex domestic and international transactions, he provides advice at all transactional stages (including due diligence, transaction structuring and negotiating transaction documentation) and has coordinated various legal streams, often in multi-jurisdictional transactions. He advises private equity funds, large private and public corporations active in many industries, including the media, new technology, cosmetics, medical equipment, financial services, infrastructure, FMCG and real estate.

Concentrations

•Mergers & Acquisitions
•Private Equity
•Corporate Law
•Corporate Restructurings and Reorganizations

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

Chambers Global: Up and Coming in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability (2025-2026)
Chambers Europe: Up and Coming in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability (2025-2026)
EMEA Legal 500:
•Next Generation Partner in Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2021-2025)
•Recommended in Private Equity (2021, 2025)
IFLR1000:
•Notable Practitioner in M&A (2025)
•Rising Star in M&A (2023-2024)

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • Corporate
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
    • Venture Capital & Emerging Technology

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Polish
    Native; English
    Fluent; Russian
    Conversational
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Mergers
    acquisitions: Represented PIB Agency in connection with the acquisition of 100% of shares in Risk Partner, Cellent
    Vero Services.
    Represented PIB Group Pol
    in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the shares in two insurance brokerage companies, mBroker NET
    inBroker NET.
    Represented PIB Group Pol
    in connection with the acquisition of 100% of shares in Fincon (specialist reinsurance
    insurance broker).
    Represented PIB Group in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Nord Group companies, including Nord Partner, Nord Re
    Nord Serwis.
    Represented Agora S.A. in connection with the acquisition of the remaining 49% of the shares in Eurozet from SFS Ventures s.r.o. As a result of this transaction, Agora became the sole shareholder in Eurozet.
    Represented Bogdan
    Elzbieta Kaczmarek
    private equity fund Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Pfleiderer Polska, in a corporate carve-out transaction from Pfleiderer Group, owned by funds managed by the global investment firm - Strategic Value Partners.
    Represented Abris Capital Partners, the ESG transformation specialist private equity investor
    B Corp, in connection with the sale of Velvet CARE, Pol
    's leading manufacturer of paper-based personal care products, to Partners Group, a global private markets firm.
    Represented Stock Spirits Group, a portfolio company owned by a fund managed by CVC Capital Partners, in connection with the preliminary agreement related to the indirect acquisition of 100% of the shares in Polmos Bielsko-Biala S.A.
    Represented Bricks Acquisitions Limited in the sale of ROBYG S.A. to a wholly owned subsidiary of TAG Immobilien AG.
    Represented Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of a stake in Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne from its current owners.
    Represented OANDA Global Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Dom Maklerski TMS Brokers S.A.
    Represented REINO Capital
    RF CorVal in the attempted acquisition of BUMA Group.
    Advised Agora S.A. in connection with the acquisition of a 40% stake in Eurozet sp. z o.o.
    negotiation of a shareholders' agreement with its majority shareholder SFS Ventures s.r.o., governing the cooperation of both Eurozet shareholders.
    Advised Abris Capital Partners, a leading CEE private equity fund, in connection with the acquisition of Velvet CARE sp. z o.o., one of the largest manufacturers of hygiene products in Pol
    .
    Advised CVC Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of the convenience retailer Zabka from Mid Europa Partners.
    Advised Anheuser-Busch InBev on the Polish aspects of the sale to the Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. of the businesses that were owned by SABMiller plc prior to its combination with AB InBev in Central
    Eastern Europe for EUR 7.3 billion. The transaction was connected with the USD 103 billion takeover by Ab InBev of SABMiller, which is one of the largest takeovers ever completed.
    Advised Apax Partners on the Polish aspects of the proposed acquisition of Allegro Group
    Ceneo Group.
    Advised ORLEN Upstream sp. z o.o., a 100% subsidiary of PKN ORLEN S.A., one of the largest petroleum corporations in Central
    Eastern Europe
    the largest in Pol
    , in connection with Polish aspects of the cross-border acquisition of FX Energy, Inc. listed on NASDAQ, with a transaction value of PLN 442 million.
    Advised Apax Partners in connection with the proposed acquisition of a Polish pharmaceutical group of companies.
    Advised Montagu Private Equity in connection with the proposed acquisition of American Heart of Pol
    S.A.
    Advised Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition from Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (currently Orange Polska S.A.) of Wirtualna Polska S.A.
    Advised Discovery Communications in connection with the contemplated acquisition of Pol
    's premier multi-platform media company TVN, one of the leading media companies in Pol
    , from ITI
    Canal+ Group.
    Advised Neuca S.A. in connection with the acquisition of ACP Pharma S.A. from Mediq International BV in a consortium with Penta Investments.
    Advised PKO BP S.A. in connection with the proposed acquisition of an investment funds company.
    Advised a private equity fund in connection with the proposed acquisition of telecom companies in Estonia.
    Advised Polski Holding Farmaceutyczny in connection with the contemplated privatization of Warszawskie Zaklady Farmaceutyczne Polfa S.A.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Kijowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.

    Corporate restructurings
    reorganizations: Advised Atlantik S.A.
    Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A. (currently, Pfleiderer Group S.A.) in connection with the cross-border reverse takeover
    re-IPO of the Pfleiderer Group on the WSE. The total value of the Transaction, including the private placement
    the repayment in kind, is approximately PLN 744 million.
    Advised PBG S.A. in connection with the financial
    debt restructuring of the PBG Group for the total amount of PLN 4 billion.
    Advised New World Resources NV in connection with an attempt to take over Lubelski Wegiel 'Bogdanka' S.A. in a tender offer
    moving the company's place of registration to the UK
    the related tender offer for the sale of shares in a company listed on three stock exchanges: London, Prague
    Warsaw.
    Advised New World Resources NV in connection with the transformation of its subsidiary NWR Karbonia sp. z o.o. into a joint-stock company.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Kijowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.

    Equity
    debt issuances: Advised Grupa LOTOS S.A. in connection with the PLN 1 billion public offering of shares.
    Advised GTS Pol
    Sp. z o.o. in connection with a planned offering of unsubordinated secured EUR notes.
    Advised investment banks in connection with an offering of unsubordinated secured EUR notes by Grupa Ciech.
    Advised PKO BP S.A. in connection with a sale of the bank's shares by BGK
    the State Treasury.
    Advised Zaklady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Moscicach S.A. in connection with a secondary public offering of shares to pre-emptive rights holders
    the acquisition of 66% of the shares of Zaklady Chemiczne Police S.A. in a tender offer.
    Advised KRUK S.A. in connection with the IPO
    listing of the company on the WSE as well as the implementation of a management options scheme in the company.
    Advised Ciech S.A. in connection with a secondary public offering of shares rights to pre-emptive rights holders.
    Advised joint lead managers in connection with the IPO of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Kijowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.

    Other experience: Represented Eastnine AB, a Swedish real estate company, in connection with the acquisition of the Warsaw Unit office building located in the Wola district of Warsaw from Ghelamco.
    Advised Pinnacle Pol
    in connection with planned disposals of controlling stakes in certain real estate projects in Southern Pol
    .
    Advised Orlen Upstream sp. z o.o. in connection with launching a joint exploration
    production project with PGNiG in the Podkarpacie region.
    Advised PBG S.A. in relation to contracts with KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. concerning the construction of steam
    gas units in the Glogow
    Polkowice heat-
    power plants, with a total contract value of PLN 165 million.
    Advised various clients (including, without limitation, Gaz-System, Polskie LNG, Petrolinvest, Silurian Energy Services) with respect to energy sector projects, in particular natural gas, shale gas, LNG, LPG
    crude oil.
    Advised the Ministry of State Treasury in connection with establishing a company Polskie Inwestycje Rozwojowe S.A.
    launching the program “
    Inwestycje Polskie'.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Kijowski prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2012, Poland
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, District Chamber of Attorneys-at-law in Poznan

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Central European University
    Class of 2008
    LL.M.
    Other Education
    University of Bedfordshire
    Class of 2006
    Diploma of Higher Education

    Adam Mickiewicz University
    Class of 2007
    Master of Law

    Legal Advisor
    Class of 2012

    Warsaw School of Economics
    Class of 2014
    Postgraduate Studies

    Warsaw School of Economics
    Class of 2014
    Accounting and Corporate Finance
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    Filip Kijowski speaks Polish, Fluent; Russian and Conversational.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Filip Kijowski attended Central European University.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.