Sebastian Mikina

Sebastian is a transactional lawyer, combining in-depth financial, commercial, corporate, M&A and regulatory knowledge. He has advised lenders and borrowers (from various sectors, including private equity funds, entities from renewable energy, retail, manufacturing and real estate) on a number of domestic and cross-border financing deals, including acquisition finance, corporate finance and project finance, as well as complex refinancing transactions. He has also worked on bond offerings and restructuring and bankruptcy projects, and has provided legal assistance to leading financial institutions in connection with regulatory aspects related to investment funds and participants of the financial market in Poland. His experience also covers advising domestic and international companies and private equity funds on several complex M&A transactions (share and assets deals), including M&A deals involving public companies (in both transactional and corporate matters, as well as financial matters).

Prior to joining the Firm, Sebastian among others:

• advised Pepco Group N.V. and its subsidiaries on the Polish law aspects of a EUR 740 million senior facilities agreement entered into with a consortium comprising 11 leading international and Polish financial institutions, in connection with an IPO
• advised Jyske Bank A/S on the project finance of the development of a wind-farm portfolio located in Poland by Eurowind Energy JV
• advised a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments on the acquisition financing and refinancing of several photovoltaic portfolios (with a capacity exceeding 260 MW), as well as on project finance facilities for the construction of subsequent phases of photovoltaic projects in Poland
• participated in advising a fund managed by PIMCO on the refinancing of an acquisition of a Polish group of companies for more than PLN 1 billion
• advised Polish energy group (PGE) in the transaction financial aspects of the implementation of two wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea with a capacity of up to 2.5 GW (having a range of PLN 30-40 billion)
• advised CIECH S.A. on revolving credit facilities of up to PLN 0.5 billion
• advised ECHO Investment in connection with the financing project Galeria Młociny (a shopping center in Warsaw) through a private bond issue program
• advised Raiffeisen Bank International and Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. on regulatory matters connected with investment funds managed by Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A.
• participated in advising Franklin Templeton Investments on an investment in InPost S.A., through a tender offer, the subsequent squeeze-out of the remaining shareholders and the delisting of the company from the Warsaw Stock Exchange
• participated in advising BPH TFI S.A. in connection with the sale of two real estate portfolios owned by funds managed by BPH TFI S.A. to Octava FIZAN
• participated in advising Lehman Brothers in connection with selected Polish aspects of the process of the restructuring of its group

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