Sebastian Mikina

Sebastian Mikina

Counsel
Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy sp.k.

Biography

Sebastian Mikina is counsel in Baker McKenzie's Banking and Finance Practice in Warsaw, advising on complex domestic and cross-border financing transactions, with a particular focus on private equity and renewable energy. He joined the Firm in 2022 after almost 10 years with other Warsaw law firms, including nearly six years in the Warsaw office of a global law firm. Sebastian's experience spans banking and finance, corporate and M&A matters, and financial regulation, including work for financial institutions, sponsors, borrowers and corporate clients.

Practice Focus

Sebastian advises banks, private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and renewable energy developers on complex financing transactions in Poland and across multiple jurisdictions. His practice covers acquisition finance, corporate finance, project finance, syndicated lending, refinancings and debt capital solutions. He regularly acts on lender and borrower-side mandates involving private credit structures, financial sponsor-backed transactions and renewable energy projects. Sebastian also advises on bond issuances, restructurings and selected financial regulatory matters.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised ING Bank N.V. London Branch and a consortium of 15 financial institutions on a PLN 3.5 billion multi-currency syndicated refinancing for Żabka Group, one of Poland’s largest debt financing transactions.
  • Advised mBank S.A., Citibank, J.P. Morgan, Erste Bank Polska and other lenders on intercreditor arrangements and ongoing lender support for a PLN 4.2 billion syndicated financing for InPost Group.
  • Advised MidEuropa on acquisition financing for its purchase of MBL Group, a leading supplier of wheelchair components and mobility solutions, involving private credit and bank financing across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Advised R.Power S.A., a leading European renewable energy developer, on multiple project finance transactions relating to photovoltaic portfolios in Poland.
  • Advised Paged Group on a number of strategic financing transactions, including the refinancing of the group’s bank indebtedness and the establishment of a cross-border private debt bond program.
  • Advised Jyske Bank in connection with the Polish aspects of project financing for wind farm projects in Poland, and on project finance for the development by Eurowind Energy JV of a wind-farm portfolio in Poland.
  • Advised Pepco Group and its subsidiaries on the Polish law aspects of a EUR 740 million senior facilities agreement with a consortium comprising 11 leading international and Polish financial institutions in connection with its IPO.
  • Advised a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments on acquisition financings, refinancings and project finance transactions relating to photovoltaic portfolios in Poland.
  • Advised a fund managed by PIMCO on the refinancing of an acquisition of a Polish group of companies for more than PLN 1 billion (EUR 231 million).
  • Advised Polish energy group - PGE on transaction finance for two offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea with a combined capacity of up to 2.5 GW and an overall value of EUR 7 billion-9 billion.
  • Advised Raiffeisen Bank International and Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. on regulatory matters relating to investment funds managed by the Polish business.
  • Advised Franklin Templeton Investments on its investment in InPost S.A. through a tender offer, the subsequent squeeze-out of minority shareholders and the delisting of the company from the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Professional Honors

  • Up and Coming, Banking & Finance, Chambers Global 2026
  • Up and Coming, Banking & Finance, Chambers Europe 2026
  • Recommended, Banking & Finance and Investment Funds, Legal 500 EMEA 2026
  • Rising Star, Banking & Finance, IFLR1000 2026

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Warsaw Bar Association

Admissions

  • Poland (2020)

Education

  • University of Warsaw

Languages

  • English
  • Polish
  • Speaker (co-presenter), “Financing of Energy Investments”, Final of the Akademia Procesu Inwestycyjnego w Energetyce, May 2026
  • Panelist, “Finansowanie inwestycji (Financing of investments),” European Economic Congress (EEC) Katowice 2026, April 2026
  • Panelist, “Rozwój sektora odnawialnych źródeł energii. Przyspieszenie? Na jakich warunkach (Development of the renewable energy sector. Acceleration? Under what conditions)?”, Energy Days 2025, October 2025