Sebastian Mikina

Sebastian is a transactional lawyer with comprehensive expertise in financial, commercial, corporate, M&A and regulatory matters. He has advised lenders and borrowers from various sectors, including private equity funds, and entities operating in the fields of renewable energy, retailing, manufacturing, and real estate on numerous domestic and cross-border financing deals. The deals he has worked on have encompassed acquisition finance, corporate finance, project finance and complex refinancing transactions, with a particular focus on project financing and financing in the energy sector (leading numerous projects, including transactions involving PV and wind farm projects - both onshore and offshore).

He has also been involved in bond offerings, restructuring and bankruptcy projects and has provided legal assistance to leading financial institutions concerning the regulatory aspects of investment funds operations and participants in the financial market in Poland.

Sebastian’s experience extends to advising domestic and international companies and private equity funds on several complex M&A transactions, including share and asset deals, as well as M&A deals involving public companies. His experience covers both transactional and corporate matters as well as related financial aspects.

Sebastian is recommended by Legal500 (EMEA) in the areas of banking and finance and investment funds.

• Advised a consortium of 17 financial institutions (domestic and international) in connection with the PLN 4.2 billion (EUR 1 billion equivalent) syndicated refinancing for the InPost Group (comprising a PLN 1.5 billion term loan and a PLN 2.7 billion RCF).
• Advising ING Bank N.V., London Branch (as the agent) and a consortium of lenders comprising over 15 financial institutions on day-to-day legal support in connection with a PLN 4 billion and EUR 186 million senior facilities agreement for Żabka Group and Żabka Polska sp. z o.o.
• Advised R.Power S.A., a leading European photovoltaic plants developer, in connection with several project financings of its Power Plants Portfolios, including the financing of a 72 MWp PV Power Plants Portfolio (comprising 31 photovoltaic projects) made available by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) and the financing of a 139 MWp Power Plants Portfolio (up to PLN 321 million) made available by BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. and mBank S.A.
• Advised Jyske Bank A/S in connection with the Polish aspects of project financing for wind farm projects in Poland.
• 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.