Izabela Puchalska
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Reckitt Benckiser on the Polish carve-out of its Home Essentials business preceding the GBP 4.8 billion divestment of a 70% stake in Essential Home to Advent.
- Advised S&P Global Inc. on the global separation of its Mobility business into Mobility Global Inc., a complex cross-border carve-out and corporate reorganization involving coordinated implementation across multiple jurisdictions.
- Advised a consortium of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. and Bank Pekao S.A. on the EUR 160 million green loan refinancing of Mennica Towers in Warsaw, supporting corporate workstreams on a transaction requiring bespoke structuring due to complex ownership, insolvency and joint venture considerations.
- Advised Mutares SE & Co. KGaA on its acquisition of Mimovrste d.o.o. and Internet Mall d.o.o. (Mall.hr) from Allegro Group, a cross-border transaction involving leading e-commerce platforms in Slovenia and Croatia and coordination of corporate and intellectual property workstreams across multiple jurisdictions.
Corporate Responsibility
Izabela has participated in Firm-wide pro bono assignments, including translating the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights into Polish and drawing up a comparison of domestic violence laws in selected countries against best practice and model legislation, as part of the Global Rights for Women initiative.
Since 2022, she has been actively involved in supporting the Women Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Przedsiębiorczości Kobiet), contributing to initiatives aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and supporting women in business.Admissions
- Advocate Admitted in Poland (2020)
Education
- University of Warsaw (Master of Laws) (2016)
Languages
- English
- Polish
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