Greenberg Traurig has advised VeloBank, its holding company, and its shareholders, including funds affiliated with Cerberus Capital Management, on the acquisition of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie's consumer business in Poland from Citibank Europe and BHW. Rymarz Zdort Maruta advised BHW. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised Cerberus Capital Management. Clifford Chance reportedly advised Citibank.
The transaction remains contingent on regulatory approval.
The Greenberg Traurig team included Deputy Managing Partner Michal Fereniec, Senior Partner Lejb Fogelman, Partners Lukasz Pawlak, Stephen Horvath, Rafal Sienski, Robert Gago, and Anna Halas-Krawczyk, Local Partners Maciej Pietrzak, Michal Bobrzynski, Mateusz Zalenski, and Maciej Kacymirow, Of Counsel Marek Kozaczuk, Counsel Mateusz Koronkiewicz, Senior Associates Agata Del-Rosal Izyk, Wiktor Zien, Grzegorz Socha, Anna Celejewska-Rajchert, Filip Drgas, Natalia Wolkowycka, Mateusz Rogulski, and Izabela Zmijewska, Associates Adam Andula, Piotr Brzostek, Michal Kuratowski, Szymon Swierszcz, Kamil Nagawski, and Marta Poplawska, Junior Associates Patrycja Knerek, Weronika Kopec, Barbara Tumm, Ewa Glowacka, and Damian Kossakowski.
The Rymarz Zdort Maruta team included Managing Partner Pawel Rymarz, Partners Lukasz Gasinski, Katarzyna Lukaszewicz, and Piotr Zawacki, Counsels Diana Sofu, Szymon Cieniawski, Tomasz Kordala, and Weronika Papucewicz, and Senior Associate Kinga Duda.
