Position: Advocate
E-mail: p.figula@oles.com.pl
Specialization:
An advocate specialising in business law, in particular company law and capital market law. She has extensive experience in M&A transaction advisory and investment processes (including preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation, conducting due diligence audits for the purpose of M&A transactions) and in advising on the processes of introduction of financial instruments to trading on the regulated market (the Warsaw Stock Exchange), which she gained at renowned law firms and in the office of the Ombudsman. Currently, her professional practice focuses on participation in M&A capital transactions, corporate advisory, creation and reorganisation of international capital structures.
Areas of expertise:
- Capital transactions: M&A / Investment / Venture Capital
- Reorganisations: mergers / demergers / transformations
Distinctions:
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 in the Capital Markets category,
- Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for significant scientific achievements.
Publications:
- How mature is the Polish M&A renewable energy market? | The Energy Industry Times
- Conflict of interest in investment arbitration. Judgment C-284/16 and its impact on the fate of BITs | ADR. Arbitration and Mediation. C.H. Beck Publishers
- The role of the judge in shaping amicable methods of dispute resolution in the light of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure | Legal and Economic Review Quarterly
- Settlement suitability vs. arbitration suitability – an analysis of the relationship against the background of the Code of Civil Procedure description of the publication | Legal and Economic Review Quarterly
Professional experience:
- Comprehensive support of M&A transactions, including preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation, conducting due diligence audits for M&A transactions
- Restructuring of capital groups using domestic and foreign legal structures, including preparation of documentation for mergers (including cross-border mergers), conversions and transactions using corporate trading
- Advising on a joint venture agreement for the joint investment and establishment of a joint venture company for the largest private airline operating in Poland
- Advising on IPO, SPO and ABB processes
Education:
- Law studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- Study under the Erasmus+ Programme at Northumbria University in the UK
- School of Commercial Law (German and European Commercial Law) organised by the University of Wurzburg
- School of Arbitration (International Arbitration Academy) organised by the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris
- Advocate trainee at the Warsaw Bar Association
- Postgraduate studies “Law and Economics of the Capital Market” offered by the Warsaw School of Economics
Foreign languages:
- English – full professional proficiency
- French – working proficiency
- Spanish – working proficiency
