Krzysztof Stefanowicz

• Advising Wealthon, a fintech company providing loans to SME clients on a warehouse securitisation in its capacity as the originator. The transaction concerned a portfolio of SME Loans, originated by the Wealthon companies and the issuance of notes by an Irish SSPE in the amount of up to PLN500m that were purchased by private international investors.
• Advising VEHIS, a company operating as an online sales platform that offers car leasing, on warehouse financing and its role as originator. The transaction concerned a portfolio of leasing receivables originated by VEHIS and the accession of Jefferies, one of the world's leading full-service investment banking and capital markets firms, to the existing financing as a new mezzanine lender.
• Advising the Polish subsidiary of a UK commodity chemicals company in its role as originator on a refinancing of a trade receivables securitization. The transaction concerned a portfolio of receivables comprising five invoice currencies from sixteen different selling entities and eight unique selling jurisdictions, including Italy, Hungary, Romania and Lithuania, and financing that were provided by various international investors.
• Advising a bidder on the proposed acquisition of a CEE airline.*
• Advising Metair Investments Limited on entering into an agreement to dispose of its Turkish business, the Mutlu Group, to Quexco Incorporated for USD110m.*
• Advising Mirova on its investment in Baltic Storage Platform, an energy storage joint venture in Estonia involving one of the Baltics' leading renewables developers.*
• Advising a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on a corporate reorganisation of a group of companies owning a luxury shopping centre in Turkey.*
• Advising Macquarie and Spring, a Japanese investment fund, on the sale of their respective indirect shareholdings in the 573 MW Race Bank offshore wind farm project in England to Norges Bank Investment Management for GBP330m.*
• Advising a US technology company on the planned acquisition of a leading electronics manufacturing services group in Poland.*
• Assisting with a due diligence review in connection with a USD85m investment in Hard Rock Digital by Playtech plc.*
• Advising minority owners in connection with their investment in AFC Bournemouth, an English Premier League football club.*
• Advising an investment fund on the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in a Polish company which is anticipated to possess or acquire project rights for photovoltaic and battery storage plants situated in Poland.*

*Experience gained before joining DLA Piper