Michał Bałdowski PhD

Senior Associate
Advocate
About

Michał Bałdowski advises public and private companies (in particular, regulated entities from the financial and energy sectors) on transactional and corporate law. 

This includes support in capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, reorganisations, the cross-border and domestic issuances of equity and debt securities, initial and secondary public offerings of shares, public and private offerings of bonds, and public-to-private transactions.

Michał is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and author of numerous academic articles on capital markets and energy law.
 

Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie)

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Polenergia on the establishment of a PLN 1 billion Green Bond issuance programme.
  • Advising Digia on the acquisition of the digital technology provider Savangard.
  • Advising Daniel Truica and the management team on a roll-over related to Resource Partners' investment in Vola.ro and FRU.PL.
  • Advising the shareholders of Symphar on the sale of shares in Symphar to the pharmaceutical manufacturer Farmak.
  • Advising IPF on the issuance and settlement of Senior Unsecured Notes in Poland under an EMTN programme.
  • Advising MJM Holdings Capital Group on a strategic partnership with Leadenhall Insurance.
  • Advising Corsair Capital on the acquisition of MJM Holdings.
  • Advising URGO Poland on the acquisition of MyBestPharm.
  • Advising Booksy on the acquisition of Znajdź Gabinet.
  • Advising ONDE and Neo Energy Group on the sale of the Szybowice wind farm.
  • Advising KI Chemistry, a Kulczyk Investments group company, on the conduct of a voluntary tender offer for the sale of shares in Ciech S.A.* 
  • Advising Value4Capital, a private equity firm, on the sale of 100% of the shares in Kom-Eko to a fund whose sole and exclusive investment advisor is CEE Equity Partners.* 
  • Advising PAK-Polska Czysta Energia on the acquisition of a SPV owned by Neoinvestment Group, responsible for the construction of a wind farm situated in Człuchów, consisting of 33 wind turbines with a total capacity of 72.6 MW.* 
  • Advising Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Centerbridge on the completion of the sale of ROBYG S.A. to TAG Immobilien AG.* 
  • Advising Allianz on the acquisition of Aviva’s operations in Poland and Lithuania for over EUR 2.5 billion. The transaction involved Aviva’s life and non-life insurance operations as well as its pension and asset management businesses. Allianz also acquired a 51% stake in each of Aviva’s life and non-life bancassurance joint ventures with Santander Bank Polska.* 

* Experience gained before joining DLA Piper.

Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • Spanish

AWARDS

  • Recognised as Leading Associate in Commercial, corporate and M&A – Legal 500 EMEA 2025
  • Recommended in Capital Markets – Legal 500 EMEA 2024-2025
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Doctor of Laws (PhD), 2023
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2017

Prior Experience

  • June 2023 - present, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • January 2023 - April 2023, Senior Associate, law firm, Warsaw
  • April 2018 - December 2022, Associate, law firm, Warsaw

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Advocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie)
  • Assistant Professor (Adiunkt) at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw