Krzysztof Stefanowicz

Associate
About

Krzysztof Stefanowicz is an English-law qualified lawyer advising clients on English law aspects of structured finance, including true sale and synthetic securitisations, as well as project finance and other types of corporate and finance transactions. He is also a member of the firm's CEE English Law Hub.

He has gained valuable international experience, having previously worked in London where he was involved in cross-border finance and corporate transactions. In addition to his finance practice, Krzysztof has experience in private M&A, corporate reorganisations, and joint ventures, providing English corporate law advice to international clients operating across the CEE region and globally.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2023

EXPERIENCE

  • 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

Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Education
  • The University of Law, London, Master of Laws (LLM) & Legal Practice Course (LPC), 2020
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Bachelor of Laws (LLB), 2019

Prior Experience

  • November 2024 – present, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • November 2023 – October 2024, Associate, global law firm, Warsaw
  • May 2023 – October 2023, Legal Consultant, consulting firm, Warsaw
  • March 2021 – March 2023, Trainee Solicitor, law firm, London

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • The Law Society of England and Wales