SSW, working with K&L Gates Volckrick Luxembourg, has advised a group of minority shareholders of Zabka Group on issues related to the public offering of Zabka. Reportedly, Greenberg Traurig, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Elvinger Hoss Prussen advised the shareholders of Zabka as well. Baker McKenzie and Allen Overy Shearman Sterling reportedly advised the managers.
Zabka is a Polish chain of convenience stores with approximately 10,500 locations across Poland.
The SSW team included Partners Grzegorz Koguciuk, Monika Szczotkowska, Piotr Grabarczyk, Tomasz Wickel, and Mariusz Slowikowski, Senior Managing Associate Magdalena Dabrowska, Senior Associates Krystian Trzcinski and Jakub Zbiewski, and Associates Anna Olminska-Kiezun, Michal Sujecki, Karolina Serafin-Mahor, Weronika Mielnicka, Damian Gierasimczuk, and Krzysztof Jaron.
Editor's Note: After this article was published, Greenberg Traurig announced its involvement on behalf of Zabka Group and CVC Capital Partners as the principal selling shareholder. The firm's team included Senior Partner Lejb Fogelman, Partners Pawel Piotrowski and Rafal Sienski, Local Partner Mateusz Zalenski, Senior Associate Grzegorz Socha, and Junior Associates Szymon Swierszcz and Kamil Nagawski.
Additionally, Baker McKenzie confirmed its involvement to CEE Legal Matters. The firm's team included Partners Marcin Chylinski, Filip Uzieblo, and Marcin Iwaniszyn, Counsels Katarzyna Grodziewicz and Jerzy Bombczynski, and Associates Natalia Szurnicka-Dmoch, Jakub Demus, and Jakub Czerka.
Furthermore, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling announced that it had advised the syndicate of underwriters led by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. The firm's team included US-based Partner Jeff Hendrickson and Associates Katrien Wilmots, Paridhi Srivastava, and Rose Whitlock, UK-based Partner James Roe, and Luxembourg-based Partner Paul Peporte.