Dr. Witold Jurcewicz is a partner at White & Case. Dr. Jurcewicz heads the White & Case mergers and acquisitions and privatization practice group. He specializes in commercial law and in the law on public trading in securities.

In privatization projects, Dr. Jurcewicz represented the State Treasury and companies taking over control of privatized companies, including many foreign investors who are industry leaders. Dr. Jurcewicz also advised on many merger and acquisition transactions of private companies.  Dr. Jurcewicz has amassed a wealth of practical experience in M&A transactions, spanning all phases of this type of transaction in many industry sectors, e.g. banking, insurance, automotive, chemical, cosmetic and metal.

Dr. Witold Jurcewicz has extensive capital market experience. Dr. Jurcewicz has advised public companies and investors on the public market. Dr. Jurcewicz has defended listed companies against hostile take-overs, represented strategic investors in disputes with minority shareholders. Dr. Jurcewicz has worked for Polish companies in connection with issuances of GDRs and debt instruments on international capital markets.

Dr. Witold Jurcewicz was a co-editor of the code of good conduct under the auspices of the Securities Commission and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Dr. Jurcewicz graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Wrocław University and holds a Ph.D. in law from the Institute of State and Law of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The prestigious periodical "Chambers Global 2007" ranks Dr. Jurcewicz for the fourth year in a row as a leading lawyer in Poland in the area of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. According to the publication: "Creative" Witold Jurcewicz is also an excellent corporate lawyer. Clients say: "He can always tell you where you’re going wrong, but is also always open to new solutions."

In report "IFLR 1000 2008" lists Dr. Witold Jurcewicz for the 3rd time in a row as one of the leading lawyers in Poland in the area of capital markets and for the 2nd time in project finance and M&A. In the new edition of the prestigious "Ranking of Law Firms 2006" by the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Dr. Jurcewicz was listed as "recommended" in the corporate law category. Dr. Jurcewicz is the only lawyer in Poland recommended in the area of Project Finance by the "Who's Who Legal – The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2007".

The latest edition of the prestigious "PLC Which Lawyer? 2007" lists Dr Jurcewicz as "recommended lawyer" in the Dispute Resolution category and for the 2nd year in a row in the Corporate/M&A category.

Dr. Jurcewicz is the author of several professional publications on, among others, ownership transformations, corporate governance and the legal system of agriculture.

Dr. Jurcewicz is fluent in English and speaks Russian.