Biography
Damian Lubocki focuses his practice on capital markets, corporate and securities law, merger and acquisition transactions as well as corporate governance issues. He represents clients from various sectors in connection with planned bond offerings and initial public offerings and represents publicly listed companies regarding corporate governance issues.
He is qualified to practice law in Poland, England and Wales.
Prior to joining White & Case, Damian gained experience in the leading international law firms and chambers of commerce in Poland and the United States.
Experience
He has worked on the following projects:
Wirtualna Polska: representation of Wirtualna Polska group on the €239.7 million acquisition of Invia Group SE from European Bridge Travel. The Invia Group operates package holiday booking platforms in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In Poland, the Invia Group operates as Travelplanet.pl.
Asseco Poland: representation of Asseco Poland, the largest IT group in Poland and CEE, and Adam Góral Family Foundation, on the PLN 1.047 billion sale of Asseco Poland's treasury shares to Total Specific Solutions, a leading European software group.
Comarch: representation of Comarch, a global software developer, and two of its shareholders from the Filipiak family on a tender offer for the sale of all shares in Comarch and the delisting of its shares from the regulated market of the WSE.
SigmaRoc: representation of SigmaRoc on the €100 million acquisition of two Polish lime businesses from CRH, which is part of the international €1 billion acquisition.
STS Holding: representation of STS Holding, Poland's largest sports betting operator, and its majority shareholders on the US$1 billion sale of all their shares in the company to Entain CEE, via a voluntary tender offer.
Eurowag: representation of Eurowag, a leading pan-European integrated payments and mobility platform focused on the commercial road transportation industry on its €306 million acquisition of Inelo from Innnova Capital and other certain vendors.
The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland: representation of the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland, represented by the Minister of Finance, on the issuance of US$8 billion of notes registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under its shelf registration statement. This is the largest State Treasury bond issuance in the US dollar market.
Grupa Pracuj: representation of Grupa Pracuj, the owner of recruitment brands in Poland and Ukraine, on its €118 million acquisition of Germany-based softgarden e-recruiting. We also advised Grupa Pracuj on its PLN 1.12 billion IPO on the regulated market of the WSE.
ORLEN: representation of ORLEN on the establishment of a €5 billion EMTN programme and the first issue of €500 million Green Bonds. The transaction was the first Green Bond issue from Poland by a company outside the financial sector.
Play Communications: representation of Play Communications, the leading mobile network operator in Poland, and its reference shareholders Novator and Olympia, on the €2.2 billion acquisition of all the shares in Play by Iliad, a French provider of telecommunication services.
We also advised Play on its €1 billion IPO of Play on the WSE.
Leading Associates in Capital Markets – The Legal 500 EMEA 2025, Poland