Greenberg Traurig has advised Banco Santander on its agreement with Erste Group Bank to sell a 49% stake in Santander Bank Polska for EUR 6.8 billion alongside 50% of its Polish asset management arm, Santander TFI, for EUR 200 million. Rymarz Zdort Maruta and Wolf Theiss advised Erste Group Bank.
The transaction remains contingent on regulatory approval.
The Greenberg Traurig team included Senior Partner Lejb Fogelman, Partners Stephen Horvath, Lukasz Pawlak, Rafal Sienski, and Pawel Piotrowski, Local Partner Maciej Pietrzak, Counsel Agnieszka Stopinska, Senior Associate Grzegorz Socha, Associates Michal Kuratowski, Piotr Brzostek, Szymon Swierszcz and Kamil Nagawski, and Junior Associates Weronika Kopec, Patrycja Knerek, and Barbara Tumm.
The Rymarz Zdort Maruta team included Partners Jacek Zawadzki, Adam Puchalski, Lukasz Gasinski, and Katarzyna Lukaszewicz, Counsels Pawel Mazur, Lukasz Karasek, Szymon Cieniawski, and Tomasz Kordala, Senior Associates Aleksander Jakubisiak and Michal Matysiak, and Associates Magdalena Kos, Julia Kosiniak, Mikolaj Pugowski, Natalia Andrzejczak, and Adam Drgas.
The Wolf Theiss team included Partners Richard Wolf, Claus Schneider, and Guenter Bauer.