Jakub Gubański focuses his practice on competition law matters and mergers & acquisitions. Since the beginning of his legal career at White & Case, Jakub has provided legal advice on the antimonopoly aspects of cross-border concentrations of business entities, in particular on the energy, insurance, healthcare, telecommunication, media, IT and real estate markets. He has advised numerous companies on the merger control rules in Poland and provided guidance in relation to compliance with antitrust and competition law in the EU and Poland. He has also represented clients in the proceedings before competition authorities. In 2007 Jakub was seconded to the White & Case Brussels office, where he focused on European law, including in particular competition law. He also assisted in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. Jakub has also worked on numerous acquisitions of public and private companies, including banks, insurance companies, IT, energy and FMCG companies, as well as the privatization of companies. He has also represented various private equity funds in a large number of acquisitions of Polish portfolio companies. Jakub has also advised on internal reorganizations of capital groups and the formation of joint ventures. For the last several years, the prestigious ranking Legal 500 EMEA has recommended Jakub in the Competition/Antitrust category. He has been recognized by the latest edition in the Commercial/Corporate/M&A category. Jakub’s articles have been published in Crime, Law and Social Change, Gazeta Finansowa and The Wall Street Journal Polska.
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THE POLISH PRESIDENT OF THE OFFICE OF COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION CONDITIONALLY CLEARED A MERGER BETWEEN MULTIPLEX CINEMA OPERATORS* Background On 11 July 2018, the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the “OCCP”) initiated merger clearance proceedings (...)
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Background On 29 June 2018, the OCCP initiated the merger proceedings concerning acquisition of ARGE Nieruchomości sp. z o.o. (“ARGE RE”) and ARGE Paliwa sp. z o.o. (“ARGE”)’s assets from BP Europa (“BP”). More specifically, the proposed transaction considered the acquisition of several real estates (...)
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This article considers the possible precedent set by the Chairman of the OCCP’s decision, dated 20 June 2008, clearing the takeover by Multikino of the Silver Screen companies, operators of movie theaters, subject to a condition preventing Multikino from opening a new movie theater (decision N° (...)
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This article discusses the OCCP’s decision approving a merger between Kompania Piwowarska and Browar Belgia (decision n° DKK - 5/08). The merger is the fourth of its kind in the industry within the last five years and the second where Kompania Piwowarska is an acquiring company. It is an (...)
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