Jakub Rowicki
Managing Associate
Advocate
Specializes in capital markets law, both equity and debt. He advises companies in the processes of obtaining financing (especially in the form of public securities offerings) as well as in investment processes. He also provides advice to public companies on day-to-day matters, including implementation of disclosure obligations and the handling of corporate events.
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Jakub joined the GESSEL’s capital market law team in 2020.
His experience in the ECM sphere focuses on advising on public offerings of shares combined with IPOs as well as subsequent public offerings, including those conducted through Accelerated Book Building. He also advises on mergers and acquisitions involving public companies, including those conducted in the form of a tender offer for the sale of shares.
At the same time, he specializes in the DCM sphere, advising on public bond offerings (including representing issuers in prospectus proceedings) as well as on private placements to financial institutions to raise project financing, particularly with regard to “green projects”. He advises issuers at every stage of a bond’s life, from issuance, through the establishment of collateral, to redemption. He has regularly advised clients on the design and implementation of incentive programs.
He also supports public companies in day-to-day corporate matters and in compliance with their disclosure obligations.
Experience
ECM - public offerings of shares
- Advised Cognor Holding on a PLN 300 million secondary public offering conducted through an accelerated bookbuilding (ABB) process, comprising the sale of existing shares by PS Holdco and newly issued shares
- Advised Bioceltix on two equity offerings with a total value of PLN 116 million, comprising a shareholder-led secondary public offering conducted through an accelerated bookbuilding (ABB) process and the issuance of two tranches of new shares funded with proceeds from the ABB
- Initial public offering of Vercom S.A. shares – advised the issuer
- Initial public offering of Cavatina Holding S.A. – advised the issuer
- Public offering of Bioceltix S.A. shares combined change of the listing market – advised the issuer
- Public offering of Pure Biologics in the ABB formula – advised the issuer
- Secondary public offering of DataWalk S.A. – advised the issuer
DCM – public offerings of bonds
- Advised Cavatina Holding on a PLN 102 million public bond offering under a prospectus-based issuance programme and the admission of the bonds to trading on the Catalyst market operated by the WSE
- Benefit Systems S.A. bond issue programme – advised the issuer
- Bond issue programme of Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna S.A. – advised the investment firm
- New Energy Investments sp. z o.o.’s “green bond” issue programme – advised the investment firm
- Columbus Energy S.A.’s “green bond” issue programme – advised the investment firm
- Cavatina Holding S.A. bond issue programme – advised the issuer
- Kredyt Inkaso S.A. bond issue programme – advised the issuer
Incentive programmes
- Incentive scheme at Vercom S.A – advised on structuring and launch of the programme
- Incentive scheme at cyber_Folks S.A. – advised on structuring and launch of the programme
- Incentive scheme at ExpertSender S.A. – advised on structuring and launch of the programme
Buybacks of treasury shares
- Buyback of ERBUD S.A.’s own shares – advised on structuring and implementation
- Buyback of ONDE S.A.’s own shares – advised on structuring and implementation
- R22 S.A. share buyback – advised on structuring and implementation
M&A transactions
- Advised Komputronik, a public company, on the entry of strategic investor Euvic 2030, a joint venture between Euvic and Rafał Sonik’s Gemini Holding, involving the acquisition of existing and newly issued shares
- Transaction for sale of a block of shares in Suwara S.A. – advised the seller
- Cross-border merger of Vercom S.A. with UAB “Mlr grupė” – advised the acquiring company
- Transaction for sale of a block of shares in Tesgas S.A. – advised the seller
- Globiana sp. z o.o.’s investment in Fertilita sp. z o.o. – advised the investor
News
& Insights
18.12.2025
GESSEL advises Cavatina Holding on a record bond issuance under its prospectus-based programme
GESSEL advised Cavatina Holding S.A. on the execution of the public offering of P2025C series bonds, carried out under the company’s prospectus-based bond issuance progr...
03.12.2025
GESSEL advised Cognor Holding on a public share offering valued at PLN 300 million
GESSEL advised Cognor Holding S.A. (the “Company”), one of the largest steel product manufacturers in Poland, on a secondary public offering of new shares with a value o...
23.10.2025
GESSEL advised on two public offerings of Bioceltix shares with a total value of over PLN 116 million
GESSEL provided comprehensive legal advice to Bioceltix S.A. (the “Company”), a Wrocław-based biotech company, in connection with a public offering of shares conducted t...
16.10.2025
GESSEL advised Komputronik on acquiring a strategic investor, Euvic 2030
GESSEL advised Komputronik S.A., one of Poland’s largest electronics and new technology retailers listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on acquiring a strategic investor,...
Education and achievements
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw (2017)
- Postgraduate studies in capital market law and economics at the Warsaw School of Economics (2018)
- Advocate’s training articles (2020)
- Bachelor’s degree in international relations at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw (2014)
- Participant in the Erasmus+ programme at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík (2017)
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