Daniel Popek

Senior Associate Norton Rose Fulbright Dyczkowski and Partners, Limited Partnership

Warsaw +48 (22) 5814916

Daniel Popek

Daniel Popek is a banking and finance lawyer based in Warsaw.

Daniel's practice focuses on general banking transactions, real estate finance, project finance, restructuring companies' financial debt, acquisition finance, banking law and regulatory issues. Daniel has participated in due diligence related to the analysis of finance documents.

Daniel also has experience in derivatives and participated, among others, in the preparation of standard documentation for one of the banks in the area of derivatives and other financial instruments.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Advised a consortium of Polish financial institutions, comprising mBank and Bank Ochrony Środowiska, on a long-term refinancing facility of PLN 227 million (EUR 53.5 million) granted to special purpose vehicles controlled by Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos, a closed-end investment fund managed by Lords LB Asset Management.
Advised PKO Bank Polski and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) on the financing acquisition and financing construction of biogas plants owned by Neo Biofuel Energy, a subsidiary of Neo Bio Energy.
Advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna on the €3 billion financing of the PGE part of the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm located off the Polish coast in the Baltic Sea between Ustka and Choczewo.

Rankings and recognitions

Daniel is recognised as a Rising Star in Banking & finance by IFLR1000 2025 and is recommended in editions of the Legal 500 ranking since 2020 in Banking and finance and Restructuring and insolvency fields.

Education

Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics - University of Wrocław (2014)

Master's degree in Finance and Accounting, with a proficiency in financial analytics and risk management - Faculty of Management, Informatics and Finance, Wrocław University of Economics (2014)