FINANCIAL SERVICES, CAPITAL MARKETS, PAYMENT SERVICES
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Lawyers from the pflaw office deal with transaction and regulatory advice for entities from the capital market and the wider financial services market. We advise clients such as banks, MIFID investment firms, investment funds, EMIs, payment service providers(PSPs), factoring companies and other financial market entities. Our lawyers participated and advised in processes such as:
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obtaining and extending licenses of Polish and foreign financial institutions (investment firms, PSPs, investment funds, VASPs, MICA licenses);
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passporting financial services abroad within the EU and providing investment services on financial markets outside the EU;
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IPO processes;
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bond issuance;
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M&A processes of entities from the financial market;
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relationships with regulators (eg PFSA), exchanges(eg WSE), clearing houses (eg KDPW), trade repositories (eg KDPW TR);
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audits of supervisory authorities (KNF, GIIF, GIODO “PUODO”);
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appeals against decisions of supervisory authorities;
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due diligence processes on the financial market;
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creating procedures, manuals and internal processes;
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implementation of regulations such as MIFID / MIFIR, MAD / MAR, AML, PSD, EMIR, CRD / CRR, FATCA, DORA, MICA and many others;
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counteracting money laundering and terrorism financing AML, KYC;
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compliance processes;
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protection of retail investors in the financial market;
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risk management systems;
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disputes with customers;
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matters with the Financial Ombudsman;
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transactions on financial markets;
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exchange transactions;
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transactions on the exchange market and OTC derivatives market;
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negotiating ISDA agreements;
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forex / cfd market transactions;
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optimization of clients’ onboarding processes;
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liquidity agreements, prime brokerage, ISDA;
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custody agreements, omnibus accounts and other fiduciary accounts;
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contracts with payment processors;
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marketing of financial services;
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affiliate financial services programs;
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issues related to market data.
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