Anna Halas-Krawczyk

Experience: Employment Restructuring and Mass Redundancies: Advised Velo Bank and Cerberus on employment aspects in connection with the PLN 1.1 billion acquisition of Bank Handlowy's consumer business in Poland.; Advised Deutsche Bank Group on overall employment aspects of the de-merger of Deutsche Bank Polska and its sale to Santander Bank Polska, including employment reorganization related to the de-merger.; Advised Naspers and Allegro on employment restructuring in Allegro Group.; Advised Mondelez on all the employment aspects of the merger of the Mondelez Group with Douwe Egberts.; Led the team advising on multi-stage employment restructuring in PZU Group involving 15,000 employees of which almost 5,000 were made redundant and the terms of employment of those remaining were changed. The project included preparation of comprehensive individual and collective employment documentation as well as negotiations with 29 trade unions. This was the largest restructuring project in Poland in recent years.; Advised HSBC on two stages of mass redundancies and reorganization including the opening of a shared services center in Krakow and closure of retail banking services. This covered, in particular, aspects of mass redundancies, employee relocation and changes of their employment terms.; Advised Axel Springer on the employment restructuring of Dziennik, one of the largest Polish dailies, and merging it with Gazeta Prawna to form Dziennik/Gazeta Prawna, a daily newspaper focused on legal and business news.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Halas-Krawczyk prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.; Management Contracts & Share Option Schemes for Top Management: Advised Madison International Realty LLP, a global real estate private equity firm, on overall employment aspects in connection with the indirect acquisition of a majority stake in Capital Park S.A.; Advised Goldman Sachs on management share participation scheme in Robyg S.A.; Advised the management of Private Equity Managers S.A. on their share option schemes.; Advised the management of AmRest S.A. on their share option schemes.; Advised Wirtualna Polska S.A. on the share option scheme based on subscription warrants for its top management.; Advised MCI private equity fund on the share incentive plan and preparation of the management contracts for the key management staff.; Advised Penta private equity fund on management contracts in EMC.; Advised Innova Capital private equity fund on the share incentive plan for the key management staff in Ujastek Group.; Advised Advent International private equity fund on management and advisory contracts for American Heart of Poland Group.; Advised Innova Capital on the share option plan for the management of GTS Group, including CEE countries.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Halas-Krawczyk prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.; Implementation of CRD III and CRD IV in Financial Institutions: Advised Alior Bank S.A. on comprehensive aspects of the CRD IV Directive in Poland.; Advised Eurobank S.A. on the policy on variable components of remuneration for management.; Advised BGZ BNP Paribas S.A. on comprehensive aspects of the CRD IV Directive in Poland.; Prepared the general policy on variable components of remuneration for management in Citibank in Poland as well as all related employment and corporate documentation.; Advised the Polish Chamber of Brokerage Houses on implementation of the CRD III Directive in Poland in relation to brokerage houses.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Halas-Krawczyk prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.; High Profile Employment Litigation: Represented a global spirits and wine producer in litigation against the former management.; Represented a private equity fund in litigation over the management incentive scheme with a former manager.; Represented a major Polish company from the heavy industry sector in the litigation relating to the alleged harassment and intimidation.; Represented a global pharmaceutical company in an internal investigation relating to fraud carried out by management staff and in the litigation that followed.; Representing an international media group company in an internal investigation in relation to alleged mobbing and in the litigation that followed.; Represented an international group from the chemical industry in an internal investigation relating to fraud carried out by management staff and further in litigation in relation to alleged mobbing as well as discrimination against a senior manager in the company.; Represented several financial institutions in an internal investigation in relation to alleged mobbing and in the litigation that followed.; Represented the Polish branch of a German bank in an internal investigation in relation to alleged harassment and intimidation (mobbing), and in the litigation that followed (a settlement was reached).; The above representations were handled by Ms. Halas-Krawczyk prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.; General Employment Advice: Provided comprehensive employment advice to clients from various sectors such as, in particular, healthcare (DaVita Euromedic, American Heart of Poland), finance and insurance (Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, Pramerica, HSBC, Citibank), real estate (Peakside, Panattoni), automotive (Toyota Boshoku, AD Polska) and others.; The above representations were handled by Ms. Halas-Krawczyk prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.