Jarosław Grzesiak
Supervisory Board Member
Jarosław Grzesiak was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. in June 2021. He is the Chief Executive Advisor to Mr. Zygmunt Solorz, responsible for supervising the capital group controlled by Mr. Solorz and also a member of the supervisory boards of Cyfrowy Polsat, Polkomtel, Telewizja Polsat, Netia, Interia, Port Praski, PAK-Polska Czysta Energia, ZE PAK and PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa. Jarosław is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University and has been an advocate since 1995.
From 2012 to 2021, he was the Managing Partner of Greenberg Traurig in Poland and prior to that from 1999 to 2012, the Managing Partner of the Warsaw office of Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm. Previously, from 1995 to 1999, he was the Director of the Legal Department of PepsiCo, Inc. responsible for Poland and CEE.
He has led a vast number of capital markets transactions, including issuances and public offers of shares and bonds, in Poland and on international markets; mergers and acquisitions; private equity as well as restructuring and privatization of enterprises.
He was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit for his work on the development of the Polish economy and the capital market. In 2018, he was named "Lawyer of the Thirty Years" by the Rzeczpospolita daily and the Polish Association of Legal Employers. In 2011, American Lawyer awarded him the prestigious title of "Dealmaker of the Week". The most important international and Polish legal rankings: Chambers and Partners, IFLR, EMEA Legal 500, as well as Rzeczpospolita, for over 15 years recognized him as the leading lawyer in Poland in the area of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity as well as banking and finance.
Jarosław is a member of the Atlantic Council’s Board of Directors, Young Presidents' Organization - Gold and the American Chamber of Commerce.
