Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised UniCredit S.p.A. on the sale to institutional investors of approximately 26.2 million ordinary shares in Bank Pekao, the second largest Polish bank.

The shares correspond to approximately 10 percent of the share capital in Bank Pekao and the sale was carried out through an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors for an aggregate value of approximately €750 million. Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, UBS and UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking acted as joint bookrunners.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Michael Immordino (Milan & London), Ferigo Foscari (Milan) and Marcin Studniarek (Warsaw), local partner Rafal Kaminski (Warsaw), counsel Bartosz Smardzewski (Warsaw) and associates Piero de Mattia and Alessandro Picchi (both Milan).