PPAs from the financing perspective

Welcome remarks and introduction

Maciej Georg, Partner, Head of Financing Transactions at Bird & Bird, Warsaw, and Olga Koszewska, Counsel, Financing Transactions at Bird & Bird, Warsaw

Short presentations session

Presentation 1

PPAs in Poland – lessons learnt, bankability and expected directions of further development.

• Market update – state of play in Poland.
• Lessons learnt regarding PPAs on the Polish market – practical observations and comments by a representative of Qair Polska.
• PPAs and projects’ bankability – ensuring coherence between corporate PPAs and project financing agreements.
• Expected developments and new trends.

Speakers:

• Grzegorz Pizoń, Partner and Head of Energy & Utilities at Bird & Bird Warsaw
• Damian Bąbka, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Management Board at Qair Polska S.A.

Presentation 2

• Making a PPA bankable for BESS projects.

Speaker:

• Roger Van Buuren, Partner, Finance & Financial Regulation at Bird & Bird, Amsterdam

Panel discussion and Q&As session

Moderators: Maciej Georg, Olga Koszewska, Bird & Bird, Warsaw

Speakers*:

• Ewa Banasiuk, Director, Structured & Project Finance Department, DNB Bank Polska S.A.
• Bartłomiej Czuba, Deputy Head, Structured & Mezzanine Finance, mBank S.A.
• Damian Bąbka, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Management Board at Qair Polska S.A.
• Mikołaj Budzanowski, Chief Executive Officer at Boryszew Green Energy and Gas and Member of the Management Board at Boryszew S.A.
• Alexander Wojtek, Partner, Finance & Financial Regulation at Bird & Bird, Hamburg
• Roger van Buuren, Partner, Finance & Financial Regulation at Bird & Bird, Amsterdam
• Grzegorz Pizoń, Partner and Head of Energy & Utilities at Bird & Bird, Warsaw

*Other, potential panel speakers to still be announced