Anna Frankowska

Background

About Anna Frankowska

Anna Frankowska is a retired partner in Weil’s corporate department and the former head of the Warsaw office’s capital markets practice. After graduating magna cum laude from St. Louis University, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law at Champaign-Urbana. Following graduation she worked in a leading law firm in Chicago. After returning to Warsaw in 1994, Anna advised international investors on capital markets transactions and major privatisations. She joined Weil in 1996 and was the Firm’s leading capital markets expert until her retirement in 2019. Anna represented both underwriters and issuers in connection with numerous public offerings of Polish companies, many of which involved concurrent offerings to Polish and international investors. Various legal ranking publications such as Chambers & Partners, Expert Guides, The Legal 500, IFLR and PLC Which Lawyer? consistently ranked Anna as a leading specialist in capital markets. Anna was repeatedly named as one of Poland’s best capital markets specialists in surveys carried out by the Rzeczpospolita daily as well as Forbes. In 2018 Anna was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in Poland for her involvement in various pro bono activities. Anna is currently a member of the supervisory board of Bank BPH SA, a Polish bank that is part of the General Electric Group. In early 2023 she completed the Lambent International Coaching Certification training and became an International Training Coach.