Mr Rafal Rapala > Kochanski & Partners > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Kochanski & Partners Offices
METROPOLITAN BUILDING
PL PILSUDSKIEGO 1
00-078 WARSAW
Poland
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Mr Rafal Rapala
Work Department
Transactional Practices Group
Position
Partner, Head of Corporate Practice, Shareholders Conflicts
Career
Rafał advises clients on many aspects of corporate law, M&A, corporate ownership conflicts, joint ventures, ownership, financial and property restructuring involving numerous parties. He is one of the leading Polish lawyers in corporate and M&A, JVA projects, equity capital markets, private equity transactions, and in the restructuring projects of capital groups.
Rafał specialises in complex, high-profile public and private equity offerings and M&A transactions (including tender offers for the sale of shares), JVAs, as well as in general corporate practice, including advising on corporate governance matters. He has extensive experience in advising and leading international teams of lawyers providing advisory services to companies, financial institutions, or private equity investors.
His clients include, among others, companies from the FMCG, food and beverage, media and advertising, chemical, automotive, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics industry, military, shipbuilding, hightech, IT, fintech and real estate sectors, as well as banks and financial institutions.
For many years Rafał has been recommended by international legal rankings such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, PLC Which Lawyer.
Languages
Polish, English
Memberships
The Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors
Education
UMCS University in Lublin (Master of Law, 1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Restructuring and insolvency
Kochanski & Partners has substantial expertise representing creditors and investors, especially financial institutions and private equity funds. Out-of-court restructurings are a staple of the practice, in addition to corporate restructurings, post-restructuring disputes, and personal and corporate insolvency proceedings. Rafał Rapala and Mateusz Ostrowski jointly lead the group; the former has expertise in the corporate space, and the latter leads the firm’s litigation practice. Paweł Cholewinski is another name of note, with a focus on real estate transactions.