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Commercial, corporate and M&A

The CMS corporate M&A department is active across a wide range of industries, with particular experience in public M&A, regulated sectors and multi-jurisdictional deals. Sławomir Czerwiński is responsible for heading up the team and is best known for his private equity expertise. Błażej Zagórski is a key member of the group for tech sector mandates, and Ryszard Manteuffel is the name for acquisitions of publicly traded companies and regulated entities. Olga Czyżycka-Szczygieł is also highly experienced in M&A and private equity transactions.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Ability to bridge cross-border transactions, practices and clients. In our specific case, working with US and Finnish clients on a local Polish transaction was managed in a seamless way.’
  • ‘Joanna Bialoskorska, senior associate, was outstanding. She took the lead in coordinating legal diligence, purchase agreement preparation, drafting sessions, specialist reviews, counterparty negotiations, signing and closing activities.’
  • ‘Always to steps ahead, mindful business thinking, diligent in every aspect.’
  • ‘I work mainly with Łukasz Szatkowski as a partner, and then with Olga Czyżycka. All of them are exceptional lawyers possessing a great practical knowledge. Very accessible, working very fast. Communication has been always very good.’
  • ‘CMS in Poland has a variety of lawyers from different fields of law which makes their practice very comfortable for the end customer. It is like a legal one-stop-shop. Very good level of services, very collaborative approach.’
  • ‘The team was quite supportive and flexible. Eager to face additional challenges uncovered during the M&A process.’

Key clients

  • InPost
  • Medicover
  • OEX
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  • Pelion
  • Eesti Gaas
  • Constantia Flexibles
  • NextEnergy Capital Limited
  • A&R Investments Limited
  • Marioff Corporation
  • Inter Europol

Work highlights

Advised European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the take-over by VeloBank of Citi Handlowy’s consumer banking operations.
Advised A&R Investments Limited on the sale of a minority stake in Modivo S.A.
Advised Medicover listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, on the acquisition of CityFit.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

Sławomir Czerwiński

Other key lawyers

Błażej Zagórski; Ryszard Manteuffel; Mateusz Stępień; Olga Czyżycka-Szczygieł; Jarosław Gajda; Grzegorz Pączek; Antoni Wandzilak; Joanna Białoskórska; Robert Semczuk