Kochanski & Partners focus on matters such as energy transformation, expansion into new markets or industries, and investments in technology and know-how. The team advises on private equity sponsors and their investment funds and portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle, including fund formation, early-stage venture capital investments, financing sand refinancings. Practice head Pawel Cholewinski advises on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures, minority investments, and spinoffs. Rafał Rapala assists on complex M&A transactions, structuring joint ventures, and advising on multi-jurisdictional deals, including portfolio sales and restructurings of capital groups. Natalia Kotłowska-Wochna advises on mergers and acquisitions, share and asset deals, and reorganisations.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Their strength lies in their ability to seamlessly integrate expertise from various disciplines like finance, tax, corporate, M&A and regulatory to provide efficient, value-added structures for buyouts, minority investments, and recapitalisations.’
- ‘Natalia Kotłowska-Wochna’s performance was brilliant. She moves beyond simply providing legal advice by explaining the underlying rationale for it, which ensures our business objectives remain the central focus throughout the process. We particularly value her skill in providing legal solutions aiming at finding common ground and defusing tension. For these reasons, we strongly recommend her as a legal advisor.'
- ‘Fantastic team with in-dept knowledge of the law and an outstanding commercial understanding.’
Key clients
- Swiss Life Asset Managers AG Polish Nuclear Energy Plants Eurobox Polska IZFIA (Chamber of Fund and Asset Management) Cooley State Street Bank
Work highlights
Advising Swiss Life Asset Managers AG on the Polish aspects of the pan-European acquisition of Otovo’s continental portfolio of residential solar subscription assets, across eight European countries.
Providing Polish Nuclear Energy Plants with ongoing legal advice during the construction of a nuclear power plant— a project valued at over EUR 40bn.
Advising IZFIA (Chamber of Fund and Asset Management) on a project aimed at developing model agreements with ICT providers (for both critical and non-critical services) for the entire investment fund market and their transfer agents.
Practice head
Paweł Cholewiński; Rafał Rapala; Natalia Kotłowska-Wochna