Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k. advises private equity funds through their entire lifecycle, from fund formation and tax structuring to acquisitions, add-ons, reorganisations, exits, and fund closures. The team possesses a multi-jurisdictional approach and focus on acquiring platforms and building them through add-on acquisitions, as well as corporate carve-outs for both local and cross-border PE mandates. Jointly leading the team, Tomasz Krzyżowski focuses his practice on takeovers through the acquisition of shares or assets, as well as reorganisations of companies and Filip Uziębło advises private equity funds, vendors, targets, industry investors, listed companies and institutional financial investors with regard to a wide range of transactions.
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Key clients

  • CVC
  • S&P Global No
  • Wirtualna Polska Media S.A.
  • Innova
  • Invalda INVL AB
  • Enterprise Investors
  • MidEuropa Partners
  • AGIC
  • KKR
  • Lyvia Group (previously Mirovia Nordics AB)
  • Kreos Capital
  • Bain Capital

Work highlights

Advised the underwriters (Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan SE, and PKO BPSecurities) on the IPO of Żabka Group.
Advised the selling shareholder, MidEuropa, in connection with the IPO of Diagnostyka S.A. shares with a total value of nearly PLN 1.7bn (452m), and their admission and introduction to trade on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Advised Enterprise Investors Fund IX on the acquisition of a majority stake in Sescom Polska, a technology company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Practice head

Tomasz Krzyżowski