Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k‘s ’very dedicated team’ of private equity lawyers handles some of the largest private equity deals in the Polish market, acting for major private equity houses from the CEE region. It is also increasingly active in venture capital transactions, and is well placed to leverage the strength of the firm’s tax, M&A, real estate, banking and finance, and capital markets teams. Senior partner Lejb Fogelman and Rafał Baranowski jointly lead the practice. Dual-qualified in Poland and the UK, Klaudia Królak is another key member of the practice, as is the ‘young and enthusiastic’ Maciej Pietrzak.
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Testimonials
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‘Team demonstrates high level of engagement, responsiveness and professionalism.’
‘Rafał Baranowski - fast, pragmatic and knowledgeable.'
'Maciej Pietrzak - young and enthusiastic lawyer, supportive, very responsive, clear and user friendly way of communication.’
‘Very dedicated team, helped us with complex financing done under extreme time pressure. Very diversified team. Great collaborators.’
Key clients
- Abris Capital Partners
- Bogdan and Elżbieta Kaczmarek
- Innova Capital
- CVC Capital Partners
- InPost
- Centerbridge Partners Europe LLP
- Vista Equity Partners
- Symfonia
- PIB Group Limited
- PIB Group Poland
Work highlights
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its launch of a tender offer for all shares in Comarch S.A.
- Advised Abris Capital Partners, the ESG transformation specialist private equity investor and B Corp, on the sale of Velvet CARE, Poland’s leading manufacturer of paper-based personal care products, to Partners Group, a global private markets firm.
- Advised two individuals and private equity fund Innova Capital on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Pfleiderer Polska group of companies (Panel East), in a corporate carve-out transaction from Pfleiderer Group (Panel West), owned by funds managed by the global investment firm - Strategic Value Partners.
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Klaudia Królak
Practice head
Lejb Fogelman; Rafał Baranowski
Other key lawyers
Stephen Horvath; Daniel Kaczorowski; Paweł Piotrowski; Michał Fereniec; Michał Bobrzyński; Klaudia Królak; Maciej Pietrzak; Filip Kijowski; Mateusz Zaleński; Tomasz Denko