Commercial, corporate and M&A

Rymarz Zdort Maruta

Rymarz Zdort Maruta is praised as a ‘stand-out M&A legal advisor on the Polish market’, with expertise in advising both Polish and international clients on their cross-border transactions. Regarding sector activity, the group is increasingly active in the gaming industry, and continues to be sought after by financial institutions, including banks, brokerage houses, and investment funds. Other sectors of note include healthcare, real estate, and IT. Managing partners Paweł Rymarz and Paweł Zdort jointly helm the department. Other key members of the team include chartered financial analyst Jakub Zagrajek, who predominantly focuses on M&A transactions surrounding public companies, and transactional lawyer Jacek Zawadzki, who is especially skilled in mandates regarding financial institutions.

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Testimonials

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‘Rymarz Zdort Maruta has a highly skilled and well equipped team which supported our 7/8 month+ transaction. The individuals from a variety of sub-teams within the practice were all skilled and knowledgeable. These individuals were always readily available to help on any matter requested.'
‘Rymarz Zdort Maruta partner Jakub Zagrajek showed exceptional counsel and deal management skills throughout our transaction. He was skilled and showed the quality of his experience in his strong negotiating and creative approach to problem solving particularly regarding transaction documentation drafting.'
‘Pawel Zdort has a great grasp of business issues and the ability to build consensus with the counter-party.’
'Paweł Zdort, Jacek Zawadzki, Małgorzata Banaszkiewicz and Malgorzata Derus are friendly, helpful, with healthy sense of self, meaning that they do not work to impress client/colleagues but to move the deal forward.’
‘Searching for solutions (deep understanding of transaction structures) and a pro-business approach.'
‘Stand-out M&A legal advisor on the Polish market in terms of experience, ideas, availability.’
'Very much focused on problem solving, monitoring actively the market and its dynamics/needs, engaged in the process, always high quality advice. Always open to new approaches/initiatives/suggestions in the deal. Very flexible and always ready for the challenges.’
‘Jakub Zagrajek is very good in negotiations (able to adjust to the specific needs of the client / target), has good understanding of business aspects, and profound legal knowledge, thanks to which his advice is very professional and up-to-date, with a pragmatic approach to the problems on the horizon.'

Key clients

Techland
Unilink Group
Bridgepoint
7R
Mavie Next GmbH
American Heart of Poland Group
GKSD S.r.l.
Gruppo San Donato
Capital Park
Bank Guarantee Fund
MCI Capital
CloudFerro
Mycofeast Ltd.
SFS Ventures
Virtusa International B.V.
Weglokoks
eWejsciowki.pl
Arabelle Solutions
MEKO AB
Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP

Work highlights

Advised Techland S.A., a Polish video game developer, on the sale of approximately 67% of the shares in the company to Tencent Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands).
Advised the Unilink Group and the Enterprise Investors fund on a transaction involving the acquisition of the Unilink Group, an insurance distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, by Acrisure, a US-based fin-tech and insurance broker.
Advised GKSD S.r.l. and Gruppo San Donato on their joint acquisition of a majority stake in American Heart of Poland S.A., an independent provider of cardiovascular care in Europe.

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