Rymarz Zdort Maruta was formed following a merger at the beginning of 2023 between Rmyarz Zdort and Maruta Wachta. The strengthened firm excels in public M&A work, and has significant experience supporting both domestic and international clients with complex cross-border M&A transactions, especially in the energy sector. It has notable strengths in advising financial institutions, such as banks, brokerage houses, investment funds, and insurance companies, and the department is also increasingly active in the gaming space. Managing partners Paweł Rymarz and Paweł Zdort spearhead the practice, and Lukasz Gasiński heads up a sub-team dedicated to financial regulatory work. Jakub Zagrajek has a notable M&A practice with a focus on public companies. Jacek Zawadzki also takes an active role in the firm’s most significant mandates.
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Testimonials
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‘The team led by Jakub Zagrajek is super helpful, knowledgeable and experienced when it comes to M&A and capital markets transactions, especially for projects involving listed companies. They work fast, understand the details, know market standards well, and work closely with clients to reflect theirneeds.'
‘Jakub Zagrajek is the only M&A senior lawyer that I know that connects profound legal expertise with business skills and financial knowledge, which gives a lot of comfort when dealing with complex transactional structures, management incentive schemes, JV deals, GP/LP structures. Super friendly and helpful, trustworthy and very experienced.'
‘Jacek Zawadzki and Paweł Zdort provide comprehensive services, an ability to bring solutions, experience, and an ability to solve problem before they are brought to the table.’
‘Quality comparable to best international law firms. Very experienced and knowledgeable team.’
‘Paweł Zdort is one of most experienced PE/M&A lawyers in Poland, and Jacek Zawadzki is very pro-active and involved, independent, and able to handle complex assignments.’
‘A team with outstanding experience, commitment, knowledge, culture, and pleasure of cooperation.’
‘Jakub Zagrajek has a hands-on approach, substantive knowledge in the field of finance, and direct contact. Paweł Mazur is committed, knowledgeable, and thinks logically.'
‘Unique and well-balanced knowledge and experience, not only in law, but also in the field of finance and technology.’
Key clients
- Grupa Lotos
- PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
- Techland S.A.
- the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund S.A. SICAV-RAIF
- Unilink Group
- Enterprise Investors
- Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.
- VH Invest AG
- Commercial Banks Protection System S.A.
- Kajima Partnerships Limited
- Griffin Capital Partners
- Building Material Distributors, Inc.
- Robyg S.A.
- Reikon Games
- Play Group
- Exact Systems
- Market Pay Group, AnaCap
- British Primary School of Wilanow
- British Nursery of Wilanow
- Vectra S.A.
- Active Ownership Capital
Work highlights
- Supported Grupa LOTOS with the completion of the next phase of the implementation of remedies connected with the acquisition of control by PKN ORLEN over LOTOS Group S.A., which involved transactions with Aramco Overseas Company B.V. and Hungary’s MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company.
- Advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. on its acquisition from US-based fund CVC Capital Partners of 100% of the shares in PKP Energetyka S.A.
- Advised Techland S.A., a major Polish video game developer, on the sale of approximately 67% of the shares in the company to Tencent Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands).
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Paweł Rymarz, Paweł Zdort