CMS
The corporate and M&A department at CMS is notably strong in public M&A transactions, and clients often turn to the group for assistance with mandates in the energy, chemical, consumer products, TMC, manufacturing, logistics, and banking spaces. Of particular note is its advice to investment and capital venture funds on their transactions. Rafał Zwierz – who is qualified in Poland, the US, and the UK – leads the team. Other key names within the practice include Sławomir Czerwiński and counsel Olga Czyżycka-Szczygieł; the former has experience in assisting private equity houses and corporates with investments, exits, joint ventures, and mergers, and the latter has expertise in corporate issues, including restructurings and reorganisations. March 2024 saw two new arrivals join the team from Deloitte Legal, Ostrowski, Gizicki i Wspólnicy sp.k., namely Ryszard Manteuffel and counsel Robert Semczuk.
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‘Competence, reactivity, reliability, and efficiency.’
‘The team as CMS is great at collaborating, very prompt with their responses and clear in their understanding.’
‘I worked with Mateusz Stępień and his team. He has a very clear thought process, is a great lawyer and very prompt with his responses.’
‘The M&A team is calm and reliable at all times, fast and furious when needed, always on top of the case and thinking two steps ahead.’
‘Błażej Zagórski and Grzegorz Pączek are my favourite M&A team in Poland. When I hand the work to them, I do not have to check every step; they follow with all the details, keep me well informed, always working on the highest level and with the highest standards.'
'CMS thoughtfully has selected engaged and knowledgeable attorneys who care for the client.'
Key clients
- MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc
- Medicover Sp. z o.o.
- Green Genius
- Sonnedix UK Services Ltd
- Partner in Pet Food
- Constantia Flexibles
- PartyDeco sp. z o.o.
- Syntaxis Capital
- Mutares
- Synergie
- MidEuropa
- CirCap
- GrECo International Holding AG
- TotalEnergies Renewables
- B&P Engineering sp. z o.o.
- Vertex Investment
- Prime Label Group
- Kansai Helios Coatings
- Compagnie d’Affrètement et de Transport
- Integer.pl S.A.
- Abris Capital Partners
- R-GOL Marcin Radziwon
- OZE Holding 2
Work highlights
- Advised MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company on the $610m acquisition of 100% of the shares in LOTOS Paliwa Sp. z o.o., a domestic company which owns 417 petrol stations across Poland.
- Advised R-GOL, a major distributor of specialised equipment for football enthusiasts, professionals and football clubs in Central and Eastern Europe, and its owners, on the sale of the majority stake to Innova Capital.
- Advised MangoPay, a European payments solution provider for marketplaces and platforms backed by PE fund Advent International, on the Polish law related aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake in the AI fraud detection and prevention company Nethone sp. z o.o.
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Partner in the Corporate/M&A Department and Lead Partner in the Private Equity practice
Practice head
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Rafał Zwierz