Private equity

Rymarz Zdort Maruta

Rymarz Zdort Maruta's offering was broadened in January 2023 with the merger of Rymarz Zdort and Maruta Wachta. Advising clients on their investments in, and exits from, public and private companies remains a core focus. The healthcare, retail, FMCG, real estate, and financial services industries, as well as the technology, media, and telecoms sectors, are strong areas for the department. Managing partners Paweł Zdort and Paweł Rymarz jointly lead the team, and they are ably supported by Jacek Zawadzki and Jakub Zagrajek, who specialise in M&A transactions, capital markets, and corporate law issues. At the senior associate level, Malgorzata Derus is noted.

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Testimonials

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'The level of coordination between the respective work streams, in combination with significant partner involvement to act not only as a legal but as a tactical sparring partner for the client in optimising the sale process and the deal itself was notable and impressive.'
'Paweł Zdort is clearly one of the most experienced M&A lawyers in the CEE. While he has a very solid overall team behind him, he gets personally involved in key moments where the client needs to take difficult decisions, and the vast experience then really shows.'
'Jakub Zagrajek, one of the best partners in the M&A practice, is great to work with. Solution-oriented, clear-headed and highly responsive, he proved not only to be a highly skilled M&A lawyer, but also very pleasant to work with as part of a wider deal multidisciplinary team bringing different considerations to the table.'
'Quality comparable to the best international law firms. Very experienced and knowledgeable team.'
'Paweł Zdort is one of most experienced private equity and M&A lawyers in Poland, and Jacek Zawadzki is very pro-active and involved, independent and able to handle complex assignments.'
'Unique balance and wide scope of knowledge and experience from the finance, law and technology perspectives. Pro-active approach.'
'I highly value cooperation with Jakub Zagrajek. A pro-active approach and proven, high-quality education in the field of law and finance are a very strong advantage of Jakub and his entire team. This helps a lot in private equity projects.'
'Paweł Zdort and Jacek Zawadzki are smart, creative, commercial-thinking lawyers experienced in private equity deals and they understand the relevant issues.'

Key clients

Innova Capital
DIF Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners
Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund
Aberdeen Capital Management LLC
Active Ownership Capital
Unilink Group
Enterprise Investors
Inelo Group
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna
7R
Exact Systems sp. z o.o.
P4 Sp. z o.o.
Cerceda

Work highlights

Advised the shareholders of Grupa Inelo S.A., comprising Innova Capital, European Telematics Holding and a group of individual minority shareholders, on a transaction involving the sale of 100% of the share capital of Inelo to W.A.G. payment solutions.
Advised the Unilink Group and the Enterprise Investors fund on a transaction involving the acquisition of the Unilink Group by Acrisure, a US-based fintech and insurance broker.
Advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in PKP Energetyka S.A from US-based fund CVC Capital Partners.