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Private Equity Lawyers

The significant level of capital committed to the private equity sector, coupled with the availability of debt, has had a significant effect on pricing levels and competition for assets. Your priority is to have a cohesive strategy in place to ensure that you acquire the right assets and obtain maximum value from your portfolio.

CMS boasts an integrated international group of private equity lawyers across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) able to provide a comprehensive offering to private equity funds. They assist clients through all stages of a fund’s life – from fund formation and administration to actual investments, portfolio monitoring, and exits.

Having advised on the first ever leveraged buyouts in CEE region, our private equity team has been a market leader for many years, advising on some of the largest acquisitions and exits in the region. Private equity funds and financial institutions look to CMS for our ability to mobilise large international specialist teams in a seamless and coordinated manner. Our team has a long-standing and close relationship with the private equity industry in CEE and around the world.

You benefit from uniquely connected lawyers (both internationally and in their respective local markets) providing clients with access to the latest market information and opportunities as well as helpful introductions to industry contacts. With anti-trust, tax, employment, banking, commercial and disputes expertise, we can also assist in the protection and growth of your funds and investments. Whether your deal is in the upper or mid private equity or venture market, our specialist lawyers can guide you towards the best business outcome in your home markets and across multiple jurisdictions.

Understanding the industries in which our clients transact is crucial when it comes to providing effective commercial and legal advice. We are organised along industry sector lines, and our CEE private equity team has particularly strong experience in consumer products, life sciences and healthcare, infrastructure, financial institutions and services, energy and utilities, technology, media and communications and real estate transactions. The strength and depth of our sector focus allows us to understand the specific issues and challenges for a transaction in any given sector and provide you with advice within that context so that we can pinpoint the real commercial risks you are facing.

We have a very strong Polish reputation for advising private equity investors. As the market leader by volume of transactions closed annually, we specialise in the leading sectors, including retail, lifesciences & food, new technologies and real estate. 

 
Robert Semczuk
Robert Semczuk
Counsel
Poland, Warsaw
Robert Semczuk, is an attorney-at-law and a graduate of law of Jagiellonian University and University of Orléans (France). He gained his previous experience working for three large international law...
Antoni Wandzilak
Antoni Wandzilak
Counsel
Advocate
Poland, Warsaw
Antoni Wandzilak is an advocate and counsel in the Corporate/M&A Department at CMS.  Antoni specialises in M&A transactions and corporate restructuring. He provides advisory services to both private...
Magdalena Zmyslowska
Dr. Magdalena Zmyslowska
Counsel
Poland, Warsaw
Magdalena Zmysłowska is a qualified Polish advocate and counsel in the Corporate/M&A Department at CMS. She focuses on commercial and securities law, merger and acquisition transactions as well as corporate...
Marta Osowska-Buba
Marta Osowska-Buba
Senior Associate
Poland, Warsaw
Marta Osowska-Buba is a Polish-qualified advocate and a senior associate in the Corporate / M&A Department at CMS. Marta focuses her practice on corporate, commercial and civil law matters. She has participated...
Szymon Klimkowski
Szymon Klimkowski
Associate
Poland, Poznan
Szymon Klimkowski, a Polish-qualified attorney at law, is an associate in the Energy and Infrastructure Department at CMS Poland. He specialises in advising entities from the renewable energy sector...
Slawomir Czerwiński
Sławomir Czerwiński
Head of Corporate/ M&A Department
Poland, Warsaw
Sławomir Czerwiński, attorney-at-law, is a Head of the Corporate/M&A Department at CMS. He specialises in M&A, corporate and commercial work, with a particular focus on private equity transactions...
Dariusz Greszta
Dariusz Greszta
Senior Counsel
Poland, Warsaw
Dariusz Greszta is senior counsel in the Corporate/M&A department at CMS Poland. He focuses on M&A, private equity, capital markets and restructuring work. Dariusz has extensive experience advising both...