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Mateusz Stępień

Partner

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Mateusz Stępień

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm sp.k.
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69,
00-801 Warsaw
Poland
Languages Polish, English

Mateusz Stępień, advocate, is a Partner in the Corporate / M&A Department at CMS.

He focuses on M&A, corporate and commercial work, with a particular focus on private equity transactions, healthcare, financial services, FMCG and infrastructure sectors.

Mateusz has advised private equity houses, infrastructure funds and corporates on a number of investments, exits, joint ventures and mergers. He has also gained extensive experience in corporate governance and real estate issues.

Recent edition of international directory of law firms Legal 500 recommends Mateusz as an expert in the field of Corporate/M&A and private equity.

Prior to joining CMS, he has worked for 12 years with Clifford Chance.

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Relevant experience

  • Syntaxis Capital and its portfolio company Syntaxis New Europe Investments on the minority acquisition of the shares in Bracia Sadownicy Sp. z o.o., family company producing juices, and mezzanine financing for the purposes of acquisition of a Poland-based juice producer - Victoria Cymes.
  • R-GOL, a leading distributor of specialized 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.
  • Prime Label Group, the Polish labels and flexible packaging firm controlled by Innova Capital, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in domestic printing company Drukarnia PEGWAN Sp. z o.o.
  • Syntaxis Capital on the acquisition of the shares in IBC Service, the largest operator in service, recycling and of IBC containers in Poland.
  • Syntaxis Capital on the acquisition of the minority stake in the company Ecommerce Mastery sp. z o.o., a company offering services in the field of running online stores, from its current shareholders.
  • Abris Capital Partners on the acquisition of the controlling stake of the shares in Orbitvu sp. z o.o., a Polish maker of automated product photography solutions for the e-commerce business, from its founders and a Polish VC fund Capital Partners.
  • Sonnedix, the global solar independent power producer (IPP) on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the company Sun Power Energy, a solar PV developer in Poland. In addition to the acquisition of the development company, the transaction included the purchase of a significant portfolio of photovoltaic projects of a total capacity of close to 1 GW.
  • RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co., the Stuttgart-based global seating company, on the acquisition of the majority stake of the shares in Grodziska Fabryka Wyposażenia Wagonów Growag sp z o o., a leading company in train seating, based in Poland. 
  • Nofar Energy, an Israeli renewable energy company, on the acquisition of a portfolio of 14 185MW photovoltaic (PV) projects in Poland from Polish firm Paged Real Estate.
  • ING Bank Śląski on its minority investment in fintech start-up Twisto, a Prague based provider of short-term financing and on the subsequent sale of this minority stake to the Australian listed company ZIP Co Limited.
  • Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a company controlled by Cinven, on the acquisition of G-Mart and Zakład Przetwórstwa Rolniczego, Grzegorz Werbliński’s pet food business in Poland.
  • Neuca S.A., a WSE-listed leading wholesaler of medicines in Poland, on the acquisition of the majority stake of shares in Pomerania Investment S.A., the sole owner of the only Polish insurance company specialising in health insurance programmes, TU Zdrowie S.A.
  • GrECo International Holding AG, the specialist Austrian broker, on the acquisition of 100% of MAI CEE Ltd., a risk, insurance and employee benefits consultant operating in 13 countries, mainly in the Baltics, CEE and Russia, from Oman-based Risk Management Services LLC.
  • Polish private equity fund Innova Capital and its portfolio company Prime Label, offering a wide range of flexo printing services for the beverage and food industry, on the acquisition of a company Label Print in Estonia.
  • Star Global Consulting on the acquisition of shares in Pro4People, a developer specializing in MedTech solutions, from Pro4People’s founders.
  • Leading European pet food manufacturer Partner in Pet Food, a portfolio company of the major private equity house Cinven, on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Mispol S.A., a Polish pet food producer, from NDX Group, a Lithuanian company investing in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Norwegian energy company Equinor on the approx. EUR 100m acquisition of 100% of shares in Polish onshore renewables developer Wento, and its 1.6-GW solar project pipeline from the private equity fund Enterprise Investors.
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Memberships & Roles

  • The Warsaw Bar Association.
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Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Warsaw, Warsaw.
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Expertise

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12/04/2022
CMS advises Cinven & Partner in Pet Food on its latest acquisition in Poland
International law firm CMS has advised Kalisz Pet Food sp. z o.o. - a company from Partner in Pet Food Group (PPF), controlled by Cinven Capital Management (VI) General Partner Limited - on the acquisition...
News
04/04/2022
CMS advises Abris Capital on acquisition of majority stake in Orbitvu
International law firm CMS has advised Abris Capital Partners (Abris Capital) on the acquisition of a majority stake in Orbitvu. As a result of the transaction, Abris Capital, one of the largest private...
News
30/03/2022
CMS advises the Recaro Group on the acquisition of a majority stake Growag
International law firm CMS has advised the Recaro Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Grodzisk-based Fabryka Wyposażenia Wagonów “Growag” sp. z o.o. The German Recaro Group is known for...
News
24/03/2022
CMS advises Sonnedix on transaction in the photovoltaic sector in Poland
International law firm CMS has advised the global solar independent power producer Sonnedix on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the company Sun Power Energy (which develops photovoltaic projects...
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15/10/2021
CMS advises Cinven & Partner in Pet Food on its latest acquisition in Poland
International law firm CMS has advised Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a company controlled by Cinven, on the acquisition of Grzegorz Werbliński’s pet food business in Poland. The acquisition of G-Mart...
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30/09/2021
CMS advises on acquisition of insurance company in Poland
International law firm CMS has advised Neuca S.A., a listed company operating on the pharmaceutical wholesale market in Poland, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Pomerania Investment S.A., the...
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29/07/2021
CMS advises Cinven portfolio company on acquisition in Poland”
CMS has advised Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a portfolio company of international private equity firm Cinven, on its acquisition of Mispol S.A., a Polish pet food producer. This week PPF announced that...
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10/05/2021
CMS advises on another RES transaction in Poland
International law firm CMS advised Norwegian energy company Equinor on the purchase of 100% of shares in the Polish company Wento, which develops photovoltaic and wind projects, from Enterprise Investors...
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