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Olga Czyżycka-Szczygieł

Advocate

Warsaw, Poland

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Polish
English
Bulgarian
French

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Olga Czyżycka-Szczygieł is an advocate and a Counsel in the Corporate / M&A Department at CMS.

Her professional experience includes participation numerous M&A, PE and JV transactions, including cross-border deals and complex equity financing transactions.

She advised clients from various sectors, including energy, consumer products, banking and finance and manufacturing.
Olga is singled out as a “Rising Star” by the 2023 international prestigious legal ranking publication of The Legal500 in the category of corporate/M&A transactions and private equity, where the clients praised her for her "professional, yet down-to-earth approach" and "extremely strong negotiating skills and business minded approach, insight to quickly understand client needs".

Prior to joining CMS, she cooperated with Gide Loyrette Nouel and DLA Piper.

Relevant experience

OZE Holding 2 sp. z o.o. on the sale of 100% of the shares in two companies being owners of three PV projects located in South-Western Poland with the total power of 23MW to ONDE S.A.
Solterra Renewable Energy on the acquisition of Budner Sp. z o.o.'s PV portfolio of the total capacity of 75MW consisting of 15 PV projects in a different stage of the development.
TotalEnergies Renewables, a subsidiary of the French energy group TotalEnergies, on its acquisition of a portfolio of solar power plant projects located in western and central Poland.
B&P Engineering sp. z o.o., a manufacturer and supplier of equipment for juice and concentrate production, and its shareholders on the sale of 100% of their shares in B&P Engineering sp. z o.o. to Bucher-Guyer AG.
Fundusz Inwestycji Infrastrukturalnych – Kapitałowy Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamknięty Aktywów Niepublicznych managed by Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. on the sale of the shares of Nowe Jaworzno Grupa TAURON Sp. z o.o. (NJGT) to TAURON Polska Energia S.A. The value of the transaction is over PLN 1bn.
A developer of photovoltaic farms, GreenOze Holding Limited, on the sale of 100% of shares in a target company holding 49 project companies, each of them operating one photovoltaic farm, to a Danish company from the capital group of Obton A/S, operating photovoltaic projects.
An international cosmetics producer COTY SAS on the Polish aspects of the sale of the majority stake in its professional and retail hair business, including Wella, Clairol, OPI and ghd brands (“Wella Business”), to KKR. The transaction consisted in carve-out of the assets related to Wella Business and transfer of the employees to a separate entity and the subsequent sale of its shares.
Green Genius sp. z o.o. (a company from Modus Group) on the sale of its 100% stake in a 40.4 MW turnkey portfolio of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (“PV”) farms (41 photovoltaic projects) in Poland, to the leading global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments.
Grupa Azoty Polyolefins S.A. on the Polimery Police investment project (development of a complete new petrochemical complex in Police, Poland) – the largest chemical investment in Poland and CEE with an estimated budget of USD 1.8 bn. The project comprised acquiring financing for this investment and complex advice on the whole investment process, including its implementation. The CMS transactions team supported the Client on negotiations and conclusion of transaction documentations with Grupa Lotos S.A. and with two Korean investors: Hyundai Engineering and Korean Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND).
Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, on the Polish aspects of its EUR 1.9bn acquisition of Zentiva, Sanofi’s European generic pharmaceuticals business.
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) on the acquisition of the entire share capital of a project company holding 48MW onshore wind farm in Zajączkowo, Poland (Zajączkowo Windfarm Sp. z o.o.) from Mitsui Renewable Energy Europe Ltd and J-Power Investment Netherlands B.V.
Mid Europa Partners on the sale of its holding company Altura S.a.r.l. which owns 99.8% of Polskie Koleje Linowe (Polish Cable Railways - PKL) to the Polish Development Fund.
Abris Capital Partners on the acquisition of ITP, a privately-owned Polish company operating in the aesthetic medicine segment.

Memberships & Roles

The Warsaw Bar Association

Education

Advocate, Bar Association, Warsaw.
Master in Law, Warsaw University, Warsaw.
Master, Institute of International Relations, Warsaw.

Practice Areas

Corporate

sectors

Private Equity

Insights

Global Reach