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Wladek Rzycki

Partner

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

Wladek is a partner in the Infrastructure and Projects Group at CMS. Wladek advises clients across Central and Eastern Europe.

Wladek has extensive experience advising defence, industrial, aerospace and infrastructure clients on large scale defence and infrastructure procurement projects, offset and industrialisation programs, regulatory, policy and export control matters, and strategic M&A and PPP projects. Throughout his career, he has worked in both Poland and the USA. 

He is experienced at leading large multi-jurisdictional legal teams, solving complex regulatory, policy and compliance challenges. His transactional and corporate practice is focused on guiding industrial, aerospace and defence clients, including offset, procurement, export control and policy advice, as well as on M&A, regulatory and compliance issues. Extensive experience in advising on M&A projects for aerospace, industrial, health care, real estate and infrastructure clients.

Wladek is rated as ‘highly regarded’ by ILFR1000 for M&A and Private Equity and has previously been ranked in The Legal 500 in two categories: Projects, Energy & Natural Resources and Corporate and M&A. He is also a frequent speaker at the Global Industrial Cooperation Association, a forum for the exchange of information regarding offset requirements and techniques used in various countries.

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Relevant experience

  • Foreign clients in negotiations and contracting with the different branches of the Polish government, including large scale public procurement projects, privatisations, PPP and M&A projects, joint ventures with government-owned entities, regulatory matters, EU grants, and offset agreements.
  • Leading transactions and projects ranging in value up to $5 billion.
  • A large multinational industrial and defence company on all legal aspects of doing business, including M&A, joint ventures, general corporate work, antimonopoly advice, compliance and regulatory issues, labour law, regulatory work, public procurement and offset law. Leading projects which created 5,000 jobs.
  • Policy advice to defence industry clients.  
  • U.S. client on privatisation of a leading Polish aerospace producer and the relevant regulatory matters. Successful negotiations with the European Commission to achieve a no state aid decision.
  • Polish air missile defence program advice.
  • On negotiations of and management of 8 offset and industrialisation programs.  Managing technology transfers and industrialisation programs.
  • A privatisation agreement negotiated with the Polish government, negotiations with the labour force of a social package and advice on all necessary areas of law.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Admitted to the Illinois bar
  • Admitted to the New York bar
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Education

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, New York.
  • LL.M. Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York.
  • LL.M. Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
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