Boutique firm Kondracki Celej is known for its handling of technology-focused deals, spanning buy-side and sell-side M&A, venture financings and corporate mandates. Rafał Celej heads up the practice, focusing on venture capital, private equity and M&A transactions.

MJH Moskwa, Jarmul, Haladyj i Partnerzy – Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni sp. p. was established in June 2020, and its private equity team is led by Paweł Moskwa. The group is active in a variety of transactions across the e-commerce, payment services, IT, transport, and logistics industries.

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on a wide range of types of transactions, from conception to the exit, and covering each stage of the fund lifecycle. The team is known for its handling of buy-outs, restructuring and exit transactions across sectors covered such as financial services, real properties, food and agriculture as well as healthcare. Practice head Agnieszka Braciszewska regularly advises international and regional funds on complex transactions. Krzysztof Jasiński is noted for his handling of infrastructure investment.

Clifford Chance, Janicka, Kruzewski, Stosio i wspólnicy spólka komandytowa has transactional expertise across all sectors of interest to private equity sponsors including consumer goods and retail, healthcare, infrastructure, financial services and e-commerce. Agnieszka Janicka leads the team and is a frequent adviser to the management boards of large companies and private wealth clients. Wojciech Polz advises US and European private equity houses on both private and public deals, with expertise in tech, financial services, infrastructure, industrials and consumer goods.

Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k supports financial investors throughout the entire investment lifecycle, including acquisitions, mergers, and sophisticated exit strategies. The team sports in-depth sector expertise covering among others manufacturing, services, telecoms, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Counsel covers all legal aspects of buy-side and sell-side transactions, corporate reorganisations of portfolio group companies, corporate governance and portfolio company acquisitions. Rafal Baranowski has significant experience in handling complex transactions and has advised significant international and domestic market players on numerous major investment projects, M&A and private equity transactions.

Rymarz Zdort Maruta is a one-stop shop for private equity funds. providing advisory services in the field of dual-track transactions, acquisition financing, antitrust and tax issues in relation to private equity transactions. The team has significant focus on financial services, healthcare, retail, FMCG and real estate. Paweł Zdort is a specialist in private equity, M&A as well as capital markets transactions. Paweł Rymarz handles corporate law and in M&A and capital markets transactions. domestic and international public offerings of securities and private equity transactions, and on the restructuring of many Polish capital groups.

White & Case M. Studniarek i Wspólnicy - Kancelaria Prawna sp.k. regularly advises a diverse client base, including institutional investors, family offices, and portfolio companies across both the domestic and international landscape. The team’s robust experience spans facilitating sell-side and buy-side transactions for Polish companies, often navigating the intricacies of cross-border deals. Marcin Studniarek acts as an advisor to both private equity investors and portfolio companies, as well as public and private Polish and international clients. Marek Sawicki is a partner specialising in private equity and the tech sector, with significant experience advising on private equity and venture capital transactions.

Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k. advises private equity funds through their entire lifecycle, from fund formation and tax structuring to acquisitions, add-ons, reorganisations, exits, and fund closures. The team possesses a multi-jurisdictional approach and focus on acquiring platforms and building them through add-on acquisitions, as well as corporate carve-outs for both local and cross-border PE mandates. Jointly leading the team, Tomasz Krzyżowski focuses his practice on takeovers through the acquisition of shares or assets, as well as reorganisations of companies and Filip Uziębło advises private equity funds, vendors, targets, industry investors, listed companies and institutional financial investors with regard to a wide range of transactions.

CMS advises clients from different industry sectors, including energy, chemical, consumer products, manufacturing, logistics, financial institutions and banking. The team advises on a number of M&A projects and support PE clients throughout the full investment cycle across the integration of the acquired business, restructurings, implementation of growth strategies to divestments. Practice head Sławomir Czerwiński specialises in M&A, corporate and commercial work, with a particular focus on private equity transactions in healthcare, financial services, FMCG and infrastructure sectors. Mateusz Stępień is a key individual.

The Dentons team has significant experience advising global, regional and local private equity houses, venture capital funds and their portfolio companies and various PE and VC funds. Piotr Dulewicz experienced in M&A deals involving PE funds and their portfolio companies. Michał Wasiak advises on M&A transactions across a wide range of sectors, including real estate and tech. The team has seen a recent addition of partner Maciej Skoczyński, who joined the team from A&O Shearman.

DLA Piper Gizinski Kycia sp.k. particular strength in key providing cross-border investment sectors such as tech, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, retail and real estate. Jakub Marcinkowski focuses on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, with significant experience in cross-border deals and corporate restructurings. Jakub Domalik-Plakwicz focuses on M&A transactions, with clients including public and private companies, private equity funds, underwriters and various institutional clients from a variety of industries.

GESSEL Attorneys at Law's capabilities extend to management buyouts, assisting with complex financing or structuring incentive programmes for funds and founders, start-ups and mature businesses. The team covers the full life cycle of private equity and venture capital investments, from structuring and due diligence through negotiation, regulatory approvals and financing. The team is led by Marcin Macieszczak and Maciej Kożuchowski.

WKB Lawyers assists private equity and alternative asset managers at every stage of the investment cycle, from deal structuring and due diligence, acquisition and exit transaction negotiations and closing, and portfolio company support and reorganisations. Practice head Jakub Jędrzejak specialises in M&A, including the sale and acquisition of companies and enterprises, as well as post-transactional integration and restructuring significant experience in private M&A transactions, advising private equity funds, private owners and investors, and various other Polish and foreign businesses and corporations. Ben Davey specialises in M&A and private equity particular expertise on transactions involving investments or disposals by institutional investors such as private equity funds, infrastructure funds and other alternative assets funds.

DWF Poland Jamka Sp.k regularly represents private equity funds in private equity transactions, covering the entire spectrum and life cycle of transactions in the private equity markets, from formation to investment to exit, fund formation and limited partners’ representations as well as venture capital financing. Practice head Michał Pawłowski is an experienced transactional lawyer focusing on capital markets, M&A and private equity. Filip Urbaniak specialises in domestic and cross-border corporate, investments and commercial matters involving public offerings of shares, bond issue programs and mergers and acquisitions. Rafał Woźniak specialises in capital market issues, commercial law, as well as corporate issues and securities law.

The Gide Loyrette Nouel team’s expertise covers all types of private equity investment, including, leveraged buyouts, venture capital transactions, real estate fund acquisitions and exits from investments. The team advises numerous international and local investors and sponsors on all forms of transactions in key sectors of the Polish industry, offering assistance in the context of recapitalisation transactions, build-ups and exits. Pratice head Paweł Grześkowiak specialises in private equity and M&A transactions, finance and banking law, and secured and structured financing operations represents Polish and international private equity and mezzanine funds, companies and corporations in M&A transactions.

Kochanski & Partners focus on matters such as energy transformation, expansion into new markets or industries, and investments in technology and know-how. The team advises on private equity sponsors and their investment funds and portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle, including fund formation, early-stage venture capital investments, financing sand refinancings. Practice head Pawel Cholewinski advises on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures, minority investments, and spinoffs. Rafał Rapala assists on complex M&A transactions, structuring joint ventures, and advising on multi-jurisdictional deals, including portfolio sales and restructurings of capital groups. Natalia Kotłowska-Wochna advises on mergers and acquisitions, share and asset deals, and reorganisations.

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki i Partnerzy has a deep knowledge of the tech and venture ecosystem combined with practical experience in complex, cross-border transactions. The team regularly acts for foreign investors entering Poland, as well as Polish companies expanding internationally, handling matters including joint ventures, strategic acquisitions, VC investments, and international reorganisations. Practice head Paulina Opiełka specialises in M&A, corporate structuring, and investment transactions. She advises both domestic and international clients, including private equity and venture capital funds, on entry and exit strategies.

MFW Fialek handle M&A transactions, particularly in the mid-market private equity segment. The firm is best known for its ability to manage the full legal lifecycle of a transaction, from structuring, due diligence and negotiation to closing experience in cross-border transactions, acting for international buyers and sellers across multiple sectors, including tech, manufacturing, FMCG and healthcare. Practice head Mirosław Fiałek specialises in advising private equity and venture capital funds, strategic investors and founders, supporting clients in structuring and managing transactions. Rafał Siemieniec often acts as lead counsel on high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional mandates, multiple corporate and commercial matters for the firm’s clients and litigation in corporate matters.

Osborne Clarke supports clients on a wide range of transactions with a particular focus on the new technology sector. The department advises on both asset and share deals, as well as on private equity and venture capital investments. Practice head Tomasz Olkiewicz specialises in corporate and finance matters, focusing on transactions involving both equity and debt across a wide range of clients such as corporate clients, international private equity and debt funds, as well as sectoral investors.

Schoenherr Halwa Okon Chyb sp.k supports private equity funds, institutional investors, and portfolio companies across all stages of the investment cycle. With deep expertise in both domestic and cross-border transactions, the firm advises on a wide range of private equity matters, from structuring and executing leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments to supporting exits through trade sales, secondary transactions and IPOs. Paweł Halwa leads the team and stands out in the realm of M&A and intra-group corporate restructurings. Krzysztof Pawlak has expertise across various industries, including automotive, insurance, software and several manufacturing sectors.

The team at SSW works on a wide range of transactions, including both entries and exits, with experience spanning various sectors from technology and business services to healthcare. Practice head Mateusz Rogoziński acts on both sides of the table, advising private equity funds as well as founders and sellers.

Wardynski & Partners provides strong sector-specific expertise, assisting private equity funds in acquisitions across the tech, food, consumer products, packaging, life sciences and manufacturing sectors. The team advises on a wide range of strategies, including buyout, buy-and-build, growth capital and VC investments. Practice head Jakub Lerner acts for global private equity funds investing in Polish assets, and regularly leads transactions across a range of sectors. Adam Pawlisz has led a number of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, for buyers and sellers, advising private equity, industry investors and private businesses.

Wolf Theiss assists across a wide range of matters from early-stage venture capital investments to M&A, fund structuring, operational management and the passporting of UCITS-compliant funds. The team is led by Anna Dąbrowska and Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, whose experience includes companies in the industrial, manufacturing, automotive, real estate, construction, tech, FMCG and private equity sectors. Krzysztof Libiszewski handles complex carve-out transactions and corporate joint ventures for a range of investors.