Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, an independent Polish law firm, offers legal services to businesses from Poland and abroad. We advise our clients on all the legal aspects of their local and international operations and represent them in litigation. Operating continuously since 1991 as an independent Polish firm, it has gained one of the leading positions in the legal services market. The firm is recognised as a leader in the Polish legal services market in the areas of commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and arbitration, banking and finance, antitrust law, intellectual property, capital markets, tax and labour law, among others. We liaise on a regular basis with the largest international law firms. This allows us to provide legal services for complex transactions conducted simultaneously in several countries. We are a team of over 190 lawyers. For many years now, the firm and its lawyers have been ranked highest in Poland, but also by international law publishing houses such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Rzeczpospolita and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Private Equity / Venture Capital is one of our key practice areas. The PE/VC transactions team includes more than 30 lawyers, 8 partners among them, who have accumulated a wealth of experience advising on multi-faceted transactions, joint ventures, takeovers, exits and minority investments. We also advise on complex restructurings, mergers, day-to-day corporate business, and corporate and commercial disputes of PE/VC portfolio companies. Our clients range from large international private equity funds, local investment funds, private investors, and portfolio companies from various industries.

M&A transactions (both private and public), acquisition financing, particular experience in sectors: energy and natural resources, retail and FMCG, healthcare, real estate, financial, fintech, ESG, new technology, media and telecommunications.

Piotr Andrzejak, Łukasz Berak, Jarosław Bieroński, Krzysztof Cichocki, Agnieszka Fedor, Robert Gawałkiewicz, Szymon Gogulski, Wojciech Iwański, Krzysztof Kanton, Tomasz Kański, Andrzej Kawecki, Tomasz Konopka, Sławomir Łuczak, Jacek Myszko, Marcin Olechowski, Katarzyna Paczuska-Tokarska, Roch Pałubicki, Janusz Siekański, Jacek Siński, Mikołaj Sowiński, Agata Szeliga, Sławomir Uss, Radosław Waszkiewicz, Rafał Waszkiewicz, Zbyszko Wizner.