Commentary to the Polish Companies Code – new edition ! 

19.03.2024 News Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Corporate law Real Estate

We are happy to announce that “The Polish Commercial Companies and Partnership Code”. Merger, demerger, and transformation of companies. Commentary”, a key reference for corporate lawyers, is now in its second edition.

The original text has been updated to take into account the statutory amendments in force as of 15 September 2023 and their implications, especially as regards international and domestic restructuring.

Specific topics discussed in the second edition include the new legal construct of demerger through carving out, cross border demerger and transformation, the simple joint stock company (a new institution in Polish company law), and the possibilities for transformation of a partnership limited by shares.

Maciej Kożuchowski and Marek Michalski edited texts written by Malgorzata Badowska, Michal Boryczka, Maciej Boryczko, Krzysztof Jasiński, Marcin Kasprzyk, Karolina Krzal-Kwiatkowska, Tomasz Maślak, Katarzyna Olszak, Majka Rucinska, Karol Stępniak , Julia Trzmielewska, Małgorzata Wiśniewska, dr Bartłomiej Woźniak , and Monika Żulińska.

Between them, these professionals brought to the project solid academic credentials and a wealth of practical experience with corporate restructuring in all its complexity.

The book promises to be a trove of knowledge not only for counsel advising on transactions, but also for members of the broader legal community as well as managers and entrepreneurs.

Its practical utility is further enhanced by the inclusion – in electronic form, available for download HERE– of document templates and drafts, which can be modified in line with real-life needs.

While we stop short of suggesting that this is the kind of book which will keep you turning pages until the wee hours ++, we do urge you to refer to it – based on our experience, it provides important insights to the current state of Polish company law.

Authors

Maciej Kożuchowski

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Energy, public procurement, infrastructure projects

Maciej Kożuchowski

Maciej Kożuchowski

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Joined GESSEL as a trainee in December 2005. A member of the team continuously since March 2006, and a partner in GESSEL’s M&A practice since 2016. Specializes in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, services for commercial companies (including negotiation of strategic contracts related to operations) and legal aspects of financing processes for entrepreneurs. Much of his practice to date has been devoted to M&A transactio...

prof. dr hab. Marek Michalski

Of Counsel

Corporate law | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Capital Markets

prof. dr hab. Marek Michalski

prof. dr hab. Marek Michalski

Of Counsel

From 2010 to 2020, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University. Among others, in the years:  2006 - 2008 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange 2007 - 2017 Member of the Supervisory Board of Alior Bank S.A. Since 2017 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Metro Warszawskie sp. z o.o., operator of the Warsaw underground transit system President of the Court of Arbitration...

Bartłomiej Woźniak PhD

Managing Associate
Advocate

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Corporate law

Bartłomiej Woźniak PhD

Bartłomiej Woźniak PhD

Managing Associate
Advocate

Joined GESSEL in 2014. Has been a Managing Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions team since 2020. Specializes in M&A transactions in the private market. Has more than 10 years of experience advising financial investors (including PE/VC funds), strategic investors and company founders. Advises on share deal and asset deal transactions on both the buyer and the seller sides. Has participated in acquisitions conducted in the form of buy-o...

Maciej Boryczko

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Real Estate

Maciej Boryczko

Maciej Boryczko

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Maciej joined GESSEL in 2011; promoted to Managing Associate in 2016, became a partner in 2022. Specializes in comprehensive and dynamic legal services for all real estate issues and processes of market stakeholders – developers, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers, sellers and buyers of real estate. His several years of experience in interdisciplinary projects, at the intersection of M&A, corporate and tax practice, affords Maciej a...

Krzysztof Jasiński

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Corporate law

Krzysztof Jasiński

Krzysztof Jasiński

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Krzysztof joined GESSEL in 2016 as an associate. He has been a senior associate since 2017 and a managing associate since 2021. As part of his practice, he leads M&A transactions and supervises and coordinates the work of junior lawyers and the transaction team. He advises private equity funds, private investors, and start-ups, acting on both the seller and buyer sides. Krzysztof analyses and drafts documents at every stage of the transact...

Karolina Krzal-Kwiatkowska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Competition and consumer law

Karolina Krzal-Kwiatkowska

Karolina Krzal-Kwiatkowska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Advises on merger control, competition-restrictive practices and cases that violate the collective interests of consumers. Conducts proceedings before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. Provides legal services for M&A transactions involving domestic and foreign enterprises, working in particular with private equity and venture capital funds, including preparing and negotiating transaction documentation, conducting and coord...

Katarzyna Olszak

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Katarzyna Olszak

Katarzyna Olszak

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Katarzyna has extensive transaction experience in providing legal services for investment processes in the private equity and venture capital markets, with a particular focus on the high-tech, IT and e-commerce sectors. She advises clients on PE/VC investment processes as well as on corporate matters, in particular on transformations, mergers and various changes in company structures. Katarzyna regularly contributes to share deal as well as as...

Majka Rucińska

Senior Associate

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity

Majka Rucińska

Majka Rucińska

Senior Associate

Majka specializes in commercial company law. She advises corporate clients on local and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. She represents Polish and foreign clients on both buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions and in structuring joint venture transactions. Her primary focus is on private M&A, although she has also advised publicly listed companies; she also regularly advises on corporate governance issues and cont...

Małgorzata Wiśniewska

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Financial litigation

Małgorzata Wiśniewska

Małgorzata Wiśniewska

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Participates in the implementation of private equity M&A transactions involving domestic and foreign entities. Her experience includes preparation of transaction documentation and conducting legal due diligence, in particular with regard to intellectual and industrial property law issues and on behalf of companies creating innovative technologies. Has experience in providing day-to-day legal services to businesses, including corporate advi...

Monika Żulińska

Monika Żulińska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law

Monika Żulińska

Monika Żulińska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

She specialises in day-to-day legal services for companies, including corporate law. Her experience includes comprehensive legal services for M&A transactions, including preparation of the transaction structure, coordination of due diligence analyses, preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation and preparation of notifications of the intention of concentration to antitrust authorities and representation of clients in related p...

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