Karolina Sobóla
Associate
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)She specializes in mergers and acquisitions and commercial company law. She has participated in the implementation of share deal and asset deal transaction structures on both the buyer and seller sides and contributed to numerous due diligence studies.
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Karolina deals with M&A transactions and day-to-day corporate law services for companies. She has experience in drafting transaction documentation for M&A projects and of corporate documents.
She advises on all stages of the transaction process, including due diligence, preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation and finalization of transactions. Her practice also includes cooperation with private equity funds.
Prior to joining GESSEL in 2020, she gained professional experience in an international real estate development and investment company, where she dealt with day-to-day corporate services for companies and with capital markets law.
Experience
Selected projects
- Investment by Telko Poland, part of the Finnish Aspo corporation, in Eltrex sp. z o.o. sp. k.
- Investment by Inplus sp. z o.o., a portfolio company of Accession Capital Partners, in Smart Factor sp. z o.o.
- MS Galleon AG’s (Michal Solowow’s group) investment in Rafako S.A.
- Sale of LENTEX Wykładziny sp. z o.o. by LENTEX S.A. to Unilin B.V., a Belgian company belonging to the American Mohawk Group
- R22 S.A. and H88 S.A. investment in Sellintegro sp. z o.o.
- Resource Partners fund’s investment in Buglo Play
- Acquisition of 100% of Skyrise.Tech shares by Finnish public company Etteplan Oyj
- Polish Bank of Stem Cells S.A.’s investment in the English company Smart Cells Holdings Limited
- Investment of Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych S.A. in companies operating stem cell banks in the Czech Republic (Rodinná banka perinatálních a mesenchymálních buněk s.r.o.) and Slovakia (Rodinná banka perinatálnych a mezenchymálnych buniek s.r.o.)
- Increased involvement of the Enterprise Investors fund in Anwim S.A., operator of MOYA gas stations
- Black Forest Fund’s investment in ExploRNA
- Investment in Corab by the Black Forest fund
- Sale of shares in Velvet Care to Partners Group.
News
& Insights
14.02.2024
We advised the partners and founders of PROFIT4YOU Group
We advised the partners and founders of PROFIT4YOU Group in the transaction to sell the company to the TEP Capital fund. On the part of GESSEL, the project was managed ...
13.12.2023
We advised on the sale of shares in Velvet Care to Partners Group
GESSEL advised the management team of Velvet Care in the transaction to secure a new investor for the company in the person of Partners Group, a global private equity fi...
26.06.2023
We advised the Avallon MBO Fund III on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Letniskowo sp. z o.o.
GESSEL supported the Fund at all the stages of the transaction, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation (also with resp...
04.05.2023
We advised Ladros partners in the process of securing a strategic investor – Chefs Culinar
Our team provided legal advice to Ladros and its partners in the process of preparing, negotiating and concluding the transaction documentation. The closing of the trans...
Education and achievements
Completed schools
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2020)
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana under the Erasmus+ programme (2019-2020)
- Advocate’s training articles (from 2020)
Completed courses
- Mediation Clinic organized by the Centre for Dispute and Conflict Resolution at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2018-2019)
- University of Warsaw Law Clinic – Student Legal Aid Centre at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2017-2018)
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