Katarzyna Olszak

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Katarzyna specializes in M&A transactions, commercial company law and business law in the broadest sense. She advises domestic as well as foreign clients within the framework of investment processes in the private equity and venture capital markets, both on the buyer and seller sides. She provides active support starting from the moment of structuring a transaction, but also after its closing; coordinates and supervises not only the transaction process, but also the preceding legal due diligence.

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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 asset deal transactions in the private market involving funds and business enterprises, representing both domestic and foreign clients.

Her practice encompasses a broad spectrum of activities aimed at a satisfactory closing of an investment, in particular the drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation – both on the seller and buyer sides. She provides active support starting from the moment of transaction structuring, during transition periods, but also after the closing of a given investment process, in connection with post-closing obligations.

She coordinates and supervises not only the course of transactions, but also legal due diligence processes, in which she herself also participates. She advises on gauging the scale of identified legal risks, their effective mitigation, and duly addressing them in the transaction documentation.

Katarzyna has frequently advised corporate clients on design and implementation of private equity incentive programmes based on a broad catalogue of legal instruments, including options, warrants as well as shares. She has conducted numerous training sessions for managers and employees covered by such programmes.

At the same time, she provides day-to-day legal advice to business enterprises and their owners in the field of business and corporate law, assisting clients during the negotiation of key business contracts as well as the implementation of corporate documentation.

Experience

Selected projects

  • Investment by Telko Poland, part of the Finnish Aspo corporation, in Eltrex sp. z o.o. sp. k.
  • Anwim S.A.’s investment, a portfolio company of Enterprise Investors, in the Dutch company The Fuel Company Holding B.V.
  • Sale of Asist to PIB Group, one of Europe’s largest agency and brokerage market groups
  • 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
  • Sale of majority stake in Fit Fabric gym chain to Fit Invest owned by Benefit Systems
  • Investment by Inplus sp. z o.o., a portfolio company of Accession Capital Partners, in Smart Factor sp. z o.o.
  • Leveraged management buyout of Krosno Glass S.A. with CVI fund participation
  • Enterprise Investors fund’s sale of 100% of 3S S.A. shares to Play (value of the transaction: PLN 410 million)
  • Enterprise Investors fund’s investment in a significant minority stake in Anwim S.A., operator of MOYA gas stations
  • Sale of majority stake in Velvet Care sp. z o.o. by Avallon fund to Abris Capital Partners fund
  • Linkercolud’s next investment round
  • Movens Capital fund’s investment in Doctor.One
  • Series B investment round for Packhelp and its founders
  • Another investment round for Feedwell (PsiBuffet) and its founder
  • Investment round for Plenti and its founders
  • KnowledgeHub fund’s investment in Supersonic Food company
  • Movens Capital fund’s investment in The Village Network company
  • LT Capital fund’s investment in Sunroof during seed round
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in SAT sp. z o.o. by the Avallon fund
  • Sale of shares in Velvet Care to Partners Group.

News
& Insights

29.04.2025

GESSEL advised on the acquisition of the orthopaedic hospital Medical Magnus Clinic by LUX MED Group

GESSEL provided comprehensive legal advice to Lux Med sp. z o.o., a leading provider of private healthcare services in Poland and a member of the international Bupa Grou...

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GESSEL advised on the acquisition of the orthopaedic hospital Medical Magnus Clinic by LUX MED Group

06.03.2025

GESSEL advised Enterprise Investors on the acquisition of an 80% stake in Expobud Domy

As a trusted legal advisor supporting clients at every stage of the investment cycle, we had the pleasure of advising our long-standing client, the Enterprise Investors ...

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GESSEL advised Enterprise Investors on the acquisition of an 80% stake in Expobud Domy

31.01.2025

M&A 2024 Yearbook

In line with our tradition, we are once again pleased to present the M&A Yearbook, summarizing the transactions completed by our M&A practice in 2024. In 2024, ...

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M&A 2024 Yearbook

19.03.2024

Commentary to the Polish Companies Code – new edition ! 

We are happy to announce that “The Polish Commercial Companies and Partnership Code”. Merger, demerger, and transformation of companies. Commentary", a key reference for...

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Commentary to the Polish Companies Code – new edition ! 
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Education and achievements

  • Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (2016)
  • Also completed a study programme at the Center for American Law organized by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in cooperation with Georgia State University College of Law and Emory University School of Law (2017)
  • Admitted to practice as an attorney (2021)