Majka Rucińska

Senior Associate

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity

Majka specializes in commercial company law and M&A transactions. She has contributed to numerous private equity transactions, advising leading players in domestic and foreign markets on M&A and private equity transactions in Poland as well as on corporate governance issues.


15. Majka Rucinska 1 772x1158

Languages: en de

BIO

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 contributes her legal and organisational talents to complex due diligence studies.

Prior to joining GESSEL in 2021, worked at leading international law firms in Warsaw and London and in investment banking.

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Experience

Selected projects

  • 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
  • Avallon‘s sale of a majority stake in MPS International
  • Sale of shares in Małkowski Martech S.A. to ASSA ABLOY
  • Sale by MCI Capital of 100% of its shares in mfind IT sp. z o.o. and mFind sp. z o.o. (now operating under the Punkta brand) to BIK Brokers sp. z o.o.
  • Acquisition of the Rx Group, comprising IT companies operating in the medical industry, by Bonnier Publications AB, as a result of which Bonnier Publications AB became the owner of, among others, konsylium24.pl, kompendium24.pl, index24.pl and gdzieskierowac24.pl
  • Acquisition by KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG from ČEZ of 2 wind farms in Poland, Krasin (35.2 MW) and Sakówko (4.4 MW)
  • Acquisition of the Zeropark and Voluum businesses from Codewise Group by CentralNic Group Plc, a UK public Internet services company
  • Investment by Mirova Eolska société par actions simplifiée, Ibereólica Sp. z o.o. and Uriel Renovables, S.A. in a portfolio of two wind farm projects – DK Wind Farm and Biały Bór (160MW)
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Echo Investment S.A. by WING Group
  • 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

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 ! 

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 ...

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We advised the partners and founders of PROFIT4YOU Group

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...

Case studies
We advised on the sale of shares in Velvet Care to Partners Group

11.08.2023

Transaction Sescom S.A. in the final of the 2023 Thames Valley Dealmakers Awards

The deal to sell 100% of PCB Technical Solutions Limited to Sescom SA, which we advised in the process, is a finalist in the prestigious Thames Valley Dealmakers Awards ...

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Transaction Sescom S.A. in the final of the 2023 Thames Valley Dealmakers Awards
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Education and achievements

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  • Doctoral studies in law at the Institute of Law Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2022) (specialization in corporate law, doctoral thesis on corporate governance, during her studies she conducted research as a visiting researcher at Georgetown University and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law)
  • Studies in finance and accounting (2020) and economic analysis of law (2018) at the Warsaw School of Economics; legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2018)
  • Completed courses – Center for American Law at the University of Warsaw in collaboration with the University of Florida Levin College of Law (2016)