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.


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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.

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

News
& Insights

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 ...

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

28.06.2023

We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT sp. z o.o.

We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT sp. z o.o.,...

Case studies
We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT sp. z o.o.

28.06.2023

We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing the transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT Ltd.

We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT sp. z o.o.,...

Case studies
We advised the Avallon MBO fund in the process of preparing, negotiating and signing the transaction documentation for the acquisition of a majority stake in SAT Ltd.

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...

Case studies
We advised the Avallon MBO Fund III on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Letniskowo sp. z o.o.
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Education and achievements

  • 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)