Michał Wieliński
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
Michał is an attorney-at-law specializing in capital markets and M&A law. He advises issuers of securities, financial institutions, sellers and both domestic and foreign investors.
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Joined GESSEL in 2021. His main area of expertise is capital market law. Michał advises on mergers and acquisitions and corporate disputes. He handles transactions related to raising equity and debt financing through issue of financial instruments. Advises on flotations on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the NewConnect market. Handles transactions of primary and secondary public offerings (IPOs, SPOs), accelerated book-building processes (ABB), public M&A, tender offers for sale of shares in public companies, delisting, squeeze-outs and buy-backs. Works for issuers, financial institutions, sellers and investors. Also advises on M&A transactions, supporting buyers, sellers and management of acquired companies.
Represents clients in proceedings before the Financial Supervision Authority, the Warsaw Stock Exchange board, and the National Depository for Securities. Advises on admission of financial instruments to public trading and their dematerialization.
Supports clients in significant corporate matters, including reorganization processes and the structuring and implementation of incentive programs. Attends meetings of corporate bodies. Serves as chairman of general meetings of public companies. Advises on the implementation of disclosure obligations.
Experience
Selected projects
- Advised a public company, cyber_Folks, on the acquisition of the French company PrestaShop for approximately EUR 53 million through SPV cyber_Pixel and the contribution of Polish technology companies Sylius and BitBag thereto
- Advised Cognor Holding on a PLN 300 million secondary public offering conducted through an accelerated bookbuilding (ABB) process, comprising the sale of existing shares by PS Holdco and newly issued shares
- Advised cyber_Folks on a non-prospectus public offering of series E shares issued through an accelerated book-building process (ABB) with a value of the offering exceeding PLN 200 million
- Advised on the sale of shares in Vercom by Lithuanian shareholders in ABB transaction valued at nearly PLN 300 million
- Advised on the acquisition of 49.9% of shares in the listed company Shoper by cyber_Folks with a value of approx. PLN 550 million
- Advised Sescom and its major shareholders on a PLN 104 million sale of a majority stake to Enterprise Investors
- Advised in the process of the delisting of Sescom
- Advised Dino Polska on a share split
- Advised Creotech Instruments on a non-brokered public offering conducted under an accelerated bookbuilding procedure (ABB) worth approx. PLN 60 million
- Advised DataWalk in the preparation and execution of a public offering of shares issued within the Company’s authorized capital, conducted via an accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB)
- Advised Cavatina Holding in an IPO transaction with a value of approx. PLN 187 million
- Advised LUX MED in the acquisition of Swissmed Centrum Zdrowia with a value of approx. PLN 60 million
- Advised Wentworthtech and Savtec in the sale of a majority stake in Suwara with a value of approx. PLN 100 million
- Advised Elemental Holding in the compulsory buyout process of Elemental Asia
- Advised Vercom in an IPO transaction with a value of approx. PLN 225 million
- Advised LUX MED in the process of delisting Swissmed Centrum Zdrowia
- Advised Erbud in a share buyback transaction
- Advised DataWalk on its public offering of shares (ABB) with a value of approx. PLN 40 million
- Advised Vercom in its acquisition of MailerLite with a value of approx. PLN 400 million
- Advised Caspar Asset Management in the process of transferring its stock listing from the NewConnect market to the main floor of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Advised Pure Biologics and shareholders in a public offering, a share lending transaction and a share sale at ABB with a value of approx. PLN 30 million
- Advised Urteste on its public offering and in the process of transferring its stock listing from the NewConnect market to the main floor of the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Advised Pure Biologics on a PLN 12 million financing transaction with a new investor, ACRX Investments
- Advised Urteste in its IPO and debut on the NewConnect market
- Advised Raya Holding in its acquisition of a significant stake in Makarony Polskie
- Advised Comperia.pl in a share buyback transaction
News
& Insights
17.12.2025
GESSEL advises cyber_Folks on the acquisition of PrestaShop
GESSEL advised cyber_Folks S.A., a leading e-commerce technology provider in Central and Eastern Europe listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on its acquisition of 100% o...
03.12.2025
GESSEL advised Cognor Holding on a public share offering valued at PLN 300 million
GESSEL advised Cognor Holding S.A. (the “Company”), one of the largest steel product manufacturers in Poland, on a secondary public offering of new shares with a value o...
07.11.2025
GESSEL scores upward moves in all IFLR1000 categories
The latest edition of the prestigious IFLR1000 ranking has brought outstanding results for GESSEL. For the first time in the firm’s history, GESSEL advanced in every cat...
17.09.2025
GESSEL advised on a non-prospectus public offering by cyber_Folks worth over PLN 200 million
GESSEL successfully advised cyber_Folks S.A., a dynamically growing technology group, on the public offering of 1,134,400 series E shares issued through an accelerated b...
Education and achievements
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; Studies in international relations (international business and world economy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2011)
- British Law School organized by the British Law Centre (2012), study at Universiteit Gent in Belgium (Erasmus program, 2014)
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