Rafał Smolik
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law.
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Joined GESSEL in 2021. Prior to joining GESSEL, worked at leading Polish law firms.
Has experience in corporate and transactional consulting, including for foreign businesses. Has participated in numerous due diligence studies of corporate entities and of real estate assets. Provides ongoing advice in the area of corporate law and corporate governance principles.
Experienced advisor on anti-money-laundering compliance.
Experience
Selected projects
- Deplilacja.pl‘s acquisition of a majority stake in Yasumi Polska
- Sale of a majority stake in Hymon Fotowoltaika sp. z o.o. to a consortium of Kajima Partnership Europe and Griffin Capital Partners
- BaseLinker’s acquisition of investment from Kulczyk Investments
- Sale of a stake in VirtusLab sp. z o.o. to Aquiline Capital Partners LLC
- Sale of SoftwareMill company to VirtusLab
News
& Insights
16.04.2024
We advised Depilacja.pl on acquisition of a majority stake in Yasumi Polska
Providing the traditional GESSEL one-stop-shop experience, our various professionals conducted due diligence, drafted the transaction documentation and took part in the ...
29.11.2023
We advised the partners of User.com sp. z o.o. and Vercom S.A.
We advised the partners of User.com sp. z o.o., viz: Grzegorz Warzecha - the founder, and Vercom S.A. - which is a financial investor, on the transaction concerning the...
12.04.2023
GESSEL advises VirtusLab Group on a landmark merger in the IT sector
GESSEL provided multidisciplinary legal support to VirtusLab in its takeover of SoftwareMill, a computer programme consultant. We are proud to have assisted our Client i...
12.04.2023
GESSEL named among merger and acquisition leaders in the Mergermarket 2022 report
The Global & Regional M&A League Tables 2022 report by Mergermarket ranks our firm as 5th in Poland, and 17th in Central and Eastern Europe, in terms of transact...
Education and achievements
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2018)
- Commenced his training articles (2019)
