Rafał Smolik
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
Specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law.
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BIO
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
- Advised LUX MED on the acquisition of the Mental Path network of seven mental health centres operating in five cities across Poland
- Advised the co-founders of Surfer on a complex M&A transaction involving a number of separate issues related to their relationship with France’s Positive Group
- Advised the owners of KARTON-PAK on the sale of the company to Pella Capital, a private investment firm
- Sale of the operator of the Pizzeria Stopiątka network to Domino’s Pizza
- Acquisition of Sefko by Estiko-Plastar AS
- 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
16.02.2026
Promotions at GESSEL
GESSEL announces its 2026 round of promotions, reflecting the Firm’s continued growth and its commitment to developing market-leading expertise across core practice area...
12.11.2025
GESSEL advised the LUX MED Group on the acquisition of the Mental Path Group network of psychotherapy centres
GESSEL advised LUX MED, a leading provider of private healthcare services in Poland, on the acquisition of the Mental Path network of psychotherapy centres. Pursuant to ...
27.10.2025
GESSEL’s Special Cases / Risk&Support team advised the co-founders of Surfer on a complex M&A transaction involving a number of separate issues related to their relationship with France’s Positive Group
A team led by GESSEL partner Piotr Schramm advised the co-founders of Surfer, a leading Polish technology company in the field of AI-SEO, on a multi-faceted transaction ...
08.10.2025
GESSEL advised on the sale of KARTON-PAK to Pella Capital
GESSEL provided legal and tax advice to the owners of KARTON-PAK S.A. on the sale of 100% of the company’s shares to Pella Capital sp. z o.o. The project involved a bro...
Education and achievements
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2018)
- Commenced his training articles (2019)
