Artur Hammermeister

Junior Associate
About

Artur Hammermeister advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate governance.

He supports private equity funds, global investment banks and leading companies from a variety of sectors (real estate, telecommunications, manufacturing, etc.) on a variety of issues, including private market transactions and IPOs.

In 2022, Artur was awarded a distinction in the 25th edition of the competition organised by Wolters Kluwer Polska and the editors of the monthly "Przegląd Prawa Handlowego" for the best master's thesis in the field of commercial law for his thesis titled "Selected aspects of the impact of the concept of sustainable development on the position of shareholders of a non-public joint-stock company."

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising NMG S.A., a leading Polish provider of mission-critical B2B metering software for the energy and industrial sectors, and its shareholders, on the disposal of the majority stake of shares to Vitec Software Group, a Swedish-headquartered leading provider of vertical software.
  • Advising Digia plc on the acquisition of the entire share capital of Savangard.
  • Advising Fundusz Ekspansji Zagranicznej 2 on the acquisition of a 30% stake in Teknikum Oy.
  • Advising KONIEC Arkadiusz Szyszkowski Artur Radel S.K.A. on the sale of an organised part of its enterprise.
  • Advising PSA Baltics on the indirect acquisition of a majority stake in Loconi Intermodal S.A.
  • Advising private investors and a private equity fund on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in a company offering high-quality wood-based materials with a unique decorative surface from an international group owned by funds managed by a global investment company (part of a carve-out corporate transaction).*
  • Advising a private equity fund on the signing of a preliminary agreement for the sale of a leading Polish manufacturer of paper personal hygiene products to a global investment fund.*
  • Advising global investment banks and local brokers acting as global coordinators, joint bookrunners and intermediary firms on the IPO of shares in a betting company and the admission of its shares to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising global investment banks and a local broker acting as global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint managers on the IPO of shares in a recruitment services company and their admission to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising issuer on the IPO of shares in a company owning the largest convenience store chain in Poland and their admission to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.*
  • Advising a leading global real estate investment management company on the acquisition of a logistics portfolio of 24 properties located in Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom from a leader in the development and acquisition of real estate for industrial and logistics clients.*
  • Advising a subsidiary of one of the leading fixed, digital and mobile television operators in Poland on the acquisition of companies with fibre optic infrastructure.*
  • Advising a leading investment group on the signing of joint venture documentation with a logistics developer in relation to a logistics project and the acquisition of a majority stake in the company implementing the project.*
  • Advising an international insurance brokerage company on the acquisition of Polish insurance and brokerage companies.*
  • Advising one of the largest media and telecommunications groups in Europe on the acquisition of wind and PV farms in Poland.*
    * Experience gained before joining DLA Piper
 

Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2022
  • Diploma in English Law and Legal Skills, 2021
  • Diploma in Commercial Law, 2022

Prior Experience

  • July 2024  present, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • March 2022 – June 2024 – Junior Associate, International Law Firm
  • July 2021 – March 2022 – Paralegal, International Law Firm
  • October 2019 – May 2021 – Legal Assistant, Polish Law Firm