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Rafał Kluziak

Partner
Head of Private Equity
Advocate (adwokat)
Rafał Kluziak can always deliver, no matter how hard our expectations are.
— Legal 500, Private Equity, 2024
Warsaw
About

Rafał Kluziak has more than 15 years of experience in advising clients on M&A and capital markets transactions.

Rafał has a particular focus on transactions in the tech sector. He assists company founders and industry and financial investors, including private equity and venture capital investors, on private and public mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, IPOs and the establishment of funds. He also provides ongoing regulatory advice on trading in financial instruments and on funds.

Among his clients are, among others, MidEuropa, Enterprise Investors, Abris Capital Partners, Tar Heel Capital, Carlyle, Centerbridge, Generali, International Personal Finance, Applica.AI, Ingenix.AI, Saur, PSA International, KGHM, PerfectGym Solutions, Alsendo Holding, Surfer SEO, FRU.pl & Vola.ro, and Omida Group.

Before developing his career in international law firms, he worked for the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, where he was responsible for supervising investment firms. He is an alumnus of the Capital Market Leaders Academy.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalCorporate Venture CapitalFinancial ServicesInvestment FundsTechnology
Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2014

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising MotionVFX on the sale of 100% of its shares to one of the world's top three largest companies by market capitalisation.
  • Advising Jet Investment and the management team of Rockfin on the sale of 100% of the shares in Rockfin to a consortium of investors led by Capmont.
  • Advising Enterprise Investors private equity fund on the acquisition of a majority stake in Formeds from minority shareholders.
  • Advising Enterprise Investors private equity fund on the acquisition of a significant minority stake in eTravel from minority shareholders.
  • Advising PSA Baltic, a subsidiary of global logistics leader PSA International, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Loconi Intermodal S.A., a company specialising in intermodal logistics in Poland.
  • Advising Ondean Forward, the technology family office of Relativity's founders, on its investment in a significant minority stake in Pergamin, which runs a platform that streamlines contracting for medium and large companies by automating the creation of contracts.
  • Advising the shareholders (including VC funds) of Perfect Gym Solutions S.A., a leader in SaaS services for the fitness industry, on the sale of 100% of its shares to Sport Alliance, a global leader in this industry, funded by PSG Equity.
  • Advising the shareholders of Brand24 S.A., a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange that provides a platform for monitoring and analysing online activities, on the sale of a majority stake to Semrush Inc., a global leader in this industry listed on Nasdaq.
  • Advising Centerbridge Partners, a global private equity fund, in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in Global Parks Poland, which owns Suntago Park, the largest water park in Poland and CEE.
  • Advising Generali Poland, one of the largest insurance companies in Poland, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in 4Life Direct, a leading life insurance agent. Advising the shareholders of Bisar, a process outsourcing company, on the sale of a minority 40% stake to the private equity fund Enterprise Investors.
  • Advising the shareholders (founders and venture capital funds) on their exit from ApplicaAi, a world leader in document automation, to Snowflake, leading global cloud computing-based data storage company.
  • Advising Generali PTE on the acquisition of the NNLife PTE and NNLife DFE pension funds from NN Group.
  • Advising the founders of the retail chain Arhelan, which operates over 100 shops in north-eastern Poland, on the sale of a 49% stake to the Polish retailer Eurocash.
  • Advising MidEuropa Partners, a leading CEE private equity investor, on the acquisition of a majority stake in GWD Concept (Displate) from its founders, Credo Ventures and Miton Capital.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English

Awards and Recognitions

  • Recognised as "Rising Star Partner" in M&A – IFLR1000 2023 – 2024
  • Recommended in Private Equity – Legal 500 EMEA 2021 – 2025
  • Recommended in Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Legal 500 EMEA 2023 – 2025
  • "Rafał Kluziak – partner engagement, hands–on, problem–solving." – Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Commercial, Corporate and M&A
  • "Rafał Kluziak can always deliver, no matter how hard our expectations are”. – Legal 500, Private Equity, 2024
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Degree: Master of Laws, 2010

Prior Experience

  • May 2022 – present, Partner, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • September 2019 – May 2022, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • October 2010 – June 2019, Counsel, leading international law firm, Warsaw
  • April 2008 – June 2009, Senior Assistant, Polish Financial Supervision Authority, Warsaw

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2014

My latest insights

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DLA Piper advises Jet Investment on the sale of Rockfin S.A.

30 December 2025

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DLA Piper advises Ingenix.AI on securing EUR9 million in seed funding

9 April 2025 .2 minute read

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DLA Piper advises Daniel Truica and the management team on a roll-over related to Resource...

6 September 2024 .2 minute read

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