Michał Sowiński

Counsel
Michał Sowiński was also engaged in the project and was very analytical and diligent, remembering about all important aspects and safeguarding the necessary actions.
— Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Warsaw
About

Michał Sowiński has more than 10 years of professional experience in advising on corporate law, civil law, and mergers and acquisitions. He supports clients throughout the whole life cycle of transactions, from deal structuring, due diligence reviews, and drafting transaction documentation, to negotiating the terms of the transaction and dealing with post-transaction activities.

He represents private equity funds, leading domestic and international corporate clients, as well as state-owned companies in complex domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and reorganisation processes.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate Equity
Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2020

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising PSA Baltics N.V. on the acquisition of Loconi Intermodal S.A.
  • Advising Zedra, a portfolio company of Corsair Capital, and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation on the acquisition of Blackstones sp. z o.o.
  • Advising Corsair Capital on the acquisition of MJM Holdings sp. z o.o.
  • Advising the Foreign Expansion Fund 2 Closed-End Investment Fund of Non-Public Assets on the acquisition of a 30% stake in Teknikum-Yhtiöt Oy from Sanok Rubber Company S.A.
  • Advising KODE on the sale of an enterprise to Rolmar Trade sp. z o.o.
  • Advising the Polish Ministry of Defence, Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. and PFR Ventures sp. z o.o. on an investment in NATO Innovation Fund SCSp SICAV-SIF.
  • Advising the shareholders of Inter-Turbo sp. z o.o. (currently Terrepower Poland sp. z o.o.) on the sale of their entire stake in the company to Budweg Caliper A/S, a subsidairy of BBB Industries, LLC (currently Terrepower LLC).
  • Advising Halma Plc on its acqusition of Sewertronics sp. z o.o. from its shareholders.
  • Advising Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. on its investment in LimWot sp. z o.o., a special purpose vehicle through which a military base has been built in southern Poland.
  • Advising Avallon MBO on its joint acqusition with Genesis Capital of a majority stake in TES Vsetín, s.r.o. from ARX Equity Partners.
  • Advising the shareholders of OptiBuy sp. z o.o. (currently WNS Global Services (Poland) sp. z o.o.) on the sale of their entire stake in the company to WNS (Holdings) Ltd.
  • Advising Promethean, Inc. on its acqusition of the enterprise of Explain Everything sp. z o.o.
  • Advising Avallon MBO and Genesis Capital on the sale of their stake in Stangl Technik Holding sp. z o.o. (currently SPIE Stangl Technik sp. z o.o.) to SPIE SA.
  • Advising SoftwareONE Holding AG on its acqusition of Predica sp. z o.o. from its shareholders.
  • Advising Cloudflight GmbH on its acqusition of Divante S.A. (currently Cloudflight Poland sp. z o.o.) from its sharehodlers.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Recognised as a "Rising Star" in M&A – IFLR1000 2023-2024
  • Recommended in Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Legal 500 EMEA 2024-2025
Education
  • University of Wroclaw, Master of Laws, 2014

Prior Experience

  • Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw, December 2021 – present
  • Law firm, Associate in Corporate/M&A department (previously Lawyer), Warsaw, June 2017 – November 2021
  • Law firm, Junior Associate in Corporate/M&A department, Warsaw, July 2016 – May 2017
  • Law firm, Legal Intern in Corporate/M&A department, Warsaw, January 2016 – November 2016
  • Law firm, Legal Intern in Corporate/M&A department, Warsaw, August 2015 – September 2015

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DLA Piper advises KODE on sale of an organized part of the enterprise to ROLMAR

6 December 2024 .1 minute read

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12 November 2024 .1 minute read

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DLA Piper advises ZEDRA on acquisition of accounting and corporate services provider...

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(Work, Warsaw)