Wolf Theiss expands Corporate and M&A team in Poland

06
Jul
2023
News - Wolf Theiss expands Corporate and M&A team in Poland #career #law #legal #Poland #Wolf Theiss

by Property Forum | Career

Wolf Theiss has announced the expansion of its Corporate and M&A team in Poland with the addition of 27 new team members, including seven partners.


According to Wolf Theiss Managing Partner Andrea Gritsch, this expansion is a big step for the firm's target market in Poland as well as the entire CEE/SEE region: "We are excited to have highly experienced and talented teams join our Polish office. This is a testament to Wolf Theiss' strategy to investing in top-tier talent and expanding our capabilities across the entire region", she said.

The teams, which include 7 partners at the core, have extensive experience advising domestic and international clients across various industry sectors on a broad range of corporate and M&A matters, including public and private M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance and corporate restructurings, privatizations, as well as capital markets, work.

Tomasz Stasiak, Managing Partner of the Wolf Theiss office in Poland, emphasizes the importance of this expansion for the local market: "We warmly welcome our new joiners who will strengthen our capabilities and allow us to offer our clients an even more comprehensive range of legal services in the Polish market. This is an exciting time for the legal industry in the region and I am confident that our Corporate and M&A practice in Poland is ideally positioned to continue meeting and exceeding our clients' expectations."

Partner Florian Kusznier, Head of the firm-wide Corporate and M&A practice at Wolf Theiss, further comments on the importance of this expansion for the firm's corporate team: "These teams' joining Wolf Theiss is a significant development for our overall Corporate and M&A practice. Their expertise and experience will be invaluable as we continue to grow and expand our capabilities. We are excited to have them on board and look forward to working with them to deliver outstanding results for our clients."

From among the new team members, Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, Anna Dąbrowska and Krzysztof Libiszewski will lead the Polish Corporate/M&A team with partners Bartosz Kuraś, Maciej A. Szewczyk, Marcin Pietkiewicz and Katarzyna Wójcik-Bąkowska joining forces.




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