Corporate Matters / Mergers and Acquisitions
Advice on corporate matters is one of GFKK’s main areas of specialisation. We help our clients set up, operate and wind-up commercial companies. We provide advice during transformation, restructuring and bankruptcy processes.
We prepare necessary corporate documentation, including drafts of articles, statutes and agreements between shareholders or stockholders.
We assist our foreign clients in opening representative offices and branches and in setting up and acquiring companies in Poland.
We have relevant experience in conducting due diligence of enterprises and companies related to the acquisition, sale or purchase of companies in Poland.
We have many times provided advice on transactions related to mergers, divisions, acquisitions or sales of companies or organized parts of enterprises operating in various industry sectors. We have also been involved in financing such projects.
We prepare necessary corporate documentation, including drafts of articles, statutes and agreements between shareholders or stockholders.
We assist our foreign clients in opening representative offices and branches and in setting up and acquiring companies in Poland.
We have relevant experience in conducting due diligence of enterprises and companies related to the acquisition, sale or purchase of companies in Poland.
We have many times provided advice on transactions related to mergers, divisions, acquisitions or sales of companies or organized parts of enterprises operating in various industry sectors. We have also been involved in financing such projects.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
- ARCELORMITTAL POLAND S.A. – comprehensive legal advice on the corporate governance of the companies forming part of the ARCELORMITTAL POLAND Group;
- JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP – advice on the sale of the Group’s assets in Poland;
- WĘGLOKOKS KRAJ Sp. z o. o. – advice on the purchase of branches "Piekary” Hard Coal Mine in Piekary Śląskie and "Bobrek" Hard Coal in Bytom from Kompania Węglowa. The transaction was carried out in the form of purchase of an organized part of the enterprise;
- 3S S.A. – advice to minority shareholders and management boards of 3S S.A. and of the companies operating within the 3S group as a legal advisor in the process of selling shares to P4, the Playmobile network operator (total value of EUR 96M);
- 3S S.A. – advisory services to the 3S S.A. company during the sale of the block of 66.5% shares of the SGT S.A. (data transmission operator);
- PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS Ltd. (USA) – legal advice related to the purchase of Belos S.A. – a leading Polish manufacturer of power grid equipment, including due diligence;
- FENNER DUNLOP (United Kingdom) – legal advice related to the purchase of a majority stake of a leading Polish manufacturer of conveyor belts;
- PAVIMENTAL s. p. a (Italy) – legal advice and introduction of one of the members of the Atlantia Group to the Polish construction market;
- ARBO MEDIA AG (Switzerland) – handling due diligence and providing comprehensive legal advice related to the purchase of a majority stake in a company operating in the electronic media industry;
- BART SP. z o. o – legal advice related to the acquisition of the majority stake (60%) in INSTAL – FILTER S.A;
- STALEXPORT AUTOSTRADY S.A. – legal advice on spin-off and sale of an organized part of the Company’s trading enterprise;
- FELIX INVESTMENTS – legal advisory related to the purchase transaction of 100% of shares in the Cieszyn Brewery from Grupa Żywiec S.A.
- SIXT RENT A CAR POLSKA – comprehensive legal advice, including due diligence related to the planned acquisition of an organized part of the business of a company offering fleet management and long-term car rentals.
