Maciej Pietrzak

• Represented Bogdan and Elżbieta Kaczmarek and private equity fund Innova Capital in connection with the acquisition of 100% of shares in Pfleiderer Polska, in a corporate carve-out transaction from Pfleiderer Group, owned by funds managed by the global investment firm - Strategic Value Partners.
• Represented Abris Capital Partners, the ESG transformation specialist private equity investor and B Corp, in connection with signing a preliminary agreement regarding the sale of Velvet CARE, Poland’s leading manufacturer of paper-based personal care products, to Partners Group, a global private markets firm.
• Represented CVC Capital Partners in connection with the sale of 100% of the shares in PKP Energetyka S.A. to PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
• Represented Bricks Acquisitions Limited in the sale of ROBYG S.A. to a wholly owned subsidiary of TAG Immobilien AG.
• Represented Allianz SE in connection with the EUR 2.5 billion acquisition of Aviva’s Polish life and non-life insurance, pensions and asset management businesses, and 51% stakes in life and non-life bancassurance joint ventures with Santander.
• Represented the CCC Group in connection with a transaction that will result in two new minority investors becoming shareholders of eobuwie.pl S.A. - the leader in the online footwear market in Central and Eastern Europe. Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and A&R Investments Limited, one of the shareholders of InPost S.A., signed conditional preliminary agreements regarding the sale of two 10% stakes in eobuwie.pl for PLN 500 million for each stake.
• Represented Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and Polkomtel sp. z o.o. (“Polsat Group”) in connection with the sale of a 99.99% stake in Polkomtel Infrastruktura, a subsidiary of Polsat Group, to Cellnex Poland sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of Cellnex Telecom S.A., Europe’s leading operator of telecommunications infrastructure. The value of the transaction exceeded PLN 7 billion (EUR 1.6 billion).
• Advised Abris CEE Mid-Market Fund III L.P., managed by Abris Capital Ltd., in connection with the acquisition of Scanmed S.A.
• Advised OANDA Global Corporation on the acquisition of Dom Maklerski TMS Brokers S.A. 
• Advised Madison International Realty in connection with the acquisition of a 46.5% stake in European Logistics Investment, holding a Polish real estate warehouse portfolio.
• Advised Cyfrowy Polsat on the joint venture agreement with Discovery Communications Europe and TVN regarding the establishment of a new OTT platform.
• Advised the WING Group, one of the largest privately owned real estate companies in Hungary, specializing in office, industrial, retail, residential, hotel and special projects primarily in Budapest, on an agreement to acquire Lisala sp. z o.o. from Echo Partners B.V.  Echo Partners is owned by affiliates of Oaktree and PIMCO, and through Lisala it holds 55.95% of the shares of Echo Investment S.A.
• Advised Madison International Realty LLP, a global real estate private equity firm, on the indirect acquisition of a controlling, 65.99% stake in Capital Park S.A. from Patron Capital Partners. Capital Park manages a portfolio of properties with a total area of 304,000 sq. m and is the developer of the ArtN complex in Warsaw.
• Advised the BNP Paribas Group on its acquisition of the core banking operations of Raiffeisen Bank Polska, to be combined with the subsidiary of BNP Paribas in Poland, Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas. The transaction, valued at PLN 3.25 billion, was implemented through a demerger of Raiffeisen Bank Polska by spin-off of its core business to Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas.
• Advised Deutsche Bank AG on its sale and demerger of Deutsche Bank Polska S.A.’s local Private & Commercial Banking business to Santander Bank Polska S.A. (formerly Bank Zachodni WBK) for a transaction price set at approximately PLN 1.29 billion.
• Advised Société Générale on its disposal of Euro Bank, its retail banking subsidiary in Poland, to Bank Millennium, for consideration of PLN 1.83 billion.
• Advised Goldman Sachs International on its PLN 1 billion tender offer for 100% of shares in ROBYG S.A., one of the leading Polish stock exchange listed developers.
• Advised CVC Capital Partners with respect to its acquisition of Żabka Polska from Mid Europa Partners. The sale of Żabka was the largest ever transaction in the Polish food retail sector and the largest ever private equity exit in Poland.
• Advised Rentokil Initial plc on its joint venture with PCI Pest Control Pvt. Ltd., creating the largest provider of pest control services and products in India.
• Advised a telecommunications/infrastructure group in connection with its circa EUR 98 million disposal of certain European carrier and high bandwidth businesses to a US entity listed on NYSE.°
• Advised a JV in connection with the disposal of a hotel in Edinburgh to an institutional investor based in the Middle East.°
• Advised Finsbury Food Group plc in connection with its reverse takeover of Fletchers Bakeries for consideration of circa GBP 56 million.°
• Advised Deloitte UK in connection with the disposal of its stake in Ingeus UK, a provider of employability and training programmes and specialist support for local communities, as part of a wider acquisition of the Ingeus group by the NASDAQ-listed Providence Service Corporation for consideration of up to USD 225 million.°
• Advised RWE in connection with the disposal of its stake in Horizon Nuclear Power Limited, a joint venture between RWE and E.ON, for consideration of GBP 696 million.°
• Advised CBPE Capital LLP in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Sofa.com, an omnichannel producer and retailer of sofas, armchairs and beds.°
• Advised Sovereign Capital LLP and other investors in connection with their disposal of interests in the Choice Care Group, a provider of personalised residential care and supported living for adults with learning disabilities.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Pietrzak prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

• EMEA Legal 500: Recommended in Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2023-2024)

• Member, the Law Society, England and Wales
• Member, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law