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Michał is a commercial and tax lawyer with over 10 years of experience in tax advisory services with a particular focus on M&A (including international structuring of real estate transactions, tax due diligence projects and structured finance) and the real estate sector.

Over the recent years, Michał has been involved in cooperation with private equity funds, institutional investors as well as commercial developers and construction companies on complex and most valuable transactions in Poland and in the CEE region.

At the beginning of his career, Michał spent several years at a Big 4 accounting firm, where he developed a unique skillset combining legal, tax and financial knowledge allowing an in-depth understanding of M&A transactions.

Michał has advised on the tax aspects of major transactions. Recent highlights include advising: 

• CVC Capital Partners: advising on tax due diligence and tax structuring aspects related to the acquisition of Żabka (deal value over EUR 1bn, one of the biggest transactions on the Polish market over the last years).*
• Signal Capital Partners: advising on a joint venture with Echo Investment and Griffin Capital Partners to develop a student housing platform in Poland. The joint venture is aiming to develop, as a first step, an operating portfolio of 5,000 purpose-built student beds across Poland.*
• Stena Real Estate: advising on the acquisition of Studio B office building in Warsaw from Skanska.*
• Leading Scandinavian office developer: advising in several transactions concerning the sale of real estate properties in Poland, including: (i) sale of a portfolio of three office buildings located in Wrocław and Kraków to real estate funds managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management Global Real Estate for EUR 214m and (ii) sale of the Generation Park, complex of three office buildings in Warsaw (total deal value over EUR 300m).*
• One of the largest Polish investment and developer companies: advising in several real estate transactions in Poland including: (i) acquisition of land in Warsaw, Poznań, Łódź and Kraków from the Tesco Group, (ii) sale of the Browary Warszawskie, (iii) sale of the My Place office complex and (iv) sale of the West 4 Business Hub I office building.*
• World's leading asset manager: advising in the disposal of the Green Corner A office building in Warsaw to CPI Property Group.*
• Mid Europa Partners: advising on tax due diligence and tax structuring aspects related to the acquisition of Hortex (one of the biggest transactions on the Polish market in 2018).*

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard