EXPERTISE

Michał is a NY-qualified lawyer in Linklaters' Warsaw Corporate/M&A team. He specialises in corporate and commercial law, with experience in advising clients on private M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and general corporate advice. His professional experience focuses on Polish and multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions in the CEE and Eurasia regions. 

Work highlights include:

  • Advising Cerberus Capital Management on its PLN1 billion acquisition of 100% of the shares of VeloBank, a leading global bank in Poland*
  • Advising a Polish private jets producer on the establishment of its joint venture with a leading capital group located in a Gulf country*
  • Advising Qatar Investment Authority on the acquisition of an approximately 20% interest in the D.ream International global fine dining group, whose brands include the well-known Nusr-et (founded by Salt Bae) and Zuma*
  • Advising Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA, a French listed company. on the Polish aspects of a €600 million strategic acquisition of Varroc Lighting Systems, a supplier of automotive lighting systems*
  • Advising Unilever PLC on the Polish aspects of a €4.5 billion sale of the world’s leading tea business to CVC Capital Partners*

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard

Publications
  • Gordon Gekko is Rubbing his Hands Together: the Old Idol of Big Business is Back, Rzeczpospolita, 2025
  • The M&A Market in Poland – it is Going to Be Great, Parkiet, 2023
  • Does Money Need Painting Green?, Forbes, May 2023
  • Is the Capitalism Curable?, co-author, Plus Minus, May 2023
  • The Scope of Defense Against Hostile Takeovers in Poland: Another Argument for the Triviality Thesis, European Review of Private Law, November 2020
Education

Michał read law at Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, the London School of Economics (LSE) and the University of Wroclaw. Michał holds also a B.A. and M.A. in economics from the University of Wroclaw. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate at the Polish Academy of Sciences.