Rafał Rapala
Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of Corporate Practice, Shareholders Conflicts
Rafał advises clients on many aspects of corporate law, corporate ownership conflicts, joint ventures, ownership, financial and property restructuring involving numerous parties. He is one of the leading Polish lawyers in corporate and M&A, JVA projects, equity capital markets, private equity transactions, and in the restructuring projects of capital groups.
Rafał specialises in complex, high-profile public and private equity offerings and M&A transactions (including tender offers for the sale of shares), JVAs, as well as in general corporate practice, including advising on corporate governance matters. He has extensive experience in advising and leading international teams of lawyers providing advisory services to companies, financial institutions, or private equity investors.
His clients include, among others, companies from the FMCG, food and beverage, media and advertising, chemical, automotive, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics industry, military, shipbuilding, hightech, IT, fintech and real estate sectors, as well as banks and financial institutions.
For many years Rafał has been recommended by international legal rankings such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, PLC Which Lawyer?
Languages: Polish, English.
Membership: The Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors.
Education: UMCS University in Lublin (Master of Law, 1999).
Recommendations: Rafał Rapala is a recommended lawyer in Commercial, Corporate and M&A by Legal 500 EMEA ranking and in Commercial sector by Global Law Experts. He is regularly recommended by PLC Which Lawyer and IFLR1000.
- „Szybciej i taniej w sądzie”, Puls Biznesu
- „The act on payment terms in commercial transactions. Critical comments”, Bulletin Polish and Swiss Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- „Transactions act unconstitutional”, Contact, the Magazine of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce
- „Odsetki na rozkaz”, Rzeczpospolita, Prawo co dnia
- „Problemy z prawem spółek”, Puls Biznesu no. 222
- „Partner musi dostać na kredyt”, Puls Biznesu no. 227
- „Zyskowny podział”, Puls Biznesu no. 150
- „Sześćdziesiąt dni na zapłatę”, Rzeczpospolita
- „Ile czasu na zapłatę za towar czy usługę”, Rzeczpospolita
- "Jak ustalić prawo posiadacza akcji", Rzeczpospolita
- „Beneficjenci uważajcie na zmiany w kapitale”, Forbes
- "Jak zaskarżyć uchwałę", Rzeczpospolita
- Griffin rozważa pozew przeciw Polsce", Puls Biznesu
- „Precedensowy spór o odebranie prawa do użytkowania wieczystego”, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
- Prawnicy KZRP o rynku usług prawnych, PolskiPrawnik.pl
- Kochański & Partners doradcą przy jednej z największych transakcji nieruchomościowych 2019 roku, Rzeczpospolita
- Strukturyzowanie transakcji typu Joint Venture ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem relacji pomiędzy wspólnikami, Forbes
- Eksperci: Nadchodzi fala bankructw. Sądy nie dadzą rady wydawać wyroków, Fakt
- Prawo holdingowe w praktyce – doświadczenia państw UE, Akademia Parkietu
