Rafał Rapala
Attorney-at-law / Partner / Head of Corporate Law and Corporate Litigation / M&A and Private Equity Transactions
Rafał has over 25-years’ experience in managing complex M&A transactions, structuring joint ventures, and advising on high-value and multi-jurisdictional deals, including portfolio sales and restructurings of capital groups.
He advises on the full spectrum of corporate work supporting buyers and sellers, investors and owners, private equity and venture capital funds, in public takeovers, private M&A, equity capital markets, private equity projects, commercial partnerships, disposals, and board advisory issues. He is experienced in acting as leading counsel in cross-border projects.
Rafał assists clients in all aspects of commercial law, corporate governance and ownership conflicts. He develops litigation strategies and represents clients in dispute resolution before courts of all instances, and during negotiations. He also deals with multistakeholder ownership, financial and asset restructuring.
His clients include, among others, companies from the FMCG, TMT, energy, automotive, pharmaceutical, military, manufacturing, and real estate sectors, as well as banks and financial institutions.
Languages: English, Polish
Membership: The Warsaw Bar Association
Education: Faculty of Law and Administration at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Awards: The Legal 500 EMEA in the field of Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency. IFLR1000 in M&A
