Profile
Klaudia Królak focuses her practice on advising on domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions (setting up and dissolving) joint ventures, corporate disputes, restructuring and reorganisations. She has represented multinational and domestic clients on both inbound and outbound investments into CEE across a range of sectors including industrials, healthcare, telecoms, infrastructure, finance, logistics, consumer and retail.
Concentrations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Corporate Law
- Corporate Restructurings and Reorganizations
Capabilities
Experience
- Advised InfraVia Capital Partners on the acquisition of 50% of Polski Światłowód Otwarty, Play Group’s subsidiary, one of Poland's leading fixed, digital TV and mobile convergent players.°
- Advised ArcelorMittal on the acquisition of Złomex, a Polish scrap metal recycling business.°
- Advised LUX MED on the acquisition of Citomed from its founders.°
- Advised LUX MED on the acquisition of MAVIT from Resource Partners and its founders.°
- Advised Carlyle on the Polish aspects of sale of Logoplaste Group to OTTP.°
- Advised Logoplaste/Carlyle on the acquisition of a majority stake in Masterchem, a leading company in the PET market.°
- Advised Triton on the sale of Logstor, a market leader in pre-insulated pipes, to Kingspan Global.°
- Advised Glamox AS/Triton on its public tender offer to acquire ES-SYSTEM, a WSE-listed Polish provider of lighting solutions, and taking the company private.°
- Advised Triton/Flokk on the acquisition of Profim, the leading Polish and CEE chair manufacturer, from Innova Capital.°
- Advised Blackstone and the founders on the Polish aspects of the sale of Alliance Automotive Group to GPC Group.°
- Advised Alliance Automotive Group on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Groupauto Polska and a JV with the remaining shareholders.°
- Advised Unilever on the Polish aspects of the sale of the world’s leading tea business to CVC Capital Partners.°
- Advised Unilever on the Polish aspects of the sale of its spreads products division to a KKR portfolio company.°
- Advised Dywidag-Systems International on the acquisition of Partec Group from its founder. °
- Advised SDIC Zhonglu Juice on the acquisition of a Polish juice producer, Appol Group, from its founders.°
- Advised Amedia on divestment from Netsprint.
- Advised Arcapita and other shareholders on the sale of the Polish and German operations of Freightliner Group Limited as part of the sale of Freightliner Group Limited to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.°
- Advised Cerberus on the Polish aspects of its acquisition of a controlling interest in Staples’ European operations.°
- Advised BC Partners and PSP Investments on Polish aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake in Keter Group, the world’s largest producer of quality resin consumer products.°
- Advised Alinda on the acquisition of Emitel, a radio and TV broadcast infrastructure operator, from Montagu.°
- Advised LUX MED on the acquisition of Sport Medica, a leading sports healthcare services provider.°
- Advised MidEuropa on the divestment from Lux Med, a leading healthcare services provider in Poland, to BUPA.°
- Advised MidEuropa on the divestment from Aster, a Polish cable TV group, to UPC Poland.°
- Advised MidEuropa/LUX MED on the acquisition of Med-Sport from its founders.°
- Advised MidEuropa/LUX MED on the acquisition of Promedis from Impel S.A.°
- Advised MidEuropa/LUX MED on the acquisition of Medycyna Rodzinna.°
- Advised MidEuropa on the acquisition of LIM.°
- Advised OVH, the European largest hosting and cloud services provider, on the establishment of the Polish presence.°
- Advised DSIU on the acquisition of Schaum Chemie, a provider of specialist chemical and mineral products for underground application.°
- Advised Asahi Glass Company (AGC) on the acquisition of the controlling stake in Fassaden Glas Technik and a JV with the founder, its subsequent renegotiation and termination.°
- Advised IK Investment Partners on the Polish aspects of its divestment from Superfos, a leading packaging manufacturer.°
- Advised Novartis AG on the Polish aspects of the sale of vaccines business to GlaxoSmithKline and a JV re OTC business.°
- Advised Quad/Graphics, Inc. on the acquisition of Winkowski, a Polish provider of printing solutions.°
- Advised Bridgepoint on the acquisition of Gambro Healthcare from EQT and Investor AB.°
- Advised Kulczyk Investments on the acquisition of EC Nowa Sarzyna, a power plant in Poland, from AEI.°
- Advised IFM on the acquisition of 40% stake in Dalkia Polska, the largest private portfolio of district heating networks in Poland.°
- Advised Bouygues Bâtiment International on the acquisition of Karmar, a major building contractor in Poland, from its founders.°
- Advised France Telecom on the sale of 34% in PTK Centertel to Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.°
- Advised WOOD & Company on the signing of joint venture agreements with the logistics developer 7R in relation to a logistics project in Tczew. As part of the transaction WOOD & Company has acquired the majority of shares in the project company implementing the project.
- Represented Echo Investment in connection with the signing of joint venture agreements with Signal Capital Partners, as the majority shareholder, and Griffin Capital Partners. The JV will provide an investment platform for the development, construction and sale of modern student accommodation in major academic centers in Poland.
- Advised an ad hoc group of lenders on the equity aspects of the USD 6 billion restructuring of Nordic Aviation Capital.°
- Advised a leading American investment fund and private equity firm on the establishment and execution of Resi4Rent, the first fully integrated investor, operator and asset manager for purpose-built residential communities in Poland.°
- Advised Skanska on a JV with AIP (start-up foundation) and subsequent buy-out of the JV partner.°
- Advised Oaktree on its investment in Wiśniowy Business Park and Wiśniowy Management owned by Peakside Polonia Management and a joint venture with Valad.°
- Advised Dogus Holding and Temes on the acquisition of Ionian Hotel Enterprises from Alpha Bank.°
- Advised Kulczyk Silverstein Properties on the creation of KSP REIM, a Luxembourg platform aimed at launching and managing real estate closed-end funds.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Królak prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.
Recognition & Leadership
- EMEA Legal 500: Next Generation Partner in Private Equity (2021-2023); Recommended Lawyer in Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2024)
- Chambers Europe: Band 4 in Private Equity (2024), Band 4 in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability (2022-2024); Up and Coming in Private Equity (2023); Band 4 in Corporate/M&A (2021); Up and Coming in Corporate/M&A (2016-2020); Associate to Watch in Corporate/M&A (2015)
- Chambers Global: Band 4 in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability (2022-2024); Band 4 in Corporate/M&A (2021); Up and Coming in Corporate/M&A (2016-2020); Associate to Watch in Corporate/M&A (2015)
- IFLR1000: Notable Practitioner in M&A and Private Equity (2022-2024); Rising Star in M&A and Private Equity (2021)
- Member, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
- Member, the Law Society, England and Wales
Credentials
Education
- Solicitor, 2015
- Attorney-at-Law, 2008
- Master of Law, the University of Warsaw, 2003
- Diploma in an Introduction to English Law and the Law of the European Union, Centre for English and European Legal Studies, Warsaw University and Cambridge University, 2002
Admissions
- Poland
- England and Wales
Languages
- Polish, Native
- English, Fluent