LAWYER PROFILE

Jakub Lerner

Europe 2026

Wardyński & Partners

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

Poland

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Wardyński & Partners

Practice Areas

Jakub Lerner, LL.M. co-heads the M&A and Corporate practice. He has a broad-based transactional practice, advising public and private companies, private equity firms, multinational corporations, as well as Polish entrepreneurs on structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions.

He has many years of experience advising on numerous transactions, including share deals, asset deals, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, and other forms of corporate restructuring. He regularly advises on complex cross-border transactions and assists clients entering into international joint ventures.

He is admitted as a solicitor of England and Wales, an attorney-at-law in the State of New York, USA, and an attorney-at-law in Poland.

Before joining Wardyński & Partners, he worked with international law firms in New York and Warsaw. He is a graduate of Jagiellonian University and Cornell Law School, and also attended Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Professional Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, New York State Bar Association, Law Society of England and Wales.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Poland

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Jakub Lerner is recognised for his experience acting on a range of transactions, including asset-based deals and inbound acquisitions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Jakub Lerner has high attention and is really hands-on. He conveyed the information and you could feel that he took that responsibility and led the team.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers European Guide
Jakub Lerner was terrific and we will work with him again for any future needs in Poland.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers European Guide