Michal Szperzynski

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Michał is a UK-qualified managing associate at Addleshaw Goddard Poland. He has extensive experience advising on cross-border transactions across the UK, Poland, the wider Central & Eastern Europe and beyond. Based in Poland for the past several years, he works with a diverse range of clients—including corporates, financial institutions, and private equity funds—on mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, joint ventures and group restructurings.

His recent transaction experience includes advising:

• Pegasus Airlines on the €154m acquisition of Czech Airlines and its subsidiary Smartwings;

• ING on its acquisition of the remaining 55% stake in Polish asset management company Goldman Sachs TFI;

• Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers and a leading French asset manager, on its investment in GreenWay;

• EBRD on its €75m investment in R.Power, an independent power producer based in Poland;

• Cornerstone Investment Management, one of the CEE’s leading private equity investment management firms on the acquisition of Ecowipes, a leading European manufacturer of wet wipes;

• Siemens Healthineers on its acquisition of part of a Novartis business that specialises in radioactive chemicals used for cancer scans; and

• Aristocrat on its acquisition of Roxor Gaming Limited, the leading independent UK-based iGaming content supplier.