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Mirosław Fiałek is the founder and partner at the MFW Fiałek law firm. He has almost 25 years of experience in providing businesses with legal advice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, corporate restructuring as well as transaction dispute resolution.
He specialises in advising private equity and venture capital funds in structuring and managing transactions, supervising due diligence exercises, preparing and negotiating transaction documentation as well as managing the negotiation process. He also provides support for the day-to-day operations of private equity and venture capital funds and their portfolio companies. Mirosław has worked with most private equity funds present in the CEE region.
He is an acknowledged expert in transactions, applying a commercially focused approach to help clients structure, manage and execute complex transactions. His strengths include in-depth knowledge of transactions’ commercial and legal issues as well as the ability to negotiate complex documentation effectively with a disciplined approach. He has acted on behalf of buyers, founders, companies being the subject of transactions, investment banks, banks and funds financing transactions, in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions as well as in local transactions.
Mirosław has extensive experience in advising businesses seeking investments or founders looking to sell their shares. His profound understanding of the private equity market and over two decades of transaction experience have enabled him to successfully conduct numerous transactions on behalf of private equity funds, companies as well as founders and business owners.
He has been the prime legal adviser to the largest media and telecommunication companies in highly innovative transactions, including advising Montagu Private Equity on its € 432 million acquisition of TP Emitel and Ringier Axel Springer on the € 217.5 million acquisition of Onet. He has been a trusted partner and legal advisor to a majority of the private equity funds operating in Poland and has extensive experience in advising its clients across the entire private equity life cycle, including investments, exits as well as post-transaction disputes and corporate restructuring.
He holds a postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Property Law from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw as well as a law degree from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.
His expertise in M&A and private equity is recognised by his listings in all major legal directories.
Career
Before founding MFW Fiałek, he worked with well-known law firms, including Allen & Overy, Gessel and Peter Nielsen & Partners.
