Miroslaw Fialek

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.

Before founding MFW Fiałek, he worked with well-known law firms, including Allen & Overy, Gessel and Peter Nielsen & Partners.

Mirosław is a member of the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys at Law.

Grant Thornton Poland

Lindström Group

CVI Dom Maklerski sp. z o.o.

Lamela sp. z o.o.

Profi S.A.

LWN Lufttechnik GmbH

PZU Zdrowie S.A.

Metalkas S.A.

Rolfroz

Fiinu Plc.

V4C

Jet Investment a.s.

Jubitom

ČSOB

InEwi sp. z o.o.

Penta Hospitals Poland

Trinity Investments Management sp. z o.o.

Orkla ASA

Enterprise Investors

- Advising Grant Thornton Poland on its integration into the multinational Grant Thornton Advisors platform.

- Advising the Lindström Group on its acquisition of ORK Poland sp. z o.o.

- Advising a private debt fund managed by CVI in connection with the issue of Series A bonds by Pro-Project Group sp. z o.o. (Diagnomatic).

- Advising Lamela sp. z o.o. on the acquisition of an organised part of the enterprise of RT-Plast sp. z o.o.

- Advising on the merger of Profi S.A. with a special purpose vehicle of the Custodia Capital fund and on the issuance of bonds convertible into shares.

- Advising shareholders on the sale of LWN Lufttechnik GmbH and LWN CONSTRUCTION sp. z o.o.

- Advising PZU Zdrowie S.A. on the acquisition of shares in Humana Medica OMEDA sp. z o.o.

- Advising the Lindström Group on the merger by acquisition of HTS RENTAL sp. z o.o.

- Advising Metalkas S.A. on the bond issuance, in which the investor was the Polish Development Fund (PFR).

-Advising the owners of Zakład Przetwórstwa Owocowo-Warzywnego “ROLFROZ” on the sale of shares to Cedo Capital.

-Advising Fiinu Plc. on the acquisition of shares in Everfex P.S.A.

-Advising V4C on the financing for the acquisition of a 51% majority stake in Univio S.A.

-Advising Jet Investment a.s. on obtaining financing in connection with the acquisition of 65% of shares in Plastiwell International S.A. and its subsidiaries.

-Advising the heirs of the founder of Jubitom and Jubitom sp. z o.o. on the sale of shares to Polish Luxury Group sp. z o.o., the owner of the Apart brand.

-Advising ČSOB (a Czech bank from the KBC Group) on the Polish aspects of the financing provided to enterstore a.s. for the acquisition of 4kraft sp. z o.o.

-Advising the shareholders of InEwi sp. z o.o. on the sale of their shares in the company to Symfonia sp. z o.o.

-Advising Penta Hospitals Poland on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Proaltum sp. z o.o. and Majątek Malechowo sp. z o.o.

-Advising Trinity Investments Management sp. z o.o. in the proceedings aimed at registering the Company in the register of alternative investment fund managers maintained by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).

- Advising an Orkla ASA portfolio company on the exit of a minority shareholder from Orkla business.

-Advising Enterprise Investors on the acquisition of a majority stake in Salus Centrum Medyczne sp. z o.o.