Wieslaw Oleś

Practice Areas

Private Client, Corporate/M&A, Tax, Capital Markets, Investment Funds, Private Equity

Career

Founding Partner at Oleś, Rysz, Sarkowicz Law Firm.

Wiesław Oleś focuses on delivering thorough legal and tax counsel to private clients. He assists Polish entrepreneurs with succession planning, and has for many years successfully overseen the establishment of family businesses for some of Poland’s leading entrepreneurs listed in "Forbes" and "Puls Biznesu", as well as their intergenerational transfer. He provides legal and tax advisory services to firms operating on both domestic and international markets, including Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus, and the Netherlands.

Wiesław Oleś brings over 30 years of experience to the table in restructuring processes for capital groups, including family foundations, closed-end investment funds, and foreign companies. He has advised on numerous occasions in the area of financial law and the capital market, particularly for investment funds and public companies.

Throughout his distinguished career, Wiesław Oleś has spearheaded a number of innovative legal projects, including the creation of Poland’s largest private investment fund and Poland’s first cross-border merger.

Wiesław Oleś is a member of the supervisory boards of CCC S.A., Modivo S.A., Black Red White S.A. and FORUM TFI S.A.

Publications

Chambers Europe, 2000-2003, 2007-2009

Personal

Attorney-at-Law, 1993

Master of Law, Jagiellonian University

Languages Spoken

Polish, English

Professional Memberships

Member, Kraków Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law

Awards