In this text, I endeavour to showcase some sensitive elements of M&A transactions, which in practice pose a number of difficulties. I point out why it is important not to establish safety guidelines blindly based on the “the more the better” principle. How is the course of an M&A transaction affected by retaining the founder/seller […]
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Working as a transactional lawyer doesn’t necessarily have to be boring. Actually, it often creates new challenges and offers chances to implement unique and seemingly impossible initiatives. In this article, we will talk about the completion of several complex transactions that added up to a large reorganisation project finalised in less than… 2 months! We […]
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Market analyses in the context of the number and type of transactions conducted in 2021 clearly indicate that it was record-breaking in terms of finalized M&A processes. And it does not seem to stop there… Looking through the prism of the economic and political situation, one might wonder: how is this even possible? Two years […]
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It is obvious that in business – as in life – it is best to learn from someone else’s mistakes, although in practice it is rarely possible. After all, it is worth trying, because it often turns out that many failures could have been avoided if we had analysed the analogous situation of another entrepreneur […]
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There is no need to convince anybody that in recent years sourcing capital from foreign investors by Polish companies has been hugely popular. The statistics published in January 2022 by the Central Centre for Economic Informationdemonstrate that by the beginning of the year over 90,000 companies with foreign capital were operating in Poland! The increase in […]
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Convertible Debt is becoming popular in Poland and is most often used at a company’s early stage of development, in order to avoid the trouble of diluting the founders by establishing an unfavourable valuation for entry of the first investors. Convertible Debt investment in early-stage development companies originates in the USA, however due to differences in […]
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Many years of experience in handling merger and acquisition transactions, has leads us to a conclusion that the role of a lawyer – coordinator is quite a challenge! Legal support of an M&A transactions does not consist only of a meticulous preparation of the transaction documents, but also (and mostly) of providing the client with […]
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Offshore investments entail additional risks resulting from the limited scope for exercising direct control over the company. But is the market of origin of technology really important in the current state of globalisation of needs and problems?! Who can afford to limit themselves to the local market without considering the most promising and dynamic emerging […]
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In this uncertain era of the coronavirus pandemic we hear about the slowing of investment processes, the postponement of long planned M&A transactions and talk of uncertainty about the future of mergers and acquisitions. Can we really be sure that a “transaction quarantine” is coming? We would argue that it is important to not lose […]
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It is safe to say that divergence of the parties’ interests is hardwired into M&A processes. With that in mind, establishing a security for repayment is (or should be) an important factor to account for during transaction negotiations. I am not going to describe the civil law institutions or tools designed to establish various forms […]
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Blog edited by dr Anna Maria Panasiuk
Founder and Managing Partner of Panasiuk & Partners, with many years of expertise in wealth management.
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