Michal Banasiak

Michał Banasiak

Counsel
About

Michał Banasiak specialises in commercial companies law, and in particular in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. He also has extensive experience in  advising on corporate and civil law matters as well as in carrying out due diligence reviews (e.g. in the technological, industrial, banking and finance, food, energy and retail sectors). In addition, Michał supports clients in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.

With reference to mergers and acquisitions, Michał's comprehensive advisory services include structuring transactions, conducting due diligence reviews, preparing legal reports, drafting and negotiating agreements and other transactional documentation, coordinating cooperation and negotiations with investment banks, investment consultants, insurance brokers and other parties, as well as drafting corporate documentation of companies for the purpose of the transactions and for the purpose of post-transactional integration within capital groups.

 
Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law (Radca prawny) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 2020

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Perfect Gym Solutions S.A., an international provider of SaaS software for fitness and leisure companies and its shareholders, including 3TS Capital, Innovation Nest and others, on the sale of the company to Sport Alliance, a portfolio company of PSG Equity.
  • Advising private equity funds Enterprise Investors in relation to recent investments in:
    • Renters and Rent Like Home;
    • Ekoenergetyka Polska;
    • Software Mind.
  • Advising Resource Partners fund in relation to investments in:
    • Flex Rent and
    • 7Anna.
  • Advising Orchard Brothers and its founders in the acquisition of Victoria Cymes and the raising of a minority investor, the Syntaxis Capital fund. The acquisition was financed with a mezzanine loan from Syntaxis Capital.
  • Advising the founders of GetInData on the sale of 100% of GetInData to a group of over 120 experienced data engineers and consultants providing cutting-edge Big Data, Cloud, Analytics and ML/AI solutions to Xebia Consultancy Services, a portfolio company of the private equity fund Waterland.
  • Advising Żabka Polska, the largest convenience store chain in Poland, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Dietly , a leading e-commerce platform and SaaS solution provider in the diet catering segment, from its founders.
  • Advising the founders of the Arhelan chain of shops comprising over 100 retail shops in north-eastern Poland on the sale of a 49% stake in the company to Eurocash.
  • Advising Saur International, a subsidiary of Saur, a leading innovator and service provider in the global water sector, on the exit of a 30-year investment in SNG S.A. SNG was a joint venture formed with the City of Gdansk as operator of the water and sewerage systems in Gdansk.
  • Advising Cloudflight portfolio company DBAG Fund VII on the acquisition of 100 shares in Divante, a Polish provider of services for the eCommerce sector.
  • Advising the founders of Copernicus (healthcare sector) on the sale of the company to Nemera (portfolio company of Montagu PE fund), a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.
  • Advising the private equity fund Tar Heel Capital - THC SICAV-RAIF - FUND 2 on the preliminary agreement to sell 100% of the shares in Tomma Diagnostyka Obrazowa, the largest private provider of diagnostic imaging services in terms of infrastructure, to PZU Health.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2016

Prior Experience

  • July 2024 – present, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2021 – June 2024, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2019 – April 2021, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw 
  • September 2017 – April 2019, Associate, international law firm, Warsaw 
  • May 2016 – August 2017, Associate, international law firm, Warsaw 
  • October 2015 – April 2016, Intern, international law firm, Warsaw 
  • July 2015 – September 2015, Intern, international law firm, Warsaw

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