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Tomasz Krzyzowski

Tomasz Krzyzowski

Partner
Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy sp.k.

Biography

Tomasz Krzyżowski is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office and co-head of the Firm’s Transactional practice in Poland. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate reorganizations and strategic transactions, acting for domestic and international clients on both Polish and cross-border matters. Tomasz has led transactions involving private equity funds, technology businesses, healthcare companies and strategic investors. He is recognized by leading legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer? and IFLR1000, where he has consistently been recognized in the top categories such as "Hall of Fame", and was named a BTI Client Service All-Star. He is also active in pro bono initiatives, including support for the ALL4KIDS project.

Practice Focus

Tomasz focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate restructurings and investment projects. He advises private equity sponsors, venture capital investors, multinational corporations and Polish businesses on share and asset acquisitions and disposals, minority and majority investments, joint ventures and group reorganizations. His practice includes complex cross-border transactions across Central and Eastern Europe and matters involving technology, healthcare, retail, industrials and energy transition-related businesses. His work reflects strong experience advising strategic investors, private equity funds and corporate venture capital platforms on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised INVL Private Equity Fund II on its investment, alongside IFC and ACP, in the POLMED S.A. Group, a leading private medical network operator in Poland.
  • Advised Kredyt Inkaso S.A., one of the leading companies specializing in debt management and debt acquisition in Poland and the Central and Eastern European region from Waterland Private Equity portfolio, in a merger with its peer BEST S.A., both public companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
  • Advised Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, a Japanese life insurance company, on the sale of shares in Warta S.A. and TU Europa S.A. to TALANX AG, a multinational German financial services company.
  • Advised ORLEN on the acquisition of over 180 petrol stations in Hungary and Slovakia from MOL the biggest Hungarian oil & gas company.
  • Advised Jameticoll Investments on its acquisition of Madej Wróbel, one of Poland’s leading meat processors, including transaction execution and coordination of a significant refinancing by a four-bank lending consortium.
  • Advised Nice-to-Fit-You, a technology leading Polish dietary catering operator, in relation to the majority investment of MCI Capital, one of most active technology private equity investors in the Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Advised Google on an acquihire transaction involving the technical AI cloud experts team of Deepsense.ai, supporting the expansion of Google’s AI cloud capabilities and technology talent base in Warsaw.
  • Advised Snowflake Inc, an American cloud-based AI data platform company listed on NYSE, in four acquisition projects in Poland, namely Polidea, Pragmatists, Applica and TouK.
  • Advised ORLEN Venture Capital on its investment in Energy Impact Partners’ Flagship Fund III, a cross-border transaction supporting innovation and decarbonization initiatives across the energy, refining and fuels sectors.
  • Advised SPIE Group, a French independent European leader in multi-technical services specializing in energy, communications, and industrial engineering on several acquisition projects in the Central and Eastern Europe including Nexotech, Stangl Technik, General Property and Elektromontaż-Poznań.
  • Advised ICU Medical, a medical technology company designing and manufacturing infusion therapy, oncology, and critical care products on the strategic acquisition of Medima, a designer and manufacturer of specialized, advanced infusion systems in Poland.
  • Advised Zemportic Investments on its acquisition of Bruno Tassi, a major fresh food and meat distributor in Poland and on several add-on acquisitions for Bruno Tassi in this sector.Advised ACTEEUM Group, one of the leading retail park and shopping centers developers in Poland on the joint venture projects with inter alia IMMOFINANZ, Libra Project, Rockcastle Global Real Estate, BPI Real Estate, EQUILIS, Falcon Investment Management and BIG Group.
  • Advised Displate and its founders, a technology company specializing metal poster manufacturing and sales in relation to majority private equity investment of MidEuropa Partners, one of the most active Central and Eastern European private equity houses.
  • Advised Spangsberg Chokolade, the leading Danish chocolate producers and distributors on the acquisition of ZPC Bałtyk, one of the oldest Polish chocolate producers.
  • Advised Advance Protection Systems S.A., a premier Polish technology company designing and manufacturing advanced anti-drone and 3D radar systems, in relation to minority private equity investment of Enterprise Investors, one of the oldest and the leading Central and Eastern Europe private equity house.,
  • Advised MCI.EuroVentures from MCI Capital, on the sale of ABC Data business, one of the leading distributors of IT hardware and consumer electronics in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, to ALSO Group, one of the biggest European technology providers for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
  • Advised Marketing Investment Group, the biggest operator of over 400 sport apparel stores in the Central and Eastern Europe and Germany on its sale to JD Sports Fashion. a global leader in this sector, listed in the London Stock Exchange.
  • Advised UBS, the biggest Swiss banking company on the integration of its business solution operations with Credit Suisse business solutions operations, both companies employing ca. 10,000 specialists in Poland. Advised PineBridge New Europe Partners II on its investment in Promedica Group, a Polish group of companies specializing in homecare services in several Western European countries.

Professional Honors

  • Band 1, Private Equity, Chambers and Partners Europe 2026
  • Band 2, Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability, Chambers Global 2026
  • Band 2, Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability, Chambers and Partners Europe 2025
  • Hall of Fame, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500 EMEA 2026
  • Leading Partner, Private Equity, Legal 500 EMEA 2026

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Krakow Bar Association

Admissions

  • Poland (1998)

Education

  • Jagiellonian University (LL.M.) (1995)

Languages

  • English
  • Polish

Publications

 

Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy sp.k. with its seat in Warsaw, registered office: Chmielna 69, 00-801 Warsaw, Poland, entered in the register of business entities of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, XIII Commercial Division of the National Court Register, KRS 0000136677, NIP 5262656141.

Partners: Weronika Achramowicz, Marcin Chyliński, Marcin Fijałkowski, Łukasz Hejmej, Marcin Iwaniszyn, Katarzyna Kopczewska, Tomasz Krzyżowski, Baker McKenzie Doradztwo Podatkowe sp. z o.o.

Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy sp.k. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International.