Biography
Klaudia Malczewska focuses her practice on corporate law, labor law, merger and acquisition transactions, as well as corporate governance matters.
She has participated in M&A and capital market transactions, advising clients from various sectors on planned IPOs and the acquisition of shares and enterprises. Her experience includes preparing legal opinions, conducting due diligence reviews, and drafting relevant transaction documentation.
Klaudia has assisted in the preparation of management contracts and other agreements, such as bonus and share option agreements, for key employees of private companies. She also advises on day-to-day labor law matters, including drafting employment contracts and internal employment regulations (such as compensation, workplace, and remote work policies), as well as issues related to company social benefits funds, employee transfers, individual dismissals, collective redundancies, and social security aspects of simultaneous employment in multiple jurisdictions.
Prior to joining White & Case, Klaudia worked in the legal and finance department of a leading international corporation, at a Polish diplomatic mission, and at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany. She has studied in the United Kingdom, Germany, and China.
Experience
Her experience includes the following projects:
Leading private, international investment house: representation of a leading private, international investment house on the €650 million sale of its stake in companies building and managing the concession section of a motorway in Poland as well as the operations and maintenance company. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
EV Metals Group: representation of EV Metals Group on its acquisition of Johnson Matthey's batteries manufacturing business (Batteries Business) in the UK, Poland and Germany.
Polenergia: representation of Polenergia, the largest private energy group in Poland, on the acquisition of Edison Energia, one of the fastest growing photovoltaic systems installation companies in Poland. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
Nets Denmark (now Nexi): representation of Nets Denmark, a market leader in the payments industry, on its €405 million acquisition of Poland-based Centrum Rozliczeń Elektronicznych PeP, a leading Polish merchant acquirer. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
Nets Denmark (now Nexi): representation of Nets Denmark and its owner, private equity fund Hellman & Friedman, on the establishment of a strategic alliance with Przelewy24, a leading Polish online payment service provider. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
Nets Denmark (now Nexi): representation of Nets Denmark on the €70 million acquisition of Dotpay/eCard (Dotcard), one of the leading companies on the Polish digital payments market, from MCI.EuroVentures and Saltus TUW. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
Play Communications: representation of Play Communications and its subsidiary P4 on the €96 million acquisition of 3S, a Polish telecommunications group, and indirect acquisition of all the shares in all the subsidiaries of 3S, including 3S, 3S Data Center, 3S Fibertech and 3S BOX.
Konspol Group: representation of the Konspol Group, the leading producer and processor of poultry in Poland, on the sale of its group companies to the American corporation Cargill.
MidEuropa: representation of MidEuropa on the:
- sale of its stake in Waberer's International, the largest road transport company in Hungary and listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, to the Indotek Group, a Hungarian asset manager;
- acquisition of Intive, a digital product and software development services business based in Poland, Germany and Argentina, from Enterprise Investors;
- sale of Żabka Polska to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners;
- acquisition of a majority stake in J.S. Hamilton, a company active in the field of laboratory testing, inspections and certifications. Additionally, we coordinated the work of local law firms in Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
PGE: representation of PGE, Poland's biggest power producer, on its US$1.2 billion acquisition of the EDF Group's assets in Poland. We have also provided advice on selected aspects of labor law.
