Joanna Sarkowicz | Kancelaria Oleś Rysz Sarkowicz

Joanna Sarkowicz

Wspólnik, Attorney-at-law

Specialisation:

An attorney-at-law and partner, specialising in the structuring and reorganisation of capital groups, including through the use of holding companies, and in domestic and cross-border mergers, divisions and transformations. She has extensive experience in providing strategic advice to businesses and legal entities in the financial sector, in particular investment funds and public companies. Her practice includes comprehensive support for M&A transactions, debt and mezzanine financing, and the implementation of employee share option schemes (ESOPs). She is an expert in establishing investment funds and alternative investment companies (ASI) under Polish and foreign law (Malta, Luxembourg, Cyprus). She provides legal and tax advisory services regarding international capital structures, including, among others, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Areas of expertise:

  • Reorganisations: mergers / divisions/ cross-border transformations
  • Capital markets / Investment funds / ASI
  • Capital transactions: M&A / Debt financing / Mezzanine financing

 Sample professional experience:

  • Ongoing consultancy on debt securities issues and the establishment of international fund structures,
  • Comprehensive legal support for business transactions and the restructuring of large corporate groups.

Distinctions and awards:

  • Individual recommendation in the “Chambers and Partners” ranking in the Private Wealth Law category (Band 2).
  • Individual recommendation in the “Rzeczpospolita” ranking in the Capital Markets and Regulatory Advisory category

Publications:

  • Co-author of the Commentary on the Act on Investment Funds and the Management of Alternative Investment Funds (published by C.H. Beck),
  • Author of BeckDirect expert modules in the Legalis system (published by C.H. Beck) on the practical aspects of the operation of a limited liability company.
  • Co-author of the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Succession & Estate Planning 2026

Education:

  • Law degree from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (graduated with distinction),
  • Postgraduate studies in Tax Consultancy at the University of Economics in Kraków,
  • Attorney-at-law training at the Kraków Bar Association (listed as a fully qualified attorney-at-law in 2011).

Foreign languages:

•    English – full professional proficiency

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