Former Deloitte Legal Partners Ryszard Manteuffel and Robert Semczuk have joined the CMS Corporate/M&A practice in Poland as a Partner and a Counsel, respectively.
Over the next months, more Deloitte Legal lawyers will join CMS alongside Manteuffel and Semczuk, including Zuzanna Sapocinska, Lukasz Duchinski, and Piotr Wojcik.
Before the move, Manteuffel spent over four and a half years with Deloitte Legal as a Partner. Earlier, he spent three and a half years with Dentons, where he made Counsel, and, earlier still, almost nine years with Baker McKenzie.
Before joining CMS, Semczuk spent almost three years with Deloitte Legal as a Partner Associate. Before that, he spent two years with Dubij Legal and, earlier still, almost eight years with Dentons.
"The expertise of Ryszard and his team, as well as their unique experience, provide the perfect synergy with our other business lines," CMS Poland Managing Partner Andrzej Posniak commented. "No less important is also the personality of each of the new team members, their openness to cooperation and joint initiatives, and their collegial attitude."
"I value Richard's competence and experience very highly," CMS Poland Partner and Head of Corporate/M&A Slawomir Czerwinski said. "We have had the pleasure of meeting more than once while working on M&A projects. I am confident that together with his team, he will bring a new perspective and expertise to our practice, which will allow us to implement our development strategy even more effectively and to offer our clients unique and tailored solutions at the highest level."
"I am delighted to be joining CMS and to be able to pursue the ambitious goals that the firm aims to achieve," Manteuffel added. "Working with the other CMS teams in Poland and the international team will open up new opportunities for us to support clients in both local and cross-border projects. We will also participate in the development of customer tools based on new technologies, including AI."