Goal: To provide participants with an understanding of key investment terms and conditions they are likely to encounter when negotiating with investors.
Benefits: Being aware of key negotiation points will assist in ensuing they protect their economic interests and control rights in their respective companies.
The speakers
Rafał Celej is a partner at Kondracki Celej and an experienced transactional lawyer specializing in Venture Capital and technology M&A transactions. He is also an active participant in the Polish start-up ecosystem.
Kondracki Celej Law Firm is a Warsaw-based boutique law firm specializing in Venture Capital and technology M&A transactions, new tech law, and start-up advisory. The firm advised on many high-profile VC transactions on the Polish market and is consistently ranked among the most active law firms in the CEE. In 2020, 2022 and 2023 the firm won the award for “Legal Advisor of the Year (Venture Capital) from the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
George Havaris is a Canadian (of Greek decent) and a solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales. He is a corporate and banking lawyer with extensive experience working on cross-border M&A and financing transactions (a recommended lawyer in 2023 by the Legal 500 for Banking/Finance and Private Equity). George has provided numerous workshops for the British Law Centre in Poland and has been a guest lecturer at a Polish University for many years.
