Transactions | 07.06.2023

MFW Fiałek advised Play on the acquisition of 100% shares in Syrion sp. z o. o.

MFW Fiałek advised an entity from the Play Group on the acquisition of 100% shares in the Syrion sp. z o.o., Syrion operates on the basis of a 3,000 km fibre-optic network with coverage of over 86,000 households in more than 80 towns and cities in the Silesian, Opolskie and Lublin voivodeships. It offers Internet access, telecommunications services and digital television to individual and business customers, as well as in a wholesale model.

Our advice

Comprehensive legal advice in the transaction included i.e among others, carrying out the due diligence review covering in particular regulatory issues relating to the telecommunications sector, drafting and negotiating the transaction documents and conducting the transaction closing.

The transaction team’s work was managed by Mirosław Fiałek. The team also included Rafał Siemieniec – Associate Partner, Michał Kret – Associate, and Cezary Giziński – Associate, Łucja Jankowska-Lech – Associate, Maksymilian Kulczycki – Associate, Wojciech Lichterowicz – Associate, Mateusz Więckowski – Associate, Natalia Grzegorzewska – Junior Associate, Adrianna Kłoda-Szczesna – Junior Associate.

Parties of the transaction

Syrion sp. z o.o. is a company providing internet access, digital TV and telecommunications services in the Silesian, Opolskie and Lublin  voivodeships. Syrion sp. z o.o. has grown both through organic growth and acquisitions carried out in recent years.

The Play Group, part of the French Iliad Group, one of Europe’s largest telecommunications groups, is a leading provider of mobile services, fixed internet and digital TV in Poland.