A team of five Clifford Chance lawyers has been hired by CMS in Warsaw to shore up the firm's transactions team in anticipation of an acceleration of deals once the COVID-19 crisis is over.

Sławomir Czerwiński and Mateusz Stępień will join as partners, Jarosław Gajda as counsel, Antoni Wandzilak as senior associate, and Dominika Pietkun as associate.

"Once COVID-19 eases, the transactional processes are going to speed up. In Poland one can find very interesting assets, also in industries that are less dependent on economic fluctuations and thus giving an opportunity for the expected return on investment even in periods of greater uncertainty," Rafał Zwierz, the corporate team's head, said in a statement.