Carlson Capital Partners is an investment and consulting company specialising in advising on matters linked to mergers and acquisitions, transactions related to raising capital for non-public companies (private placement), pre-IPO, i.e. preparing companies for going public (e.g. transforming a regular business into a joint-stock company), advising on listing companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (IPO), trustee and fiduciary services, as well as services related to tax optimisation of capital transactions, raising capital from venture capital and private equity funds, and financing of trade in goods and foreign trade.