GESSEL Attorneys at Law

Anna is an advocate, managing associate and specialises in handling complex litigation, especially with international elements. She represents clients before common courts, administrative courts and the Supreme Court.

Beata Gessel-Klinowska vel Kalisz

Beata is an attorney-at-law and a senior partner, recognised international arbitrator, she has decided more than 150 cases in domestic and international arbitration (conducted, inter alia, under ICC, SCC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, FCC, IAA, SCAI, Lewiatan, KIG, NDS, SIDiR rules) in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, construction law (inter alia, under FIDIC regulations), energy law and international commercial contracts.

Bernadeta Kasztelan-Świetlik

Bernadeta is an attorney at law and a partner at GESSEL. Expert in competition and consumer protection law, with a unique track record featuring private practice as well as the public sector. Worked at the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) for a total of 13 years, most recently (2014-2017) as Vice President charged with three departments – Concentration Control, Competition Protection, and Legal.

Jakub is an attorney at law ans senior associate, specializes in capital markets law, both equity and debt. He advises companies in the processes of obtaining financing (especially in the form of public securities offerings) as well as in investment processes. He also provides advice to public companies on day-to-day matters, including implementation of disclosure obligations and the handling of corporate events.

Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek

Joanna is an attorney-at-law and a partner. Joanna specializes in arbitration and litigation. Her practice includes disputes in the broad field of business law, including international trade and M&A transactions.

Karol is an advocate and a pratner at GESSEL. He has extensive experience advising on asset and share transactions, restructuring transactions and financial matters. Has advised on a number of high-profile transactions for buyers and sellers in various industries, including IT, manufacturing, retail and real estate. Has also worked with banks, private equity and venture capital funds.

Karolina Olszewska

Karolina is a senior associate and specializes in antitrust law. She has been advising companies and other market players for over 10 years.

Karolina Krzal-Kwiatkowska

Karolina is an attorney at law and managing associate. She specialises in competition law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the private market as well as corporate and commercial law.

Krzysztof Marczuk

Krzysztof is an attorney-at-law and a partner in Capital markets department. Krzysztof has extensive experience in securities transactions in the capital market (ECM, DCM, M&A), particularly in conducting public and private offerings, as well as general advice on commercial law, including corporate governance. He advises public companies, selling shareholders, investors, investment companies and investment banks in various types of capital market transactions, including regulatory aspects. Krzysztof is a lawyer with many years of transaction and regulatory experience. He joined GESSEL in 2007 and has been a partner since 2016. He specializes in raising financing through equity issues in primary and secondary public offerings as well as private placements. He also advises on public and private bond offerings. He provides day-to-day corporate law services to publicly listed companies in all aspects of commercial law, including commercial contracts, as well as in all capital operations (buy-back, share redemptions, splits, share mergers) and in transformation processes, mergers, demergers and reorganizations within capital groups. He specializes in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the Warsaw Stock Exchange, and the National Securities Depository, including administrative and criminal proceedings concerning the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). He advises shareholders and investors on transactions involving divestment or acquisition of significant stakes in public companies (public tender offers, accelerated book building, squeeze outs, delisting). On an ongoing basis, advises public companies on managing their information policy and in fulfilling their disclosure obligations under MAR. He advises investment companies and investment banks on capital market transactions, including regulatory aspects related to public supervision over the activities of financial institutions.

Leszek Koziorowski

Leszek is an attorney at law and a partner in Capital Markets department. His legal practice focuses on corporate advice for publicly listed companies, public issues of shares and bonds, mergers and acquisitions of commercial companies, and formation and operation of brokerage houses and investment funds. He has successfully advised on numerous corporate disputes. He is a specialist in corporate relations in public companies and the functioning of governing bodies at public companies as well as in the communication of public companies with the market, including the performance of disclosure obligations.

Maciej Kożuchowski

Maciej is an attorney-at-law and a partner in M&A practice. Specialises in mergers and acquisition transactions (M&A), provision of day-to-day corporate services to commercial law companies and legal aspects of obtaining financing for business enterprises, including negotiation of terms and conditions of credit facility agreements.

Magdalena Szeplik

Magda is an experienced advocate, managing associate, focused on corporate and transactional services for public companies in areas such as compliance with disclosure obligations and administrative and criminal proceedings regarding the Market Abuse Regulation. Also advises on regulatory issues and ESG-compliant corporate governance.

Maja is an attorney at law and counsel. Specializes in litigation and arbitration. She is the leader of the GESSEL for Climate project, which initiated the first citizen climate lawsuits in Poland. Her practice encompasses disputes in the broad field of business law, including international trade.

Małgorzata Badowska

Małgorzata is an attorney at law and a partner, runs Banknig&Finance practic. She has many years of experience in servicing business entities. She mainly deals with financing transactions, including financing of company acquisitions, real estate transactions and investment projects, as well as debt refinancing. She specializes in transactions of financing acquisition and day-to-day servicing of entrepreneurs, particularly in the legal aspects of financing businesses, including the conclusion of loan agreements and the terms and conditions of bond issues in private placements.

Marcin Macieszczak

Marcin is a managing partner and a head of GESSEL’s M&A and PE practice.

Maria Dudzińska

Maria is an attorney at law and of counsel at GESSEL. For over 10 years, advised business enterprises on avoiding and resolving disputes, both before the general courts and via alternative dispute resolution channels, including arbitration and mediation.

Michał Wieliński

Michał is an attorney-at-law and managing associate specializing in capital markets and M&A law. He advises issuers of securities, financial institutions, sellers and both domestic and foreign investors.

Michał Bochowicz

Michał is an advocate and a partner in M&A practice.

Natalia is an attorney at law and senior associate. Specializes in competition law and consumer law; before moving to private practice, rose through the ranks of the Polish antitrust and consumer protection authority.

Paweł Kwiatkowski

Paweł is an advoate and managing associate at GESSEL. Long years of experience representing clients from Poland and abroad in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Partner is an advocate and heads both GESSEL's special projects department and the firm's litigation and bankruptcy and restructuring departments. Works according to the principle that 'the success of actions taken is measured by the amount of time devoted to them'.