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20 LAW FIRM RANKING 2022 Rzeczpospolita brought us awards, distinctions and great pride in the achievements of the many people who make up GESSEL.

GESSEL was among 20 law firms recognized for their contribution to the legal market in Poland. This is a very important distinction for us, as it confirms that GESSEL has grown strongly in the market after 1989, our position is unquestionable and we are an important part of the legal services market.

In the overall ranking in terms of the number of attorneys and advocates, out of 321 scaled law firms in Poland, we are already in 17th place. This is a big promotion from 25th position! We are constantly developing and growing stronger!

The law firm has become very involved in helping Ukraine, which was also recognized by the Ranking Chapter of Rzeczpospolita and we were among the distinguished in the category “Support of the struggling Ukraine”.

For another year, GESSEL was also awarded within the framework of individual specializations and became a Leader in the category:

• “Preparation of stock market entry”

While recommendations were received in the categories:

• “Mergers and Acquisitions”
• “Mediation and Arbitration”
• “International Disputes”

Leszek Koziorowski received the award for Leader in the “Preparation for Stock Exchange Entry” category, and Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz was the Recommended Lawyer in “International Disputes”.

We are extremely proud that our work has been recognized by the independent jury of the PSIK Awards for the third consecutive year, and we have been named Legal Advisor of the Year 2022 in the Private Equity category!

GESSEL has been recommended annually  in the Legal 500 ranking since 2006.
In 2022, the individual distinction as “Leading Individual” in the Dispute Resolution category was awarded to  Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz.

In 2022, we received the following awards:

• Dispute Resolution
  Practice head(s):  Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz; Piotr Schramm

Other key lawyers: Paweł Kwiatkowski;  Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek;

• Commercial, Corporate and M&A
  Practice head(s): Marcin Macieszczak;

Other key lawyers: Michał Bochowicz; Karol Sokół;Maciej Kożuchowski; Małgorzata Badowska

• Private Equity
  Practice head(s): Marcin Macieszczak;

Other key lawyers: Michał Bochowicz; Karol Sokół; Maciej Kożuchowski; Małgorzata Badowska

• Capital Markets
  Practice head(s): Leszek Koziorowski; Krzysztof Marczuk

Other key lawyers: Magdalena Szeplik; Michał Wieliński

GESSEL has been consistently recommended by Chambers Europe every year since 2007.

The GESSEL team has strengthened its position in Band 1 in the Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market category in 2023!

In addition, we were recognized in the categories: Capital Markets: Equity, Private Equity, and we also made our debut in the Dispute Resolution category.

In Band 1, Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz in the Dispute Resolution: Arbitration category and Marcin Macieszczak in the Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market category were honored once again!

Individual awards were also given to:

• Leszek Koziorowski and Krzysztof Marczuk in Capital Markets: Equity
• Maciej Kozuchowski and Michal Bochowicz in the Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market category
• Marcin Macieszczak in the Private Equity category

GESSEL has been recommended annually by Chambers Global since 2001.

Our 2023 lawyers were once again recognized, as in previous years, in the Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability category and in Capital Markets.

Individual honors were given to:

• Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz (Band 1) in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
• In the Corporate/M&A: High-End Capability category:
  Marcin Macieszczak (Band 3), Maciej Kozuchowski (Band 4)
• In Capital Markets: Equity: Leszek Koziorowski (Band 4), Krzysztof Marczuk (Band 4)

GESSEL was recommended in the IFLR1000 2022 international ranking in the categories of M&A, Capital markets: Equity, Capital markets: Debt and Banking.

Individual awards were given to:

• Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz – highly regarded in the M&A category
• Marcin Macieszczak – highly regarded in the M&A and Private equity categories
• Małgorzata Badowska – notable practitioner in the Banking, Capital markets: Debt and M&A categories
• Karol Sokół – notable practitioner in the M&A category