GESSEL advises VirtusLab Group on a landmark merger in the IT sector

A partner in the M&A practice. Gaines his experience in transactions in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), renewable energy, healthcare and aviation sectors. Michał advised buyers and sellers in some of Poland's largest transactions, particularly technology transactions involving global private equity funds, payment institutions, e-commerce entities and software providers (including SaaS). Is actively involved in global le...

Małgorzata joined GESSEL in 2010, initially as managing associate and then, from 2016, as partner. She heads the Banking & Finance practice. She specializes in aqcuisition of financing transactions and advises at every stage of them. She works with both the providers of financing (banks, financial institutions, private debt funds) and the beneficiaries of such financing. The team she leads prepares and negotiates loan documentation, docume...

After a brief period as a junior judge, Bernadeta developed an interest in competition law, then a new discipline in early 1990s Poland. After her first stint at UOKiK, she spent one year leading the legal department of UPC and then joined GESSEL in 2001. In 2014, after moving to the head office of UOKiK, she oversaw the authority’s activities in the realms of corporate concentrations, market collusions, and abuse of dominant market positions....

With GESSEL since 2004. Initially joined our tax law team, then gained experience in capital markets and M&A before assuming a senior role at our corporate law practice. Several years of experience gained in many areas of law allow him to take an interdisciplinary approach to the cases he handles. Currently, his main specialties comprise corporate reorganizations, both domestic and cross-border (he has advised on a number of cross-borde...

Klaudia specializes in transactions related to obtaining financing, in particular in negotiating and concluding loan agreements, advising banks and borrowers, as well as in bond issues via private placements. Also provides day-to-day advice on business law. Her experience includes negotiating and executing loan agreements for the acquisition of companies, financing real estate and energy projects. She has several years’ experience providing le...

Specializes in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions and corporate law. Has extensive experience in providing comprehensive corporate services to commercial law companies, including foreign entities, especially as regards transformation processes and M&A. Participated in numerous M&A transactions at all their stages, including in particular due diligence and drafting and negotiating transaction documentation. On many occasio...

Daria joined GESSEL in 2022. She represents clients before the civil, administrative, and criminal courts, before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Her experience encompasses registration and annulment of industrial property rights as well as drafting and negotiation of contracts concerning intellectual property rights, e-commerce, and personal data. She has applied her...

Emilia joined our firm in 2022. Emilia specializes in corporate and commercial law. For years, she has been advising companies in their day-to-day operations, in particular supporting entities in the conduct of their corporate affairs, working with their governing bodies. She has extensive experience in carrying out reorganizations of companies, also on an international scale. Assists in due diligence studies.

Karol advises on reorganization and restructuring procedures of commercial companies, i.e. mergers, divisions and transformations, conducts due diligence, prepares corporate documentation of enterprises, etc. In the scope of his research as a doctoral student, Karol analyses conflict-of-law issues of cross-border reorganizations of commercial companies in the European Union. His professional experience to date was with renowned internationa...

Karolina’s professional focus is consumer protection law (including reviews of general terms and conditions and contract templates, proceedings before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection concerning violation of collective consumer interests) and competition law (advice on merger notifications and securing antitrust clearance for concentrations, competition-inhibiting practices – especially abuse of dominant market position by enterp...

Maria joined GESSEL in 2022. She contributes to M&A transactions – also ones with international elements – at all their stages. She prepares transactional and corporate documentation, and she has experience in due diligence on companies as well as advising on day-to-day corporate operations. Prior to joining GESSEL, she worked with a renowned international law firms, handling mergers and acquisitions, corporate services for commercial comp...

Joined GESSEL in 2021. Gained experience at a renowned Warsaw law firm and a leading international law firm in the areas of mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate law, corporate governance principles and capital market law, among others. Author of the monograph "Corporate Governance through the eyes of Warren Buffett" published in 2021 by C.H. Beck publishing house. A co-author of articles on corporate law and constitutional la...

Joined GESSEL in 2021. Prior to joining GESSEL, worked at leading Polish law firms. Has experience in corporate and transactional consulting, including for foreign businesses. Has participated in numerous due diligence studies of corporate entities and of real estate assets. Provides ongoing advice in the area of corporate law and corporate governance principles. Experienced advisor on anti-money-laundering compliance.

Prior to joining GESSEL, gained professional experience with Wrocław law firms dealing with civil and commercial disputes and day-to-day corporate services for commercial law companies.