GESSEL ranked in Chambers Europe 2026

GESSEL is pleased to announce that the firm has once again been recognised in the Chambers and Partners Europe Guide 2026. This year’s results reaffirm the strength of our core practices and bring further advancements and individual debuts.

This year, GESSEL has been ranked in the following practice areas:

🟧 Arbitration – Band 3
🟧 Capital Markets: Equity – Band 4
🟧 Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability – Band 4
🟧 Litigation: Elite – Band 5
🟧 Private Equity – Band 3

We are particularly proud of the advancement of our Litigation practice and of GESSEL’s debut in the Arbitration category. These results reflect the consistent development of our disputes and arbitration teams and their growing recognition both in Poland and internationally. We warmly congratulate our colleagues on this achievement.

The following lawyers received individual recognitions:

Arbitrators
🟧 Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz – Band 1

Banking & Finance
🟧 Małgorzata Badowska – Band 6

Capital Markets: Equity
🟧 Krzysztof Marczuk – Band 4

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
🟧 Marcin Macieszczak – Band 3
🟧 Maciej Kożuchowski – Band 4
🟧 Michał Bochowicz – Band 4

Litigation: Elite
🟧 Anna Ziewalicz – Associates to Watch
🟧 Paweł Kwiatkowski – Associates to Watch

Private Equity
🟧 Marcin Macieszczak – Band 3

We extend our special congratulations to Małgorzata Badowska and Paweł Kwiatkowski on their debut in the Chambers Europe ranking. We also congratulate Michał Bochowicz on his advancement in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability. The continued Band 1 ranking of Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz among leading arbitrators reaffirms her established reputation in international arbitration.

Chambers Europe rankings are based exclusively on independent market research and feedback provided by clients. The advancements and debuts reflected in this year’s results confirm that our strategic focus, sectoral specialisation, and close cooperation across practices translate into tangible value recognised by both the market and by our clients.

We would like to thank all our clients for their continued trust and our entire team for their commitment, professionalism, and consistent development.

The full results of the ranking are available here.