GESSEL’s dedicated Healthcare M&A team advised on ten sectoral deals in 2025
16.01.2026 News Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Typical scope of services provided in an M&A transaction on the buy side Typical scope of services provided in an M&A transaction on the sell side Life Sciences and Health Care
In 2025, GESSEL successfully advised on ten mergers and acquisitions transactions in the healthcare sector. The mandates covered advisory services on both the sell side and the buy side for clients including industry groups and ownership and management teams, confirming the firm’s well-established position as one of the leading legal advisers in Healthcare M&A on the Polish market..
Among the transactions completed in 2025, GESSEL advised the sellers on divestment of a majority stake in Centrum Medyczne Med-Gastr to the private equity fund Tar Heel Capital as well as on the sale of 100% of the shares in Centrum Diagnostyczno Lecznicze Barska, along with its subsidiaries, to Unity Care. The firm also acted on the buy side for CenterMed on acquisitions strengthening the group’s medical platform, including those of CenterMed Poznań and of the AVIMED Group.
A significant project of the firm in 2025 comprised advising the LUX MED Group on the acquisition of the Mental Path network of mental health centres and of the Medical Magnus Clinic orthopaedic hospital. These projects constituted a continuation of GESSEL’s long-standing cooperation with the LUX MED Group, now well past the ten-year mark, within which the firm advised on a total of eighteen acquisitions involving companies and real estate assets in the healthcare sector. The long-term nature of this cooperation reflects the client’s trust in the GESSEL team and testifies to the firm’s experience in executing complex Healthcare M&A transactions.
The completed transactions reflect prevailing market trends, including consolidation of private healthcare providers, development of specialised medical platforms, and growing interest in the sector among both financial and strategic investors. True to form, GESSEL provided comprehensive advice covering transaction structuring, legal and tax due diligence, preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation, and support throughout the closing process, all tailored to the regulatory and operational specifics of medical businesses.
GESSEL’s advisory work on these transactions was underpinned by a sector-focused approach developed through extensive experience in Healthcare M&A. The firm has implemented dedicated legal and tax due diligence standards as well as document templates addressing the specific characteristics of medical operations, including healthcare regulation, reimbursement models, medical staffing structures, and transactional risks. This approach is complemented by healthcare-specific representations and warranties designed to reflect the specific exigencies of operating in the highly regulated medical environment.
This methodology enables clients to better identify, assess, and address transaction risks, structure transactions more effectively, and execute complex M&A projects with greater predictability and certainty. At the same time, it facilitates the efficient transfer of knowledge and experience across individual mandates, benefiting first-time healthcare market investors and experienced market participants alike. To duly handle the growing number of Healthcare M&A transactions, in 2025 GESSEL set up a dedicated sector team established in 2024, bringing together long years of transactional, regulatory and industry expertise to efficiently provide M&A advice for the medical services market to the highest standards.
“Transactions in the healthcare sector are among the most demanding M&A projects and require a comprehensive legal skillset. Familiarity with the ins and outs of complex M&A deals goes without saying, but regulatory expertise and a thorough understanding of the operational realities of medical businesses are also called for. The year 2025 confirmed that our consistently developed Healthcare M&A practice and the dedicated team enable us to effectively support clients on projects of key market significance,” said Marcin Macieszczak, Managing Partner at GESSEL.
Authors
Marcin Macieszczak
Managing partner
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity
Managing partner
Attorney-at-law
Marcin Macieszczak is an attorney-at-law, Managing Partner, and heads the Mergers and acquisitions (M&) and Private Equity practices at GESSEL law firm. He has over twenty-five years of experience in legal advisory and capital markets transactions. Marcin leads legal teams in two of the firm's core practice areas, advising domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries, including private equity and venture capital funds...
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Since the beginning of her career, specialized in corporate law, day-to-day legal services, legal support of foreign transactions, advice to financial institutions and brokerage houses, investment funds, banks, and in due diligence of companies. With GESSEL since 1996, became a partner in 2007. Aldona heads our corporate law department, focusing on legal services for enterprises, formation, transformation, merger, and division of companies,...
Monika Żulińska
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
Corporate law | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Competition and consumer law
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
She specialises in day-to-day legal services for companies, including corporate law. Her experience includes comprehensive legal services for M&A transactions, including preparation of the transaction structure, coordination of due diligence analyses, preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation and preparation of notifications of the intention of concentration to antitrust authorities and representation of clients in related p...
Aleksandra Szyszko-Kamińska
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity
Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law
Aleksandra has over 20 years of experience in providing legal services to business entities, gained both in law firms (17 years) and within a private equity fund (4 years) as an in-house lawyer, which allows her to better understand and meet clients’ expectations towards external legal advisors. She advises Polish and international clients, including private equity and venture capital funds, at every stage of a transaction, from structuring, thr...
Bartłomiej Woźniak PhD
Managing Associate
Advocate
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Corporate law
Managing Associate
Advocate
Joined GESSEL in 2014. Has been a Managing Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions team since 2020. Specializes in M&A transactions in the private market. Has more than 10 years of experience advising financial investors (including PE/VC funds), strategic investors and company founders. Advises on share deal and asset deal transactions on both the buyer and the seller sides. Has participated in acquisitions conducted in the form of buy-o...
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
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.
Erazm Dutkiewicz
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Corporate law | Life Sciences and Health Care
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Erazm Dutkiewicz is a Senior Associate in the Corporate law team at GESSEL. He specialises in advising on M&A transactions, particularly those involving entities operating in the medical sector. He supports clients throughout all stages of the transaction process, including conducting due diligence, identifying and mitigating risks, and negotiating transaction documentation. He advises private market entities, including in projects involving ...
Marcin Walczak
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Since joining GESSEL in 2021, Marcin has contributed to share deal and asset deal M&A transactions both on the sell side and the buy side. He has drafted transaction documentation, corporate documents (for the purpose of specific transactions, as well as of day-to-day legal services) and due diligence studies. Prior to joining GESSEL, he gained experience at renowned international law firms, dealing with tax and competition law issues.
Anna Komorzycka
AssociateTrainee attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law
AssociateTrainee attorney-at-law
An expert in commercial and civil law, she has provided ongoing corporate advisory services. She has advised clients on M&A transactions, private equity deals, including complex cross-border transactions, legal due diligence, and corporate governance matters. Her previous experience was gained at prestigious Polish and international law firms. She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw in 2022. ...
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