The Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 ranking now out
14.03.2024 News Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Arbitration Capital Markets Private Equity
GESSEL has retained its strong position in Band 1 in the Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market category !
Apart from that, our firm is named in the categories Capital Markets: Equity (Band 4), Private Equity (Band 3), and Dispute Resolution (Band 6).
Dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz and Marcin Macieszczak (in, respectively, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market) are once again ranked in Band 1 !
Moreover, individual mentions go to:
– Krzysztof Marczuk (Band 4) in Capital Markets: Equity;
– Maciej Kożuchowski (Band 3) and Michał Bochowicz (Up and Coming); in Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market;
– Marcin Macieszczak (Band 3) in Private equity.
Some client testimonials:
“GESSEL presents all legal issues clearly and simply and with consideration for issues that we didn’t know were important. We feel safe and taken care of.”
“The GESSEL team were very cooperative, flexible and able to find solutions acceptable for all parties involved.”
“The team has the ability to construct a comprehensive litigation strategy that aligns with our objectives and is consistently executed.”
We congratulate our colleagues, and everybody who made the ranking this year.
We look forward to future projects with our clients – their praise increases our commitment and motivation even more !
Authors
Dr hab. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Prof. INP PAN
Founding and Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law
Arbitration | Litigation | Financial litigation
Dr hab. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Prof. INP PAN
Founding and Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law
A recognised international arbitrator, she has participated in more than 170 cases in domestic and international arbitration (conducted, inter alia, under ICC, SCC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, FCC, IAA, SCAI, Lewiatan, KIG, KDPW, SIDiR rules) in the fields of M&A, construction law (inter alia, under FIDIC regulations), energy law and international commercial contracts. Member of advisory bodies and working groups of the world's largest arbitrati...
Marcin Macieszczak
Managing partner
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity
Managing partner
Attorney-at-law
Marcin joined GESSEL law firm in 1999. In 2007, he became a partner, and in 2017 – managing partner. He leads the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity practices. Marcin specializes in capital transactions in the public and private markets. He has over 20 years’ experience advising on M&A transactions, both on the seller's and buyer's side. An important part of Marcin's practice is working with private equity and ven...
Maciej Kożuchowski
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Energy, public procurement, infrastructure projects
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Joined GESSEL as a trainee in December 2005. A member of the team continuously since March 2006, and a partner in GESSEL’s M&A practice since 2016. Specializes in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, services for commercial companies (including negotiation of strategic contracts related to operations) and legal aspects of financing processes for entrepreneurs. Much of his practice to date has been devoted to M&A transactio...
Partner
Attorney-at-law
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 com...
Michał Bochowicz
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Corporate law
Partner
Attorney-at-law
His experience includes advising market leaders from key sectors of the economy, including technology (TMT), e-commerce, manufacturing, renewable energy, and healthcare. He is valued for his commercial approach and his efficiency in closing the most complex transactions. Clients highlight his advanced negotiation skills and his expertise in managing projects involving multi-national participants. Leveraging an extensive network of business ...
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