Antonina Stępniewska

Associate

Capital Markets

She deals with capital market and corporate law matters.

Languages:

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Antonina participates in projects related to the acquisition of debt and equity financing in connection with the issuance of financial instruments in private and public transactions. She also participates in projects related to the admission and introduction of financial instruments to trading on a regulated market and in an alternative trading system.

She assists in the representation of clients before the National Depository for Securities (KDPW S.A.) and the Warsaw Stock Exchange (Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A.). He participates in due diligence processes for capital transactions. She also provides ongoing services to public companies in the field of corporate law and compliance with disclosure obligations.

Prior to joining Gessel in 2023, she gained experience in Polish law firms and companies, where she dealt with issues in the field of day-to-day corporate services for commercial law companies.

During her studies, she actively participated in the activities of the Academic Circle of Capital Markets Law, of which she was president in the academic year 2021/2022. As part of it, she co-organised nationwide projects such as Rynkologia, Corporate Law Academy or the Capital Markets Law Tournament, as well as the Private Equity Academy in cooperation with the SGH Investor Club. During her studies, she provided free legal assistance within the Law Clinic at the University of Warsaw in the civil law section.

Experience

Selected projects

  • Advised cyber_Folks on a non-prospectus public offering of series E shares issued through an accelerated book-building process (ABB) with a value of the offering exceeding PLN 200 million.

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17.09.2025

GESSEL advised on a non-prospectus public offering by cyber_Folks worth over PLN 200 million

GESSEL successfully advised cyber_Folks S.A., a dynamically growing technology group, on the public offering of 1,134,400 series E shares issued through an accelerated b...

Case studies
GESSEL advised on a non-prospectus public offering by cyber_Folks worth over PLN 200 million

05.08.2025

GESSEL advised Dino Polska on a share split

GESSEL advised Dino Polska S.A., one of the largest retail chains in Poland, on a 1:10 share split as a result of which the number of shares increased from 98,040,000 to...

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GESSEL advised Dino Polska on a share split

19.05.2025

GESSEL advised DataWalk on the issuance of Series S shares worth nearly PLN 60 milion

GESSEL advised DataWalk S.A., a provider of enterprise-class analytics solutions for the public safety and financial sectors, on the issuance of 750,000 Series S ordinar...

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GESSEL advised DataWalk on the issuance of Series S shares worth nearly PLN 60 milion

29.04.2025

GESSEL advised Olivia Fin on a bond issue approaching PLN 40 million

GESSEL provided legal advice to Olivia Fin sp. z o.o. S.K.A., a company from the group operating the Olivia Business Centre office complex in Gdańsk, in connection with ...

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GESSEL advised Olivia Fin on a bond issue approaching PLN 40 million
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Education and achievements

  • Studying law at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (2023)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Global Business, Finance and Management at the Warsaw School of Economics (2022)
  • Legal studies at Università degli Studi di Parma as part of the Erasmus+ programme (2022-2023)
  • Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting at the Warsaw School of Economics (from 2023)