Diana Strzałkowska-Grad
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
Specializes in M&A and company law; built up her experience in this area advising domestic and international clients on the buyer and seller sides.

Languages:
BIO
Joined GESSEL in 2019, having previously worked with an international private equity fund and with a Polish law firm specializing in M&A and PE/VC.

Experience
Selected projects
- Enterprise Investors fund’s investment in Bisar S.A. (Transaction value: PLN 125 million)
- Investment by Telko Poland, part of the Finnish Aspo corporation, in Eltrex sp. z o.o. sp. k.
- Anwim S.A.’s investment, a portfolio company of Enterprise Investors, in the Dutch company The Fuel Company Holding B.V.
- Resource Partners fund’s investment in Buglo Play
- Avallon‘s sale of a majority stake in EBS
- Investment of Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych S.A. in companies operating stem cell banks in the Czech Republic (Rodinná banka perinatálních a mesenchymálních buněk s.r.o.) and Slovakia (Rodinná banka perinatálnych a mezenchymálnych buniek s.r.o.).
- Acquisition by Columbus Energy S.A. of shares in twenty-seven special purpose companies holding rights to photovoltaic farm projects
News
& Insights
29.11.2023
We advised the partners of User.com sp. z o.o. and Vercom S.A.
We advised the partners of User.com sp. z o.o., viz: Grzegorz Warzecha - the founder, and Vercom S.A. - which is a financial investor, on the transaction concerning the...
26.06.2023
We advised the Avallon MBO Fund III on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Letniskowo sp. z o.o.
GESSEL supported the Fund at all the stages of the transaction, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation (also with resp...
04.05.2023
We advised Ladros partners in the process of securing a strategic investor – Chefs Culinar
Our team provided legal advice to Ladros and its partners in the process of preparing, negotiating and concluding the transaction documentation. The closing of the trans...
04.05.2023
We advised the owners of Ladros in the process of bringing on a strategic investor – Chefs Culinar
Our team provided legal advice to Ladros and its owners in the process of preparing, negotiating and executing the transaction documentation. Closing remains predicated ...
Education and achievements

- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2017)
- The British law program co-organized by the University of Warsaw and Cambridge University (2014 – 2016)
- Admitted to practice as an attorney in 2022