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
- Advised the co-founders of Surfer on a complex M&A transaction involving a number of separate issues related to their relationship with France’s Positive Group
- Acquisition of 100% of shares in Diamond Air Conditioning Ltd by a subsidiary of Sescom S.A.
- Sale of 100% of shares in Laboratoria Natury sp. z o.o. to Farmaceutici Procemsa
- Acquisition of shares in the share capital of SELT sp. z o.o. by Grupa Kęty S.A.
- 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
27.10.2025
GESSEL’s Special Cases / Risk&Support team advised the co-founders of Surfer on a complex M&A transaction involving a number of separate issues related to their relationship with France’s Positive Group
A team led by GESSEL partner Piotr Schramm advised the co-founders of Surfer, a leading Polish technology company in the field of AI-SEO, on a multi-faceted transaction ...
06.08.2025
GESSEL advised on the Polish law aspects of the acquisition of Smithstown Light Engineering Group by Graham Partners
GESSEL acted as Polish counsel supporting Irish law firm RDJ in its role as lead advisor to Smithstown Light Engineering Group, a leading Irish medical device manufactur...
07.07.2025
GESSEL advised on sale of a biogas plant
GESSEL provided comprehensive legal advice to WPIP Green Energy sp. z o.o., a leader in the Polish renewable energy market, in connection with the sale by WPIP Green Ene...
17.04.2025
GESSEL advised Sescom on the acquisition of Scottish company Diamond Air Conditioning
GESSEL law firm provided comprehensive legal advice to Sescom S.A., a company specialising in the management of technical infrastructure for retail and service networks,...
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
