Natalia Leśna
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law
She specializes in competition law and consumer protection law. Natalia has many years of experience in conducting explanatory and antitrust proceedings before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
Languages:
BIO
Before joining the Law Firm, she worked for five years at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), gaining experience at the Gdańsk Delegation, the Department of Merger Control, the Department of Competition Protection, and the Department of Bid Rigging Prevention. She handled proceedings related to merger control, anti-competitive practices, and infringements of collective consumer interests.
She participated in inspections and dawn raids carried out by the President of UOKiK at business premises, also serving as the leader of the inspection team.
In addition, Natalia represented the President of UOKiK in the work of the Merger Working Group within the European Competition Network (ECN).
Experience
Areas
- Concentration control
- Agreements restricting competition
- Protection of collective consumer interests
Selected projects
- Advised MEWO S.A. and its shareholders on the PLN 62.5 million investment by Vinci, a fund within the Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego group
- Advised cyber_Folks on obtaining antitrust clearance in Poland for the acquisition of the French company PrestaShop through SPV cyber_Pixel and the contribution of Polish technology companies Sylius and BitBag thereto
News
& Insights
25.03.2026
GESSEL recognised in The Legal 500 EMEA 2026 rankings
GESSEL is recognised in the Legal 500 EMEA 2026 rankings, with 6 practice areas ranked and 5 lawyers recognised in the individual rankings. In addition, 10 lawyers are r...
23.03.2026
GESSEL advises on Vinci’s acquisition of control over MEWO
GESSEL advised MEWO S.A. and its shareholders on Vinci’s PLN 62.5 million investment in MEWO. Vinci is an investment fund within the group of Poland’s state development ...
23.02.2026
GESSEL advises cyber_Folks on the completion of the acquisition of PrestaShop and the integration of Sylius and BitBag
GESSEL advised cyber_Folks, a leading e-commerce technology provider in Central and Eastern Europe listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on the completion of the acquisit...
17.12.2025
GESSEL advises cyber_Folks on the acquisition of PrestaShop
GESSEL advised cyber_Folks S.A., a leading e-commerce technology provider in Central and Eastern Europe listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on its acquisition of 100% o...
Education and achievements
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin (2017);
- Postgraduate studies in Competition Law at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2018);
- Admitted to practice as an attorney (2021).
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