GESSEL is one of the leading Polish law firms. The firm specializes in securities, capital market transactions, M&A, private equity, and venture capital. The core areas of its expertise include commercial law, arbitration and litigation, antimonopoly law, foreign investment, intellectual property, labour law, tax law, real estate law, pharmaceutical law, and public procurement. The firm operates a German Desk and a Chinese Desk. With expertise in Polish law, members of GESSEL’s legal team are also qualified to advise on German law, British law, American law (New York), and Canadian law (Ontario).

GESSEL represents a unique combination of best quality expertise in M&A with special focus on PE / VC and capital markets. GESSEL’s expertise includes over 200 M&A and PE/VC transactions. The firm advises on all aspects of the transaction, including preparation of the tax structures, due diligence, drafting of the transaction documentation, filings to the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, and representation of our clients in securing the requisite administrative decisions.

GESSEL’s clients include the following private equity funds and investment fund managing companies Enterprise Investors, Krokus PE (Natexis), Argus Capital International Ltd., Intel Capital, Avallon, Business Angel Seedfund, the Carlyle Group, MCI, and KBC Private Equity.

GESSEL is consistently named in Polish and international rankings of law firms in PE/VC, and M&A, and Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, GESSEL’s managing partner, is named as a leading practitioner in these fields. GESSEL is recommended by the Practical Law Company, Chambers Global, and Chambers Europe. The 2009 edition of the ranking of law firms by the Polish Rzeczpospolita daily recommends GESSEL at the top of the list in M&A / privatisation / restructuring.

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