Springtime has blown a pleasant breeze of change through Gide Warsaw's team. Four of the firm's lawyers – Marta KarmiÅ„ska, Piotr BrzeziÅ„ski, PhD, Mateusz Gronau and Dawid Van KÄ™dzierski, PhD – were promoted to counsels or of counsels.

The newly appointed counsels and of counsels are experts with many years of experience, involved in key domestic and cross-border projects for Polish and foreign clients.

“Marta, Piotr, Mateusz and Dawid have been made counsels in recognition of their qualifications and their contribution to building the firm. They are not only experts in their fields, but also great managers who understand the realities of the market and the needs of our clients. We are delighted to see how our team is growing and strengthening, which translates into even higher quality of our services," says PaweÅ‚ GrzeÅ›kowiak, partner at Gide Warsaw.

Marta Karmińska was promoted to of counsel. She is an attorney-at-law, tax advisor and a member of the banking & finance and private equity / venture capital practices at Gide Warsaw. She specialises in banking and finance law and in corporate law. She specialises in secured and unsecured financing transactions, including syndicated, cross-border, structured, LBO and commercial real property financing, as well as LBO transactions, representing lenders and borrowers alike. She also advises on real property leasing, buy-sell-back transactions and drawing up standard bank credit documentation.

She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and corporate restructuring and spin offs. She has advised private equity funds, seed funds and venture capital in the implementation of investments and exits, as well as numerous industry investors. She has also repeatedly participated in the negotiation of shareholder and joint venture agreements.
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun. She holds a postgraduate diploma in banking from the Warsaw School of Economics.

Piotr Brzeziński, PhD was promoted to counsel. He is an attorney-at-law and a member of the litigation & arbitration, public procurement, infrastructure and data protection teams at Gide Warsaw.
He advises clients on regulated markets, in particular on the armament, petrochemical, gas, postal, and transport markets. He represents contracting authorities and contractors in proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber and before courts.

For 16 years, Piotr has been a lecturer in commercial law at the Faculty of Commercial Law at Lazarski University in Warsaw. He has authored numerous professional publications on issues related to commercial contracts, in particular in such journals as Monitor Prawniczy, Przegląd Prawa Handlowego, Państwo i Prawo, Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego. He holds the degree of doctor in Law received from the Polish Academy of Sciences and is a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Lazarski University in Warsaw.

Mateusz Gronau was promoted to counsel. He is an advocate and a member of the banking and finance practice at Gide Warsaw. He specialises in secured financing transactions and structured finance, as well as in contracts for the international sale of goods. He has also experience in insurance law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law issues.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University, and from the School of German and European Law at Warsaw University. He is an author of numerous articles relating to the corporate and commercial law.He is recommended as the “Rising Star” by The Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers Europe.

Dawid Van Kędzierski, PhD was promoted to counsel. He is an attorney-at-law and a member of the capital markets, corporate law and private equity / venture capital practices at Gide Warsaw.

He specialises in capital markets law, corporate law and M&A transactions, as well as in stock exchange law. He has represented issuers and financial institutions in connection with public and private offerings of securities, including shares, bonds and subscription warrants. He has advised issuers on fulfilling disclosure obligations on the stock exchange.

He has participated in significant transactions on the public and private M&A markets. He has taken part in projects for strategic investors, private equity and venture capital funds in connection with the implementation of investments and the sale of portfolio companies. He has advised on the regulations of financial markets (MAR, CRR, AIFMD, AML, MiFID and economic sanctions). He also has experience in financing and refinancing, and in restructuring the liabilities of companies in financial difficulties.

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the British Law Centre at the University of Warsaw, organised in cooperation with the University of Cambridge. In 2019, he defended his doctoral dissertation on leveraged buyouts and recapitalisations and obtained a PhD in legal sciences. He is a member of the Polish Association of Economic Analysis of Law. He is the author of numerous publications on corporations in national media and specialist publications.