Gessel has advised Gaz-System on its acquisition of Storage Poland from Orlen. Wierzbowski & Partners reportedly advised Orlen.
The transaction remains contingent on regulatory approval.
Gaz-System, wholly owned by the Polish State Treasury, manages the major gas pipelines running through the country as well as the under-sea Baltic Pipeline, and it owns the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie.
Gas Storage Poland is licensed by the Polish Energy Regulatory Office to store gaseous fuels and is an operator of the gas fuels storage system in Poland.
The Gessel team included Partner Bernadeta Kasztelan-Swietlik, Counsels Agnieszka Nowacka and Hubert Wisniewski, Senior Consultant Iwona Gielo, Managing Associate Aleksandra Szyszko-Kaminska, Senior Associates Aleksandra Gluszek, Daria Golus, Dominika Lara, Erazm Dutkiewicz, and Natalia Lesna, and Associates Marcin Walczak and Wiktoria Bednarska-Busz.