About Us

GNZ LEGAL Gorzelnik Nentwig Ziębiński is a Polish independent law firm with primary focus on the following sectors: energy (renewable energy sources, oil and gas, conventional energy, wholesale trade in electricity and gaseous fuels, petroleum industry) and infrastructure.

The law firm was established by experienced lawyers – alumni of stand-out Polish and leading international law firms. Most of the associates of GNZ LEGAL also have experience in the international environment of large foreign law firms.

The core of our business is comprehensive advisory for enterprises from the above-mentioned sectors, including in particular services such as:

  • Comprehensive due diligence of enterprises and projects (in particular in energy or infrastructural sectors)
  • M&A transactions and joint ventures
  • financing transactions (both debt financing, including project finance, and corporate finance advisory)
  • corporate and antitrust advisory services (including cases related to merger control clearance)
  • regulatory advisory (including tariff and licensing matters, representation in proceedings before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, as well as the licensing authority in the oil and gas industry or mining supervision authorities, preparation of legal opinions on sector-specific legal regulations)
  • key industry contracts (EPC, O&M, BoP, TSA, drilling rig contracts, drilling services contracts, supply of equipment agreements, construction agreements, etc.)
  • support at every stage of the investment or construction process (both in terms of contracts and regulatory issues, as well as with the required administrative permits and related procedures)
  • court and arbitration disputes (including both disputes under civil law and those resulting from administrative decisions issued by industry regulators).

Since each of the partners of GNZ LEGAL has at least several years of experience as an in-house counsel, we have an excellent understanding of the expectations of our Clients towards external lawyers. Drawing on the interdisciplinary experience of GNZ LEGAL partners and thanks to ongoing cooperation of GNZ LEGAL both with reputable boutique specialist law firms in Poland (e.g. in the field of taxation, data protection, intellectual property rights, or new technologies), as well as in many other jurisdictions, we can readily provide our Clients with an all-embracing range of legal advisory services also in other sectors and industries, as well as in transactions and matters requiring advice on foreign law.