Our Team

Jakub Gorzelnik

Partner, attorney-at-law

Andrzej Nentwig

PARTNER, attorney-at-law

Bartłomiej Ziębiński

PARTNER, attorney-at-law

Beata Zys

Counsel, attorney-at-law

Przemysław Gorzkowski

Advocate, of counsel

GNZ Legal is a team composed of - aside from the Partner and Counsel - 7 Associates and Junior Associates with a diversified range of experience in the Polish energy sector, in particular in the field of renewable energy sources.

Jakub Gorzelnik

PARTNER, attorney-at-law

Jakub has advised clients in the energy sector since 2007. Alumnus of energy sector departments at international law firms such as CMS and Garrigues. Later, Jakub worked for several years as Head of Legal at Wento, a major Polish wind and PV development platform. He has advised on a multitude of M&As and JVs in the RES sector, as well as several financing transactions (where he has advised lenders, but also borrowers). He has also been engaged in and has supervised numerous legal due diligence analyses of RES projects and enterprises. Jakub has negotiated high-value RES industry contracts, incl. EPC, O&M, TSAs, BoP, etc. He has advised several international and domestic RES developers on their existing development of large (utility-scale) solar energy or wind farm projects. Jakub also possesses substantial litigation experience in the energy sector, including both commercial as well as regulatory disputes. He has also served as an arbitrator in disputes regarding renewable energy assets.

Apart from renewables, Jakub is an experienced attorney in the oil and gas sector. For several years, he advised mainly large international oil and gas corporations on a variety of matters (contractual and transactional) in their upstream (exploration and production) operations in Poland, including representation before the regulator (in licensing or so-called pre-qualification proceedings). 

Andrzej Nentwig

PARTNER, attorney-at-law

Andrzej has advised energy sector clients since 2006. Alumnus of energy sector departments at WKB, CMS and Bird & Bird where he was in charge of the energy & utilities practice in Poland. Advised on a multitude of due diligence analyses, M&A and project finance transactions in the Polish renewable energy sector, primarily in the PV industry, but also in the wind farm business. He has also advised on a number of conventional energy projects, including coal-heated power plants or CHP generation sources. He has advised energy and/or gas trading companies on a variety of regulatory issues and has represented them in proceedings before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office. Andrzej also has extensive experience in the gas sector, where he has advised on, among other things, complex E&P operations related to unconventional gas plays (shale and tight gas), but also on landmark projects such as the Baltic Pipe. In the past, he worked for four years as the Head of Legal and Compliance at the Polish affiliate of BNK Petroleum Inc., a U.S. stock-listed oil&gas company. For several years, he was a member of the Law and Regulations Committee of the Polish Exploration and Production Industry Organization and is currently an advisor to the board of the Polish Solar Energy Association. Andrzej is recognized among leading Polish energy sector lawyers by Chambers Europe (2019 and 2020 editions) and by the 2019 edition of the “Rzeczpospolita” ranking.

Bartłomiej Ziębiński

Partner, attorney-at-law

Bartłomiej has advised clients in the energy sector since 1998. Alumnus of energy departments of major international law firms such as Hunton & Williams, Dentons and CMS. Bartlomiej has advised on a multitude of M&A transactions and financing transactions for RES generation assets. He has also been engaged in and has supervised numerous legal due diligence analyses of RES projects and enterprises. Bartłomiej has worked for many years on RES project developments, including advisory on all legal aspects of the investment process, as well as on industry contracts required to bring early stage development processes to successful operation (EPC, O&M, BoP). For several years, he held the position of General Counsel at Enern, a Czech wind farm investor and owner of wind farm assets in Poland.

Apart from renewables, Bartlomiej has worked for a number of CHP and heat distribution clients, where his advisory encompassed both regulatory work (tariff advisory, representation before the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, etc.) as well as, for instance, off-take contracts. He has also gained substantial experience in the petroleum industry, where he has advised on greenfield investments and acquisitions on the Polish market.

Bartłomiej is an experienced advisor to infrastructural companies, whom he has advised mainly on projects related to road and highway construction as well as construction of industrial parks.

Beata Zys

COUNSEL, attorney-at-law

Beata has advised energy clients since 2008. Alumnus of energy sector departments at Clifford Chance and Dentons. She has participated in and later supervised multiple due diligence projects for renewable energy sources (wind farms and PV installations), for financing institutions, buy-side M&A investors, as well as vendors. Her particular expertise is in administrative and regulatory fields, where she excels at advising on all matters related to the development of renewable energy projects (real estate issues, permitting proceedings, environmental aspects). Her extensive energy experience stretches also to the power and gas markets where she has advised traders and grid operators in various regulatory proceedings (related to licensing, tariffs, grid connection, fines, etc.) and in court litigation. Beata has also advised on complex real estate cases and transactions, both in the energy sector as well as in other industries. She has also supported several construction companies throughout the entire investment process, where her advisory focused mainly on permitting and environmental matters, as well as construction contracts.

Przemysław Gorzkowski

Advocate, of counsel

Przemysław advises clients from the infrastructure and energy sector. He gained his experience working in renowned Warsaw law firms since 2007, and later in companies of the Mostostal Warszawa Group, a leading building contractor whose main fields of expertise include construction of power engineering and industrial facilities (where he managed the work of the legal department, the legal team dedicated to energy and industry, and the claims management department), as well as running his own practice. He advised on many investment processes in both conventional (coal and gas power plants) and renewable energy (waste incineration plants, hydroelectric power plants, wind farms), and in industrial investment projects (gas & oil), providing legal services for projects such as construction of 2x900MW power units at the Opole Power Plant and construction of a 1000 MW unit at the Ostrołęka C Power Plant. Przemysław also provided legal services for project restructuring processes, including for the mentioned Opole Project and for the 800-910 MW power unit project at the Jaworzno III Power Plant. The total value of infrastructure and energy projects where Przemysław provided legal services amounts to several billion zloty. He also has extensive litigation experience in the infrastructure and energy industry.