Adrian Augustyniak

Adrian Augustyniak is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a counsel in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and a member of the Energy & Natural Resources team.

Experience and education:

A specialist in energy, commercial and corporate law, he focuses on M&A transactions and regulatory issues concerning the energy sector, in particular, in connection with renewable energy, gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and heat. Adrian has advised clients on numerous investment, infrastructure, M&A, private equity and project finance transactions. He provides ongoing legal advice regarding the energy and infrastructure sector, including in respect of investments and acquisitions involving conventional and renewable energy. He has significant experience in advising on trade in gaseous fuels (including LNG), coal, crude oil, electrical energy and heat. His experience also includes advising on the development of infrastructure projects, including new power units and power plants (CHP units, coal-fired units, gas-fired units and renewable energy sources (including offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea)) in the scope of regulatory, investment process and contractual aspects (which includes advising on power purchase agreements, agreements on the purchase of raw materials for generating electrical energy, construction contracts, and operation and maintenance agreements). He has also taken part in legal due diligence investigations in the area of energy, covering, in particular, onshore wind and photovoltaic farm projects, as well as a number of legal due diligence investigations of various entities from other sectors of the economy.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź in 2015, and also completed International and European Legal Studies at the University of Antwerp. He qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2019.