Marek Durski Bio

Marek Durski is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a partner of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and the head of the Energy & Natural Resources practice. Marek specialises in the energy sector. He has advised a broad spectrum of clients involved in the energy business in Poland (e.g. generators, system operators, traders, developers, off-takers, financial institutions and equity investors). A specialist in energy-related regulatory advice (such as in respect of licensing issues, tariffs, regulatory disputes, structuring, regulatory compliance, interconnection issues, EU law and lobbying activities), Marek also has broad experience inthe development of power plants, both conventional (coal and gas-fired) and renewable (offshore and onshore wind farms, photovoltaic projects, and biogas and biomass installations), and related project finance transactions, as well as in the development of power and natural gas interconnector projects. In addition, he has a great deal of experience in providing energy and natural gas trading advice (including in respect of commodity derivatives) and the negotiation of long-term commercial agreements (including crude oil purchase contracts). His practice also covers M&A and privatisation transactions within the energy sector, as well as corporate restructuring projects driven by the changing regulatory environment. Before joining the law firm, from 1998 until 2011 Marek worked in an international law firm where he was the energy team leader. Between 2011 and 2013 Marek was a board member and general counsel of a leading privately owned vertically integrated energy company in Poland. Marek graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2000, also completing a course in English and European law organised by the British Centre for English and European Legal Studies at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge, and qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2005.