We offer comprehensive advisory services connected with day-to-day activities of entrepreneurs operating on the Polish market. Our services include in particular:

• preparing and reviewing the contracts
• current corporate services (including preparation and maintenance of documentation, filing the required applications and notifications)
• labour law consultacies
• advisory connected with contract negotiations
• preparation of legal opinions.

We advise on all areas of the Polish corporate law. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the creation, transformation, merger and division, and - when necessary - liquidation of the companies, as well as in advisory in insolvency proceedings, including proceedings of an international character. We offer comprehensive legal services to companies and partnerships. Our lawyers advised on a number of restructuring processes and in particular in mergers (including the cross-border) and demergers.

Mergers and acquisitions are another key area of our practice. Our experience in this field includes the acquisitions of Polish companies, enterprises and parts of the enterprises. We support our clients at every stage of the transaction, prepare a full legal due diligence analysis and report and participate in ongoing consultations and negotiations of the contracts, as well as provide legal services after the closing of the transaction. Our services cover all aspects of the transaction, such as civil law, antitrust law (consents for concentrations), labor law, real estate and intellectual property.

We represent the owners, developers, real estate administrators, landlords and tenants in all matters relating to the real estates. Our services include, among others, drafting and negotiation of the contracts, assistance in obtaining permits, representation in the administrative proceedings, advisory connected with the preparation and implementation of construction projects. The activities of our office in the field of real estate law includes in particular advisory on:

• acquisitions and sales of real estate
• preparation and implementation of construction projects
• due diligence concerning the legal status of the real estate
• financing of real estate projects
• administrative procedures, such as obtaining building permits or zoning decisions; legalization proceedings
• litigation and extrajudicial disputes

We have extensive experience in the field of administrative law. Our experience covers a wide range of administrative and regulatory matters, including:

• construction projects (advisory on each stage of the project)
• environmental issues
• planning and land use planning (including guidance to the benefit of the planning authorities)
• expropriation procedures.

We have extensive experience in domestic and international litigation and arbitration. Our practice includes in particular the procedure concerning the business of our clients, real estate and the proceedings before the administrative courts.
 
The legal services we provide include in particular:

• pre-litigation counseling: analysis of the claims; indication of litigation strategy,
• analysis of current and potential claims and related risks
• application of the methods of amicable solution of the disputes at any stage of the proceedings (e.g. pre-court and judicial settlements)
• preparation of security of claim applications and representation in security of claims proceedings
• legal representation before the national courts of all instances and before arbitration courts
• representation of the parties before the administrative courts
• representation of the parties in the enforcement proceedings

Our team has extensive experience in providing legal advice in the following areas:

• issues related to unfair competition and the protection of intellectual property rights
• license agreements
• sponsorship contracts and franchise agreements
• agreements on copyrights
• aspects of M&A transactions, contracts and projects relating to intellectual property
• risk analysis for intellectual property rights relating to the implementation of new projects; advisory on mitigation of such risks
• proper use and protection of intellectual property rights
• issues relating to marketing and advertising
• litigation

We advise on all aspects of individual and collective labour law based on years of our experience on that fields. Our services include in particular:

• preparation of labour law contracts and management contracts
• resolution of labor disputes, including court proceedings
• participation in the process of employment restructuring
• consultancy in the process of collective redundancies
• preparing labour and remuneration regulations as well as other by-laws required for the employer
• preparation of non-competition and confidentiality agreements
• periodic review of employee records
• comprehensive legal support for sheltered workshops
• advice on the employment of disabled persons.