Areas of Practice
COMPANY LAW, MERGERSAND ACQUISITIONS Mergers and acquisitions is one of the key practice areas of our firm. Our team has rich experience in advising on complex transactions, takeovers and reorganizations, as well as on on-going corporate business, and on corporate and commercial disputes.
LIFE SCIENCES
Our Life Sciences practice stems from our work for the pharma, medical devices, cosmetics and food industries. It requires us to combine expertise in various areas of the law with a good understanding of the market. We have advised in this area for years.
BANKING AND FINANCE
The SK&S banking and finance practice combines transaction work (project finance, real estate acquisition, takeovers, debt restructuring), advice on regulatory matters (covering a variety of regulated financial institutions and the acquisition of banks) with general and specialized advisory work, and representation before banking and financial supervision authorities.
PERSONAL DATA
LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
SECURITIES AND CAPITAL MARKETS
From the beginning of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, we have provided comprehensive advice to clients who wish to enter the trading floor, those who are already there and those who wish to delist.
We have the largest and one of the very best litigation and arbitration teams in Poland. We advise our clients on all dispute and crisis situations, preferring amicable solutions. Where disputes cannot be avoided, we represent our clients before common courts and administrative tribunals as well as before Polish and international courts of arbitration and before EU courts.
We provide our clients with safe solutions to the many problems that arise in the course of the application of personal data law in today’s world where respect for privacy must go together with the justified interests of business operators.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION We have dealt with international arbitration since the incorporation of our firm. We have been part of some of the largest and most complex arbitrations in Poland and in the region.
LABOUR LAW
We offer employers comprehensive legal assistance in all legal matters connected with employment and the implementation of labour law regulations (HR and compliance matters in the broadest sense of the words).
TAX
Our lawyers provide tax advice to clients to support their business operations in Poland and abroad, and have done so for many years. Extensive experience and an openness to new market trends help us provide modern and effective solutions that ensure security in a fast-changing legal and tax environment as well as in new economic sectors.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
We guide individuals and company boards through criminal proceedings and internal investigations. We understand how important it is to properly evaluate a client’s situation that, usually, is very complex with regards to the facts and the law. We know what action to take in support of those whose personal and professional lives as well their businesses, are “on the rocks”.
We are one of the leading advisers on intellectual property, unfair competition and advertising law on the Polish legal market. We are also highly valued internationally and we take top positions on guides of reputable worldwide experts.
We advise private business and public agencies (cabinet ministries, local government units) on all environmental matters. We support clients active in various economic sectors, such as trade, energy, mining, waste management, the motor industry, transport and agriculture.
REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION We offer high-quality comprehensive legal services with respect to transactions (purchases, sales, leases) and construction projects in all real estate market sectors, such as office space, hotels, industrial real estate, warehouses, apartments and agricultural land.
STATE AID
We have been working on State aid projects since even before Poland joined the European Union, and we have earned unique experience advising on this area of the law for many years. We advise both beneficiaries and the authorities granting State aid, and we handle State aid cases before the relevant authorities in Poland and before the European Commission.
E-COMMERCE
E-commerce sales are growing steadily and many of our clients sell their products and services on-line. We provide comprehensive legal advice on this modern market sector.
ENERGY LAW
COMPETITION LAW
We advise on all legal matters relating to the energy market, including on investments in energy infrastructure, regulatory obligations of energy and fuels market participants, and emission rights. We act for clients in regulatory disputes, in disputes over penalties, network connections, tariffs, designation of networks operators, and State aid.
We provide comprehensive advisory services to Polish and foreign clients in relation to all aspects of Polish and EU competition law. We act as their attorneys before Poland’s Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, the European Commission and the courts.
COMPANY LAW, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Mergers and acquisitions is one of the key practice areas of our firm. Our team has rich experience in advising on complex transactions, takeovers and reorganizations, as well as on on-going corporate business, and on corporate and commercial disputes.
INFRASTRUCTURE
When working for clients from the infrastructure sector, we combine expertise in various specialized areas of the law with practical experience in its application, which allows us to further inform our advice with engineering, technical and financial perspectives. We deal with all the legal aspects of infrastructure projects, their financing and implementation, as well as with disputes among the parties involved.
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
We advise contractors and contracting authorities on public procurement in a range of economic sectors, such as transport, construction, energy and defence. Having worked for contractors and for contracting authorities we have gained unique experience and a thorough understanding of the rules that underlie the public procurement process.
PRIVATE CLIENTS
Over the years, we have accumulated valuable experience in advising individuals in their family and professional matters, and on matters of private wealth. We always adapt our services to the personal needs of our clients, and to their business objectives.
TAX
THE MOTOR INDUSTRY
IT AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
We are close to the new technologies sectors, and in particular to the IT industry. Together with our clients we adapt to technological change, new business models, new methods of production and implementation, and to the changing expectations technological firms have with respect to their lawyers.
Our lawyers provide tax advice to clients to support their business operations in Poland and abroad, and have done so for many years. Extensive experience and an openness to new market trends help us provide modern and effective solutions that ensure security in a fast-changing legal and tax environment as well as in new economic sectors.
Motor industry firms have been out clients for many years. We provide comprehensive legal services to car manufacturers, importers and dealers. Our team of lawyers specializing in this practice area is constantly expanding, and we are able to offer support to our clients in all aspects of their operations.
COMPANY LAW, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Mergers and acquisitions is one of the key practice areas of our firm. Our team has rich experience in advising on complex transactions, takeovers and reorganizations, as well as on on-going corporate business, and on corporate and commercial disputes.
LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION We have the largest and one of the very best litigation and arbitration teams in Poland. We advise our clients on all dispute and crisis situations, preferring amicable solutions. Where disputes cannot be avoided, we represent our clients before common courts and administrative tribunals as well as before Polish and international courts of arbitration and before EU courts.
LIFE SCIENCE
Our Life Sciences practice stems from our work for the pharma, medical devices, cosmetics and food industries. It requires us to combine expertise in various areas of the law with a good understanding of the market. We have advised in this area for years.
BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING
WHITE COLLAR CRIME We represent and advise clients in the largest and most complicated Polish and international restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings.
We guide individuals and company boards through criminal proceedings and internal investigations. We understand how important it is to properly evaluate a client’s situation that, usually, is very complex with regards to the facts and the law. We know what action to take in support of those whose personal and professional lives as well their businesses, are “on the rocks”.
MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATION
We handle a variety of media and telecommunications law matters. Our clients include broadcasters, providers of audiovisual media services and publishers of books and journalism.
COMPANY LAW, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Mergers and acquisitions is one of the key practice areas of our firm. Our team has rich experience in advising on complex transactions, takeovers and reorganizations, as well as on on-going corporate business, and on corporate and commercial disputes.
LABOUR LAW
TAX
Our lawyers provide tax advice to clients to support their business operations in Poland and abroad, and have done so for many years. Extensive experience and an openness to new market trends help us provide modern and effective solutions that ensure security in a fast-changing legal and tax environment as well as in new economic sectors.
We offer employers comprehensive legal assistance in all legal matters connected with employment and the implementation of labour law regulations (HR and compliance matters in the broadest sense of the words).
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
We guide individuals and company boards through criminal proceedings and internal investigations. We understand how important it is to properly evaluate a client’s situation that, usually, is very complex with regards to the facts and the law. We know what action to take in support of those whose personal and professional lives as well their businesses, are “on the rocks”.
COMPETITION LAW
We provide comprehensive advisory services to Polish and foreign clients in relation to all aspects of Polish and EU competition law. We act as their attorneys before Poland’s Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, the European Commission and the courts.
ENERGY LAW
We advise on all legal matters relating to the energy market, including on investments in energy infrastructure, regulatory obligations of energy and fuels market participants, and emission rights. We act for clients in regulatory disputes, in disputes over penalties, network connections, tariffs, designation of networks operators, and State aid.
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