On 31 March 2020 the Senate adopted a draft amendment to special act regarding COVID-19 which is part of the so called Anti–Crisis Shield in which a scheme of temporary suspension of tenancy, lease or other similar agreements was proposed for the time over which restrictions on trade will apply. The Act is now to be adopted by the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament) and then signed by the President of the Republic of Poland. The Act is expected to come into force as of 1 April 2020.

We are proud to announce that SK&S has been ranked as a Top Tier firm among Polish IP Firms by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) magazine. The law firm SK&S has been singled out in the Trade mark contentious – Tier 1.

As the events of the last few days have shown, the coming weeks will be a time of new challenges and of search for new solutions.

Both the COVID-19 threat and the extraordinary safety measures mobilised by the state and local governments are bound to affect both Polish and foreign entrepreneurs. In order to assist you, we have expanded the SK&S Assistance Package.

Due to the state of the epidemic threat, common courts, administrative courts and the Supreme Court are limiting their activities. In the courts, direct customer service has been suspended and reduced to telephone and electronic contact. This means that access for review of court files has been limited. Hearings have also been canceled in most courts until 31th March 2020, except for urgent cases. The list of urgent cases is indicated in the orders of the courts’ presidents.

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S) has responded to the current Covid-19 pandemic by enacting comprehensive measures designed to protect the health and safety of our clients and staff, while maintaining our full ability to support our clients in those difficult times.

We are pleased to announce that the law firm SK&S and individual experts have once again been singled out by the publisher Chambers & Partners in this year’s edition of “Chambers Global 2020”.