About us

Our main area of specialty is construction sector disputes relating to building/structural defects, public procurement contracts and infrastructure projects (power plants).

We have an excellent track record in handling client cases in the project construction phase, in day-to-day operations and when building defects come to light. We have extensive experience in representing investors and contractors/subcontractors alike. We support clients in day-to-day management of contracts in progress, with a special focus on taking precautions to protect the client’s position should a court dispute arise.

The other sphere of our professional life and legal interest focuses on corporate disputes, including but not limited to those connected with corporate amalgamations, liability under reps and warranties clauses, M&A deals, various shareholder and corporate body disputes, as well as safeguarding shareholders against hostile takeovers. We also have experience in litigating decisions by corporate management bodies and related registry and injunction proceedings.

Selected experience:

Representing in court proceedings concerning liquidated damages paid in connection with unduly enforced bank guarantees, final project settlements
Participating in final acceptance procedures and warranty inspections
Day-to-day contract-related correspondence, managing statutory warranty and guarantee claims risk
Changes in corporate capital structure and optimizing the client’s legal situation
Negotiating terms and drafting property purchase/sale agreements, property developer and other preliminary contracts, flat/unit purchase contracts, general contractorship contracts, fit-out works contracts, subcontractor contracts, contracts between residents’ associations and property managers/property management firms, company share purchase contracts, partnership share purchase agreements
Advising, negotiating on clients’ behalf and drafting project finance agreements with institutions
Drafting minutes of shareholder and board meetings, preparing draft resolutions
Implementing GDPR regulations
Advising clients in court actions aimed at overturning resolutions adopted by corporate authorities of companies limited by shares
Advising clients on court cases regarding claims by partnership partners to distribute profits and share capital contributions
Advising and representing clients seeking to confirm their shareholder status in court
Acting as liquidator of companies limited by shares
Drafting minutes of shareholders meeting/management board meetings, preparing draft shareholders meeting/management board meeting resolutions
Advising and representing clients in court cases in which businesses seek to enforce overdue amounts
Advising and representing clients in court cases connected with updating and correcting title and mortgage registers, real estate handover, lease rent increases, etc.
Advising a subcontractor in a lawsuit against the investor and general contractor relating to the investor’s rescission of contract and with subcontractor settlements on the basis of joint and several liability.

[A Polish publicly-listed electrical engineering company]:

Advising a general contractor in connection with final acceptance procedures and settlements with the Contracting Party and the Consortium Leader relating to a PLN 200 million project involving the construction of a cutting-edge, fully automated tram depot in Poznan
Advising in a court dispute with Poznan Municipal Transport Company (MPK) over settlement of construction costs for a new tram depot in Poznan (project value: PLN 200 million)
Advising in a court dispute regarding termination of a consortium contract and an internal dispute between consortium members (amount in controversy: PLN 24 million)
Representing a general contractor in a court dispute with a contracting party and a bank guarantee issuer in connection with the refurbishment of a prestigious office building in Poznan; client representation included obtaining an injunctive relief order protecting the investor against the bank guarantee being drawn on (amount in controversy: PLN 2.5 million)
Representing a subcontractor in court in various lawsuits arising from construction of a biomass incineration plant in a Warsaw-based CHP plant, including claims for liquidated damages, additional works and finial project settlement (amount in controversy: PLN 10 million)
Drafting injunction relief motions to secure claims and applications to court to issue rulings to secure evidence
Liaising with contract engineers and managers to prepare viable technical argumentation for inclusion in court briefs; day-to-day correspondence relating to project management.

[a Polish property development company]

Advising the company in its role as general contractor in a court dispute with an investor over construction of residential buildings in Warsaw, including protection of the general contractor against the investor abusing its right to draw on a bank guarantee (amount in controversy: PLN 1.5 million)
Advising and representing in court a general contractor in a lawsuit against a local municipality regarding settlement of liquidated damages and fees due in connection with the construction of a public building (amount in controversy: PLN 1.8 million)
Advising and representing a general contractor in a court dispute with a subcontractor regarding settlement of liquidated damages and fees in connection with the construction of a public building.

[Polish infrastructure sector company]

Advising and representing in court a contractor in a lawsuit against a sub-subcontractor regarding settlement of liquidated damages and fees in connection with the S8 express road reconstruction project (section from Powązkowska junction to Marki (ul. Piłsudskiego), PHASE II: Powązkowska Junction—Modlińska Junction).

[French infrastructure sector company]

Advising a general contractor in a court dispute with a contracting authority over an investment project to upgrade and extend a sewage treatment plant in Gdansk (sludge incineration plant) (amount in controversy: PLN 35 million).

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