Our services

Construction Law

Construction sector clients truly value our legal expertise in development, infrastructure and commercial projects. You are guaranteed bespoke service in projects ranging from public procurement to private investments. We deal routinely with FIDIC and Polish Civil Code construction contracts.

We are fully aware that deep analysis of extensive project documentation and thorough understanding of complex technical issues are instrumental to successful legal advice and client representation in construction disputes.

Our experience and synergy of legal and engineering expertise make us ideal partners in resolving troublesome issues for investors, contractors and subcontractors alike. We are experienced in advising project consortiums and handling disputes between consortium members.

We excel in highly complicated cases, where rapid, robust reaction is often required.

Clients rightly expect an individualized strategy for their project, be it an investment or dispute. Our goal first and foremost is to give you a head start in business and to outsmart your competitors or opponents through agile thinking.

Scope of services:

Advising on construction and infrastructure projects
FIDIC contracts
Drafting design works contracts
Legal assistance to general contractors, investors, subcontractors
Legal assistance to housing cooperatives and residents’ associations in enforcing claims for indemnification
Negotiating and drafting contracts
Day-to-day services in connection with projects in progress, claim management
Analysing contract documentation and correspondence, including in terms of exposure to potential risks and claims
Mitigating risk of court disputes
Injunction proceedings, securing evidence
Court proceedings regarding payment of remuneration, liquidated damages, increase in fixed remuneration and disputes arising from rescission of contract
Legal services following project completion: quality guarantees and limited warranties
Protection against enforcement of bank/insurance guarantees
Litigation arising from abuse of rights under bank guarantees
Claims for indemnification due to changes to local master zoning plans
Training for engineering staff on how to prevent court disputes.

Litigation

We specialize in commercial litigation and arbitration. You can come to us at any stage: preliminary and injunction proceedings, trial and appeal stages, representation before the Supreme Court.

We will prepare a tailored approach for your case, striving to optimize the time and means necessary to assert your rights in court. You will see the expected timeline and costs involved at the very outset of our involvement in your case.

Our wealth of experience means we are the ideal choice for highly intricate cases where a deep understanding of your industry is a must.

We appreciate the value of hands-on understanding and, where appropriate, will readily meet with your engineers, technicians and staff and make site visits and inspections of building/system/production line defects.

Scope of services:

Devising comprehensive dispute resolution strategies
Drafting statements of claim, motions for preliminary injunctive relief and other court briefs in all types of commercial cases
Representing clients in court and arbitration cases
Court orders to secure evidence
Registration procedures, including to protect minority shareholders (access to corporate information, right to call a shareholders meeting)
Court proceedings to determine current legal status
Applying to correct entries in title and mortgage registers, adjusting to reflect actual legal status
Litigation in shareholder/partner disputes, suing board members for misconduct
Cases involving payment of damages/remuneration or for performance of contract
Civil law cases involving unfair competition and product copycatting.

Commercial Law Companies

We advise commercial companies in all aspects of their operations, from incorporation and registration to liquidation and deregistration.

Besides day-to-day corporate legal services supporting the management board and business operations, we also represent companies in corporate court disputes.

You can draw on our years of practice in cases where the only option left is to oust a shareholder or sue a board member for misconduct. We are experienced in court proceedings held to invalidate or otherwise overturn shareholder meeting resolutions. We have represented minority shareholders whose rights were disregarded and helped them call a shareholder meeting or gain access to information about the company.

We have a good track record of success in assisting shareholders in fraudulent company takeovers. By this we mean situations where a shareholder is struck off the KRS trade register—e.g. on the basis of forged documents—and replaced by third parties with no history of previous involvement in the company. We took successful civil and criminal measures to reinstate the legitimate owners as registered shareholders of the company.

Scope of services:

Incorporation and registration of companies and day-to-day corporate legal services
Pursuing claims for indemnification on behalf of companies
Pursuing claims for indemnification against board members for misconduct
Taking court action to oust a shareholder from the company
Court cases where shareholders seek to receive distribution of profits
Defending companies in fraudulent takeovers – restoring the original legal status quo
Court proceedings to overturn or hold a shareholder resolution invalid
Registration procedures, including protection of minority shareholders (access to information about the company, right to call a shareholders meeting, appointment of a chartered auditor),
Liquidation of commercial companies.

Commercial law

We support clients in their daily course of business and live by the principle that the best way to prevent lawsuits is to provide reliable ongoing legal support, a strategy proven to work to our clients’ advantage.

We embrace the fact that day-to-day business management usually is a very dynamic process and calls for immediate reaction from legal counsel who must be on call.

We advise clients in financial distress and help negotiate with tax and social security authorities to spread their debts out in instalments.

Scope of services:

Drafting and negotiating contracts
Representing clients in debt enforcement proceedings at the stage of court and enforcement proceedings
Protection against unfair competition
Protection against product copycatting
Day-to-day corporate services.

Real estate law

Drafting and negotiating investment and commercial real property purchase contracts
Day-to-day legal services regarding commercial lease contracts
Debt enforcement under leases
Enforcement of property repossession claims
Proceedings connected with protection of possession, acquisitive prescription, perfection of easements and rights of way.