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East Desk

We specialize in providing services for clients from Eastern Europe, particularly Russian-speaking countries, as well as legal assistance for Polish entities in the East.

Our specialists provide comprehensive services as part of the dedicated Russian Desk, Ukrainian Desk or Belarusian Desk. We provide services to clients from countries such as Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China as well.

We are fluent in Russian. Our experts have many years of experience in providing legal services to foreign clients, including supporting their activities in Poland or representing them before courts in civil, criminal and commercial law cases.

Moreover, we care about the safety and comfort of Polish entrepreneurs in the East – we help them understand the specificity of eastern markets and secure their interests in various business areas.

Furthermore, we cooperate with law firms providing services to our foreign clients in 14 countries in Europe and the USA.

Business areas

Commercial law

  • support for company bodies, managing directors and CEOs
  • development of corporate documentation
  • organization of shareholders meetings
  • preparation of international agreements and contracts
  • representation in corporate disputes
  • acquiration of funding and financing servicing
  • ongoing business support
  • antitrust law
  • acts of unfair competition
  • proceedings before the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
  • consumer disputes
  • establishment and liquidation of companies
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Real estate and construction law

  • services for housing communities
  • services for construction companies
  • support for property managers
  • debt collection
  • claims under guarantee or warranty
  • investment processes
  • lease and tenancy agreements
  • construction works contracts
  • verification of the properties’ legal status
  • support in the sale and purchase of real estate
  • easements
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Labor law

  •  comprehensive preparation of employee documentation
  • management contracts
  • confidentiality agreements
  • work regulations and internal company acts
  • negotiations with trade unions
  • labor disputes
  • preparation of legal opinions on the application of labor and migration law
Area of specialization:
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Migration law

  • legalization of stay and work in Poland
  • residence and work permits
  • EU Blue Card
  • services for entities willing to employ a foreigner
  • posting of workers
  • contracts for foreigners
  • visa matters
Area of specialization:
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Compliance

  • legal audits
  • verification and development of representation rules
  • regulation of internal and external relations
  • verification of compliance with applicable law
  • preparation of policies and internal regulations
  • development and implementation of compliance procedures
  • GDPR and personal data protection
Area of specialization:
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M&A projects

  • editing and negotiating letters of intent and NDAs
  • due diligence and risk identification
  • preparation of transaction documentation
  • mergers, transformations and divisions of companies
  • support for transfer of an organised part of the enterprise
  • acquisition of shares or stocks
  • changes in share capital
  • examination of indented concentration
  • negotiations at every stage of the project
Area of specialization:
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East Desk

  • Russian Desk
  • Ukrainian Desk
  • Belarusian Desk
  • customer service for clients from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
  • Kazakhstan and China
  • support in Poland and abroad
  • commercial law services
  • international commercial contracts
  • representation before courts in Poland regarding civil or criminal proceedings
Area of specialization:
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British Desk

  • Polishspeaking lawyers in Great Britain
  • service for Polish companies in the United Kingdom
  • support for Poles living in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • handling PolishBritish contracts
  • commercial matters
  • employee problems
  • criminal proceedings
  • representation in extradition proceedings
  • preparation of documentation in connection with Brexit and support in
  • ensuring continuity of cooperation with EU countries
Area of specialization:
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Criminal law

  • penal law and penal commercial law
  • whitecollar crimes
  • penalfiscal proceedings
  • participation in activities related to detention
  • development and implementation of the line of defense
  • conducting negotiations with the prosecutor’s office
  • participation in court proceedings and preparation of pleadings
  • assistance in obtaining the mildest possible penalty or combined penalty
  • assistance in obtaining a conditional remission of a sentence or a conditional
  • suspension of the execution of a sentence
  • help for the victims/injured parties
Area of specialization:
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Family law

  • divorce and separation
  • division of joint property of spouses
  • contacts with children and parental responsibility
  • alimony
  • marriage property contracts, intercourse
  • court consent to legal actions
  • handling matters arising from the spouse’s debt
Area of specialization:
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Family Office

  • services for family businesses
  • comprehensive management of private family estates
  • real estate investments
  • investments in works of art, coins or other collectors’ items
  • inheritance matters
  • planning and implementing of intergenerational succession
  • disputes and lawsuits
Area of specialization:
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Pharmaceutical and medical law

  • auditing activities in regulated trading
  • support in matters of authorization of medicinal products
    issues regarding the liability of managing bodies in pharmaceutical and medical sector
  • cases concerning damage caused by a medicinal product or a medical device
  • advice on competition law, counterfeit products and unfair advertising
  • representation and support in proceedings regarding pharmaceutical and medical law (including parallel import licenses, parallel distribution notifications, authorizations for the manufacture or import of medicinal products, admission of a medicinal product to the market)
Area of specialization:
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Procedural law

  • analysis of individual’s situation
  • implementing legal strategies
  • risk assessment
  • support in negotiations with other parties
  • representation in proceedings before common courts and administrative courts
  • representation before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court
  • representation before arbitration tribunals and arbitration courts
  • preparation of pleadings at every stage of the trial
Area of specialization:
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Copyright and related rights

  • license and sublicense agreements
  • transfer of proprietary copyrights
  • contracts for authors and performers
  • legal support for IT projects
  • support for publishing processes
  • handling copyright disputes
  • person’image protection
Area of specialization:
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