Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

Anna Okła-Woźniak

Specialises in investment project implementation, including civil and administrative aspects of the investment process, with a special focus on construction law issues. Expert in real estate purchase, sale, tenancy and lease transactions. Advises on administrative and administrative court proceedings concerning real properties. Specialises in development projects and projects involving logistics centers. Member of the Kielce Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law. · Real Estate

Bartosz Karolczyk

Advises in disputes and contract law. He specialises in business disputes.He represents both Polish and foreign clients in common courts throughout Poland, in arbitration proceedings as well as before the Supreme Court.Bartosz has graduaded from Warsaw University School of Law and the George Washington University School of Law.He is the author of Polish and foreign publications on civil procedure, company law and civil law. · Dispute Resolution

Bartosz Marcinkowski

Partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions, company law and personal data protection law. Bartosz has run numerous complex M&A negotiations, and advised on foreign investments in Poland, including greenfield investments, as well as Polish investments abroad. He is the Head of the DZP Go Global Programme. Actively develops and maintains foreign contacts. Focuses mostly on the UK and Scandinavia. Frequently visits London, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo which resulted in unique, deep and trusted relations with investors (including PE and VC), bankers, lawyers and advisers operating there. He has also advised on the implementation of personal data protection systems and the electronic signature concept in Poland, along with numerous leading Polish and foreign companies on the legal aspects of their operations. He heads the DZP's Data Protection Team. · Corporate / M&A

Beata Cieszyńska

Specialises in legal advice to companies in the infrastructure sector, particularly on construction investments and construction investment implementation contracts. Represents both public and private entities in disputes between investment participants (claim management). Advises on projects implemented in the road, rail, water and sewage and energy sectors. Specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, especially in the energy, construction and telematics sectors. Also has experience in carrying out legal due diligences of businesses and advising on mergers and acquisitions, planning capital structures and restructuring projects. Represents clients in corporate disputes. Advises entities in the defence industry. · Infrastructure

Bogusław Kapłon

Based in Poznan, Bogusław is a Partner and Co-Head of the Labour Law and Social Security Practice, specialising in commercial and corporate law. He also has vast experience advising on employment issues and employment restructuring. Boguslaw has advised numerous leading Polish and foreign companies on legal aspects of their operations, including privatisation processes with trade unions. He has also advised on collective bargaining agreements, remuneration systems and other employee benefit schemes (e.g. share option plans). He also represents business organisations before the Constitutional Tribunal and has acted as an attorney ad litem in cases before employment courts. · Employment & Labour

Jacek Stokłosa

Specialises in business disputes, company law, including corporate cases, and white collar crime. He handles matters involving business law, family and succession law, and unfair competition. He provides legal assistance with the performance of commercial contracts. He advises clients in the manufacturing, consumer goods, agricultural, infrastructure, transport, healthcare and real estate sectors. Jacek represents clients in pre-litigation negotiations before common courts and the Supreme Court and in arbitration proceedings. · Dispute Resolution

Julita Zimoch-Tucholka

Of Counsel specialising in arbitration, contract law, corporate law, insurance law, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring. Julita advises on company formation and the acquisition of shares in Polish companies by foreign entities, on capital group restructuring and consolidation projects, and on company mergers and transformations. She also advises on privatisation processes and transactions involving the acquisition of companies, mainly in the chemical, power and publishing sectors. Julita is an attorney ad litem in cases before common and arbitration courts. · Arbitration

Kamil Pociecha

Specialises in legal advice on preparing, implementing and accounting for infrastructure investments. Advises entities in the construction, energy and real estate sectors on projects to construct and upgrade power plants and industrial installations, power lines and stations, motorways, railway lines, tramways, wind farms, shopping centres and stadiums, and on property development projects. Represents clients in disputes between investment participants. Expert in investment contracts, particularly construction works contracts, EPC and EPCM contracts and PPP agreements, and FIDIC Conditions of Contract. Also has experience in carrying out legal due diligences of businesses, planning capital structures and restructuring projects. · Infrastructure & Energy

Lukasz Wojdalski

Partner in Dispute Resolution Practice. Represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings in highly complex civil and commercial cases. Specialises in cases involving construction investments, and tortious and contractual damages. Attorney-in-fact in numerous corporate disputes. Advises on procedural aspects of contract law, alternative dispute resolution and criminal cases. Carries out litigation compliance reviews of business activity and pending litigation. · Dispute Resolution

Michał Cecerko

Partner, Head of Restructuring/Insolvency team. He handles debt restructuring and bankruptcy projects. He advises debtors on choosing the proper proceedings in the event of financial difficulties and represents them in restructuring and bankruptcy processes and in out-of-court settlements with creditors. When advising clients, he also deals with management liability related to debt crises. He has extensive experience in claiming receivables and in processes to exclude assets from bankruptcy estate, gained, inter alia, in some of the biggest bankruptcy proceedings in Poland in the construction sector. His second specialisation is corporate advice in mergers and acquisitions. He has taken part in numerous transactions concerning stocks and shares and also tangible assets. Michał's experience also enables him to effectively advise clients in acquisitions and sale of assets from bankrupt entities or those faced with bankruptcy, including pre-pack transactions. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Paweł Grzejszczak

Partner in DZP's Infrastructure and Energy department who specialises in energy law, project finance transactions, privatisation projects, mergers and acquisitions and energy company restructuring projects. He advises clients in the energy, heating, fuel and gas sectors on all aspects of energy company operations, mainly on regulatory, transactional, investment performance, infrastructure project financing, commercial contract, state aid and public procurement issues. An expert in cogeneration and renewable energy investments. He advised on a project to build the first nuclear power plant in Poland. He acts for clients in litigation over energy sector regulations. An expert on European energy law. · Energy

Rafał Karbowniczek

Partner in Dispute Resolution Practice. · Dispute Resolution

Robert Niczyporuk

Partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring, public trading in securities and capital markets, involving both Polish and foreign entities. Robert has advised numerous firms and capital groups on capital transactions, M&A transactions, and on the trade in receivables and debt securities. He is an expert on company law, including the functioning of authorities and liablity of management boards and supervisory boards in commercial companies. Robert advises on the public trading in securities and receivables, and on corporate matters, including corporate disputes. He has also advised numerous start-up business in Poland, including brokerage houses on regulations, standard agreements and day-to-day legal issues. · Corporate / M&A

Tomasz Kalicki

Senior Associate in Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Practice. Advises on transactions involving financing and establishing legal security for receivables as well as on M&A transactions, both in Poland and internationally. He also deals with public offerings and regulatory issues in the financial and payment institutions sector. His experience covers drawing up financial documentation (including collateral documents), share purchase agreements and other acquisition related documents as well as legal opinions on regulatory issues, and advising on civil law and commercial law. · Capital Markets

Tomasz Krzyżanowski

Tomasz advises clients on all aspects of public procurement law and advises both contractors and contracting authorities at all stages of the procurement process. He supports contracting authorities as an expert witness and specialist in public procurement for tender committees. His professional interests particularly include IT, new technologies, media and telecommunications. · Public Procurement

Tomasz Leszczewski

Senior Tax Manager in Tax Practice. · Tax