Lawyers in Poland

Małgorzata Szwaj

Partner, Head of Competition (Poland)

Addleshaw Goddard Wisniewski Dzianachowski Schulz i Wspólnicy sp.k.

Małgorzata Urbańska

Partner, Global Co-Head of CMS Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group, Head of Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in Poland Partner, Head of CEE Consumer Products

CMS

Michal Bogacz

Partner, Attorney-at-law

Olesinski & Wspolnicy

Michal Konieczny

Managing partner

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki i Partnerzy

Michal Lisawa

Michał is experienced in labor and employment matters. He advises on all aspects of individual and collective labour law, in particular on hiring staff, redundancies, compensation and benefits, employment policies, discrimination, employment litigation as well as trade unions. He has extensive experience in handling HR issues in M&A deals and reorganizations. Michał provides skillful advice on labor and employment matters, compensation and benefits, HR issues in M&A and reorganizations as well as employment litigation. He also counsels clients on cross-border employment and posting of workers.

Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

Michalina Kos-Kaczyńska

Attorney-at-law

Kacprzak

Michał Andruszkiewicz

Partner in the Energy and Infrastructure practice, Head of Poznan office

CMS

Michał Bałdowski

DLA Piper Gizinski Kycia sp.k.

Michał Bering

Associate

Schoenherr Halwa Okon Chyb sp.k

Michał Bernat

Michał Bernat, is a managing counsel in Dentons' Warsaw office and a member of the Tax team. Michał specializes in state aid law and tax advisory. His professional track record includes internships with the European Commission and the European Court of Justice, as well as employment with a consulting firm and in reputable Polish laws firms. Michał gained practical experience in state aid law dealing with issues such as EU funding, individual investment packages for major investors, advice to undertakings operating in special economic zones, advice relating to public services, support for major infrastructure projects (including some of fundamental significance for the country’s economy and national security), long-term programs, restructuring aid and state aid in privatisation projects, corporate restructuring (M&A) and relocation. He successfully represented clients in proceedings concerning unlawfully granted state aid, as well as in notification proceedings. Michał also prepared and conducted proceedings before the Commission launched in response to complaints concerning state aid granted unlawfully to other market players. His clients include undertakings from the shipbuilding, steel, pharmaceutical, processing, household appliances, motor, construction, food, chemical, arms, financial services, and mega store distribution sectors, as well as public institutions in charge of motorway and railway networks construction and management, or involved in regional transport, airports, waterways, sea ports and subway projects, and also railway transport companies, operators of power infrastructures, including nuclear power infrastructure, aircraft equipment manufacturers, advisory firms and municipal entities. Michał is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars and has authored numerous publications dealing with state aid and tax issues. He speaks Polish, English and French.

Dentons

Michał Bobrzyński

Local Partner

Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k

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.

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

Michał Derdak

Michał Derdak has over 15 years of professional experience in international law firms. His main areas of practice are competition law, consumer protection law and distribution systems, as well as commercial contracts. He has broad experience in structuring distribution systems, including classic distribution, franchising and agency models. He has also advised clients on consumer protection issues, including consumer sales, as well as consumer communication and interaction. He has advised clients from various sectors, including pharmaceutical, FMCG (in particular food & drink, cosmetics and fashion businesses), energy, oil&gas, technology and others. His experience in advising clients covers the key competition law issues relevant for the sectors, such as rebates on dominant and near-dominant products, distribution and marketing models in various channels, parallel trade or relevant market definitions for advanced products.

Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

Michał Fereniec

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k

Michał Gajdus

DLA Piper Gizinski Kycia sp.k.

Michał Głowacki

Michał Głowacki is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office, where he co-heads capital markets practice. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2008. Previously, he worked for five years in law firms and a consulting company. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University and the Warsaw School of Economics. Michał is known as a leader of innovation in debt capital markets deals. He has been at the forefront of creating first-of-its-kind debt deals in Poland, and has experience in a whole range of capital market transactions, including equity (ECM) and debt (DCM) offerings (both private and public, by Polish and foreign issuers'). He advises in tender offers, managerial and incentive programs (including also ESPP, SOP, RSU), financial services regulatory (capital and banking law, mifid, MAR, BMR), complex debt restructuring, corporate and public M&A transactions. Michał due to its extensive experience and deep legal knowledge is very well perceived by market participants (issuers, banks, brokerage houses, but also WSE and NDS).

Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

Michał Głowacki

Michał Głowacki is counsel in the Projects, Infrastructure and Energy team in Gide’s Warsaw office. Michał advises companies operating in the following sectors: renewable and conventional energy, ports, oil and gas, and energy-intensive industries. He provides counsel on the acquisition of renewable energy projects and portfolios, and on the construction of major energy projects. Michał negotiates contracts for complex projects (including engineering, procurement and construction projects, FIDIC contracts and Balance of Plant projects) and advises on various types of contracts related to oil and gas, renewable energy and other industrial projects. He also provides legal assistance throughout all stages of judicial and administrative procedures related to infrastructure and energy issues. He graduated from the law and administration department of the University of Warsaw and obtained an LL.M. from the University of Bonn. Michał was called to the Warsaw Bar in 2017.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Michał Jochemczak

Michał Jochemczak is a partner at Dentons in Poland. He heads the Arbitration team in the firm’s Warsaw office. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, bringing over 20 years of experience to his practice. Michał’s work spans domestic and international construction projects, real estate transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate law and financial services. He advises on international civil law matters, including jurisdictional issues, enforcement of judgments and conflict of laws, as well as competition law, covering corporate and procedural aspects. Michał has extensive experience in resolving major infrastructure disputes. His advises and represents both domestic and international clients at every stage of a complex project’s lifecycle – from negotiation and contract performance to contract management, dispute avoidance and resolution through arbitration or court proceedings. His project portfolio includes LNG terminals, power plants, wind farms, waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities, power stations, transmission lines, railways and roads. He also provides advice on shareholder disputes and post-M&A disputes, representing majority and minority shareholders, investors, founders and corporate boards in high-stakes conflicts over governance, fiduciary duties, shareholder agreements and equity rights. His experience encompasses disputes over valuation disagreements, breaches of representations and warranties, earn-out provisions and contested buyouts. Michał’s in-depth understanding of both corporate law and the practical dynamics of business relationships enables him to develop creative, client-focused solutions, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation. His approach is characterized by proactive risk management and a clear-eyed strategy for achieving favorable outcomes in some of the most complex and contentious disputes in corporate and transactional contexts. Additionally, Michał also sits as an arbitrator, having received his first appointment in international arbitration under the ICC Rules at the age of 30.

Dentons

Michał Klimowicz

Counsel, Corporate and M&A

CRIDO

Michał Kulesza

Michał is the head of the Tech & Comms team in Bird & Bird's Warsaw office.

Bird & Bird Koremba, Dziedzic i Wspólnicy sp.k.

Michał Maj

Michał Maj has over 11 years of experience in tax advisory services with a particular focus on M&A. Michał started his career in 2007 in KPMG and has worked in PwC since 2009. Michał provides advice on the tax effective structuring and acquisition transactions. He has been involved in numerous due diligence projects (including vendor due diligence) related to the acquisitions of Polish business entities. Michał's specialization also includes tax restructuring of business entities for the realization of unique business aims. He was involved in cooperation with private equity funds, multinational corporate clients as well as Polish firms and individuals. In addition, Michał supports clients during tax audits and further proceedings, including proceedings before the court. Michał has been a licensed Polish tax advisor (license no. 11530) since 2010. Michał's practice focuses on tax structuring, tax due diligence, general tax advice, management incentive plans and tax litigation. He has advised private equity clients, local and multinational corporations and Polish individuals in the energy, FMCG, media, real estate and retail sectors. He has experience in the jurisdictions of Poland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Baker McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k.

Michał Mieciński

Partner in the Real Estate & Construction practice

CMS

Michał Mężykowski

Partner, Head of the Banking and Finance practice

CMS

Michał Nocoń

Managing Associate, Co-Head of Tax

Addleshaw Goddard Wisniewski Dzianachowski Schulz i Wspólnicy sp.k.