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CMS

Employment

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Key facts

  • 15 employment lawyers
  • Sector-focused expertise
  • Vast experience and local expertise
  • Multi-jurisdiction capabilities

What can we do for you?

  • Recruitment and terminations
  • Reorganisations and redundancies
  • Transfer of undertaking
  • Advice related to trade unions
  • Internal investigations
  • Employment advice in corporate transactions
  • Employee mobility
  • Immigration advice
  • Employment litigation
  • HR documentation

What we offer?

  • Flexible fee structures
  • Business style legal advice
  • Support of our tax, corporate and regulatory lawyers
  • Free online legal updates
  • Feedback opportunities
  • Tailor-made trainings and seminars

Industries (8)

  • TMC
  • Consumer products
  • Financial institutions
  • Lifesciences
  • Hotels & leisure
  • Energy & utilities
  • Real estate & construction
  • Manufacturing

Chambers Review

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Employment - Poland

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

CMS has a robust employment practice, assisting with issues around recruitment, remuneration and termination, as well as internal investigations. The firm is also skilled at advising on non-contentious contractual issues, including assisting international corporates with market entry. Additionally, the team advises employers on negotiations with trade unions. The practice acts for prominent multinationals, including those from the financial services, retail and media sectors.

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Work Highlights

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  • CMS assisted STDG Strassentransport Dispositions with the transfer of a key business function in Poland and Germany, which involved restructuring measures and the application of TUPE rules.

Strengths

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  • The team at CMS are very skilled and have a problem-solving approach. Even with difficult matters, the lawyers always find an easy way to fix them. They can provide outside-the-box solutions when it is needed by the client.

    Employment respondentEurope

  • CMS has a great team and I admire their engagement.

    Employment respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Katarzyna Dulewicz
    Katarzyna Dulewicz

    Katarzyna Dulewicz

    Katarzyna Dulewicz is a leading lawyer who is well regarded for advising a variety of domestic and international clients on matters including remote working policies and remuneration systems, as well as advising them on redundancies and disputes around dismissals. She also assists with restructuring mandates and contractual queries.

    • Katarzyna Dulewicz's responsive communication style and ability to balance multiple stakeholders make her an invaluable partner. She has an outstanding performance across all metrics.

      Employment respondentEurope
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  • Tomasz Sancewicz
    Tomasz Sancewicz

    Tomasz Sancewicz

    Tomasz Sancewicz advises clients on a wide range of employment matters, from cross-border remote work and whistle-blower policy matters to innovative employee tax relief and workforce reduction exercises.

    • Tomasz Sancewicz' strong analytical capabilities enable him to effectively identify and implement process improvements, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency.

      Employment respondentEurope

    • Tomasz Sancewicz is very commercially savvy and takes the time to understand our business and risk appetite which has been key in nurturing this relationship.

      Employment respondentEurope
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Ranked Individuals at CMS (2)

Poland

Members

Provided by CMS

  • Aleksandra Gajzlerska

  • Agnieszka Kałwa

  • Michał Tutaj

  • Agnieszka Siewniak

  • Aleksandra Szałańska

  • Karolina Terech

  • Aleksandra Nowakowska-Raszka

  • Katarzyna Dulewicz

    Head of Department

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  • Kinga Jezierska-Brant

  • Piotr Podsiadły

  • Hubert Jastrzębski

  • Mateusz Ducki

  • Oliwia Aziz

  • Małgorzata Kubińska

  • Tomasz Sancewicz

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