Joanna Affre
Competition/Antitrust
Firm PROFILE
Affre i Wspólnicy sp. k.
Europe 2026
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Ranked Individual
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Top figures
13
Lawyers
2014
Established Year
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Overview
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We provide legal advice across various areas of law, focusing on competition law (including antitrust, merger control, and representation in administrative and court proceedings), consumer protection, intellectual property, and legal aspects on doing business in Poland.
We deliver effective, business-oriented advice and clear communication. Our approach has been recognised with awards for innovative legal solutions, including our Quizzer platform offering story-based compliance trainings.
Industry sectors (15)
- FMCG
- Food / Agriculture
- Automotive
- Beauty
- ICT
- Construction
- Products for babies
- Healthcare
- Infrastructure
- Animal feed
- Chemical
- Industrial
- Education
- Sport
- Transport
Capabilities (15)
- Merger control
- Antitrust Proceedings
- Antitrust Compliance
- Monopolies and dominant undertakings
- Distribution systems
- Consumer Law
- Superior bargaining power
- Paymet Backlogs Proceedings
- Greenwashing
- Unfair competition
- IP: Intellectual Property
- Managing trademark portfolios
- Trademarks & Industrial designs
- Counterfeits
- Corporate Law for International Clients
Key people
Provided by Affre i Wspólnicy sp. k.
Joanna Affre
Advocate, Managing Partner
Jakub Sadurski
Advocate, Head of Competition and Consumer Law Department
Joanna Skrzeczkowska
Attorney-at-law, Head of Intellectual Property Law Department
Przemysław Rosiak
Attorney-at-law
Agnieszka Ratajczak
Advocate
Jakub Michta
Advocate
Kamil Ameda
Attorney-at-law
Work & experience
Provided by Affre i Wspólnicy sp. k.
We build on honesty, quality, accountability, partnership and innovation – giving clear, realistic advice, even when it is difficult. We maintain long-term relationships with Polish operations of international clients. Recently we: 1. supported multinational clients in complex merger control (retail, pharma, oil), including in highly regulated sectors, 2. advised on bid-rigging case before EBRD, 3. secured a landmark Supreme Administrative Court ruling protecting imaginative trademarks.
Notable work
Provided by Affre i Wspólnicy sp. k.
Retail merger clearance – Carrefour store acquisitions
2022CompletedWarsaw
Advised on 3 mall acquisitions; secured swift clearances incl. conditional remedy in high-concentration area.
Bid-rigging investigations – multi-jurisdictional defence
2026OngoingWarsaw
Representing clients in cartel proceedings, including cases before international bodies such as EBRD.
Landmark trademark ruling – “Perlage”
2025CompletedWarsaw
Secured SAC ruling confirming distinctiveness of “perlage”, strengthening protection of creative marks.
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Top figures
13
Lawyers
2014
Established Year
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