Domański Zakrzewski Palinka
About
Managing Partner: Krzysztof Zakrzewski
Number of partners worldwide: 43
Number of other lawyers worldwide: 160+
Languages: Polish, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian
Firm Overview
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka is the largest full-service Polish law firm based in Warsaw and providing services throughout Poland (additional offices in Poznan and Wroclaw). Over the last several years, DZP has taken first place in the rankings of law firms compiled by the leading Polish dailies Rzeczpospolita and DGP and has received numerous recommendations in international legal rankings.
Main Areas of Practice
M&A: DZP’s renowned and experienced experts work on all types of transactions, including innovative operations on an international scale. The team carries out transactions of various types, including leveraged buy-outs, management take-overs, joint ventures, and reorganisation and restructuring projects, covering both company mergers and demergers, and also take-overs in regulated sectors. They serve brokerage houses, investment companies, private equity and venture capital funds, as well as state-owned enterprises.
Contact: Krzysztof Zakrzewski
Email: [email protected]
Capital Markets: DZP has a great deal of experience in advising public companies and financial institutions on capital market transactions, particularly providing legal services for IPOs, secondary share offerings, bond and convertible securities issues. The team has a great deal of experience in representing our clients before the Polish regulatory authorities, particularly the Financial Supervision Authority and the Stock Exchange.
Contact: Andrzej Foltyn
Email: [email protected]
Banking & Finance: DZP is highly experienced in serving banks and financial institutions and its clients in all types of financial transactions. DZP lawyers advise leading Polish and foreign banks. They also work with international financial and government institutions.
Contact: Magdalena Skowronska
Email: [email protected]
Energy: The energy team provides comprehensive legal assistance to entities operating in the conventional, nuclear and renewable energy sector, to companies in the cogeneration and heating sector, and entities operating in the gas and liquid fuels sector, including leading domestic and international energy concerns. They advise some of the biggest domestic enterprises and leading investors on all aspects of power sector activity (including TPA, long-term contracts, tariffs, mergers and acquisitions, anti-competition practices, providing support activities, restructuring and EU law).
Contact: Rafał Hajduk
Email: [email protected]
Infrastructure: The infrastructure and energy practice lawyers create the most well-known and recognisable professional group which supports both domestic and foreign businesses and the public sector in key projects. The team offers full-range services to enterprises and investors in the infrastructure sector. Since many members of the Practice gained their professional experience in the public sector, they have an in-depth knowledge of its specifics and special requirements.
Contact: Marcin Krakowiak
Email: [email protected]
IP/TMT: DZP has a team of experienced specialists who advise on rights to intangibles, who help clients to either create or make use of existing legal structures in order to achieve their full business potential. The expertise of the IP&TMT Practice is based on market awareness and extensive knowledge of copyrights and neighbouring rights, industrial property rights, protection of personal interests and database protection rights. The team’s clients are owners of recognisable trademarks and entrepreneurs whose rights to intangibles require regular market monitoring.
Contact: Aleksandra Auleytner
Email: [email protected]
Real Estate: DZP’s real estate team advises firms on the trade, administration and management of real estate. The team helps to draw up analyses of the legal status of real estate (also covering the risk of claims being brought by third parties, re-privatisation claims, etc), devises real estate transaction concepts, represents clients in negotiations and draws up agreements and documents required for transaction.
Contact: Lech Zyzylewski, Wojciech Koczara
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Labour Law and Social Security: DZP has one of the largest employment law teams in Poland, which includes several of the best known and highest profile employment lawyers in the country. The team advises clients on a wide range of matters relating to labour law, including employee-employer relations, collective bargaining agreements and building up relations between employers and trade unions. The lawyers also help foreign managers to obtain permits to work in Poland.
Contact: Boguslaw Kaplon, Agata Mierzwa
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Dispute Resolution: The dispute resolution practice represents its clients in litigation cases, acts on their behalf in negotiations with business partners and acts above all before common courts, Supreme Administrative Courts, the Constitutional Tribunal as well as Polish and international arbitration tribunals. The team has handled numerous prominent cases in Poland.
Contacts: Jozef Palinka, Paweł Lewandowski
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]
Life Sciences: The practice is composed of specialists experienced in pharmaceutical and biotechnology law, food law, anti-monopoly law, healthcare and constitutional law. The team advises Polish and foreign entities in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and chemical sectors, and companies in the alcohol and tobacco industries, as well as the local government authorities. They also specialise in strategic advice in the areas of legislation, reimbursement, distribution, telemedicine solutions and compliance.
Tax: DZP’s team is one of the largest tax teams among law firms in Poland, distinguished on the tax advisory market by its strong specialisation in M&A, restructuring, tax planning and litigation. The team has significant experience in providing tax advisory to clients in the infrastructure and energy, pharmaceutical, real estate and financial services, as well as the insurance sectors. They also advise private entrepreneurs.
Contacts: Joanna Wierzejska, Artur Nowak
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]
Competition/Antitrust:
The team comprises qualified specialists with many years’ experience in providing competition law related advice to Polish and foreign clients in various industries and sectors. The team comprises five people, some of whom are former employees of the Polish Competition Authority.
Contacts:Jarosław Łukawski
Emails:[email protected]
Clients
The firm’s clients are: financial companies and institutions (BNP Paribas Bank, Visa International, Barclays Bank), manufacturing and motor companies (Toyota Manufacturing, Mercedes Benz, Lufthansa Technics), major retail brands (Kaufland, IKEA, Media Saturn), as well as media (Bauer Publishing, Discovery, ITI Neovision), power sector (Tauron Group, ENEA Group, PGNiG Group and Gaz-System), construction companies (Astaldi, Mota – Engil, Gülermak, OHL), top global pharmaceutical companies and public sector institutions.
International Work
DZP has created and developed a network of trusted relationships with experts from foreign law firms of various sizes and types. The firm advises Polish entrepreneurs looking to invest on the international market and foreign businesses seeking advice on Polish law. DZP lawyers have handled many complex international projects for both Polish and foreign firms and advised on and negotiated numerous international foreign investments and acquisitions. DZP also acts in many international professional organisations.
Offices
Poland, Warszawa
Rondo ONZ 1
00-124 Warszawa
T: +48 22 557 76 00
F: +48 22 557 76 01
Poland, Poznań
ul. Paderewskiego 8
61-770 Poznań
T: +48 61 642 49 00
F: +48 61 642 49 50
Poland, Wrocław
ul. Św. Mikołaja 7
50-125 Wrocław
T: +48 71 712 47 00
F: +48 71 712 47 50
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Articles, highlights and press releases
162 items provided by Domański Zakrzewski Palinka
Dr Mateusz Mądry, new head of DZP’s Life Sciences Practice
Dr Mateusz Mądry is to be the new head of DZP's Life Sciences Practice, thereby joining the group of DZP Partners. In his new role, Mateusz will be supported by the team's co-founder – prof. Marcin Matczak.
DZP advises on the acquisition of a Finnish innovator by Polish company Budmat
Lawyers from the Corporate and M&A Practice have advised Budmat Bogdan Więcek, a Polish manufacturer of steel roofs and PV structures, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in the Finnish company Samesor, which develops advanced technologies for sheet metal profiling.
DZP advises Enea Group on purchase of 35 MW photovoltaic farm from PAD RES
Enea Group, supported by DZP, has further increased its RES generation capacity through the purchase of a 35 MW PV farm from PAD RES, a leading developer in the clean energy sector.
DZP advises cosmetics and household products shop eZebra.pl on the sale of shares to the Dino Polska
Lawyers from DZP's Corporate and M&A Practice have advised an online cosmetics and household products chain which, through the sale of shares to Dino Polska, has acquired a strong partner for further development on the e-commerce market.
R.Power will power Orange Polska’s infrastructure with photovoltaic energy
DZP advised R.Power on the signing of a ten-year CPPA, covering more than 600 GWh of renewable energy, with the telecoms provider Orange Polska. From 1 July, the telecoms operator’s infrastructure will be powered by electricity from R.Power’s photovoltaic farms.
Tram line to Wilanów. DZP advises on the financing of the largest tram line investment in Poland
DZP lawyers from the infrastructure financing and debt issue team and the public procurement team have supported Warsaw Trams in negotiating financial documentation and in public procurement law.
DZP advises on the sale of InfiniteDATA, a Polish pioneer in business process automation software
The buyer of the shares, the German company Beta Systems DCI Software AG, a member of the Frankfurt-listed Beta Systems Software AG group, has expanded its portfolio to include the Polish company's flagship product AutomateNOW!
DZP supports Bunzl in an acquisition transaction on the Polish market
Our law firm has advised Bunzl on the acquisition of Safety First Group, a distributor of personal protective equipment in Poland.
DZP advises Enea Nowa Energia on the purchase of the Bejsce wind farm project
DZP advised the Enea Group's Enea Nowa Energia, part of the largest Poland's energy concerns, on the acquisition a 19.8 MW wind farm project from the Swedish company OX2 Holding Poland, the transaction value is in excess of EUR 57 million.
DZP advises ENGIE on the acquisition of five companies with PV projects
ENGIE Zielona Energia, a leader on the renewable energy market in Poland, has finalised the third tranche of the purchase of five photovoltaic farms with a total capacity of 12.97 MW. The seller is Columbus Energy, a leading service provider on the modern energy market in Poland.
Piotr Orczykowski with a team joined our law firm
At the beginning of September Piotr Orczykowski with a team joined tour law firm and will enhance the Capital Markets & Financial Institutions Practice's expertise in providing regulatory and transaction advice.
DZP advises IMCD on the acquisition of shares in a leading manufacturer of natural oils
As part of an international team coordinated by Jones Day, we have advised IMCD N.V., a leading supplier of speciality chemicals and functional food additives in Poland, on the acquisition of a 90% stake in O&3 Limited.
Advice in financing round – medical startup raises PLN 14 million for development
Lawyers from the Capital Markets & Financial Institutions Practice have advised in a financing round in which medical startup OASIS Diagnostics has raised PLN 14 million in financing for further development.
DZP advises Motherson on the acquisition of Dr. Schneider Automotive Polska
DZP has advised Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group BV on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Dr. Schneider Automotive Poland. The transaction on the Polish market is part of Motherson's global strategy to acquire Schneider Group companies.
DZP takes high position in Mergermarket ranking for H1 2023
In Mergermarket's latest summary of H1 2023, our Law Firm was ranked among the leaders in transactional advice in Poland and the CEE region.
Examination of Tenders in Terms of Abnormally Low Price: The Contracting Authority's Perspective
In the latest edition of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Katarzyna Kuźma, Head of the DZP’s Public Procurement team, discusses the contracting authority's perspective on examination of tenders in terms of abnormally low price.
DZP advises agri-food leader on its expansion into the European malt market
DZP's team, led by Sylwia Kucy and Bartosz Marcinkowski, advised a subsidiary of Richardson International in its acquisition of Anglia Maltings’ parent company.
DZP advises TZF Polfa on the construction of an Oncology Medicines Development and Manufacturing Cen
DZP is advising Tarchominskie Zakłady Farmaceutyczne "Polfa" S.A. on one of the company's largest and most important investments – the construction of an oncology medicines manufacturing facility.
Qair to provide Żabka with long-term supplies of green energy
DZP has advised Qair Polska on the signing of a 15-year cPPA, for a total of nearly 1.7 TWh of green energy, with Żabka Polska.
DZP advises ID Logistics on the acquisition of Spedimex
DZP has advised the French group ID Logistics on the acquisition of shares in Spedimex, a leading logistics operator specialising in the fashion and e-commerce sectors. As a result of the transaction, ID Logistics has become the leader on the Polish logistics market.
DZP advises SAT, owner of the S'portofino store, on the sale of a majority stake
A multidisciplinary team of lawyers led by Jakub Wieszczeczyński has advised family-owned SAT on the sale of a majority stake to private equity fund Avallon MBO.
We are pleased to announce that on 1 July Jan Czerwiński, Rafał Karbowniczek, Tomasz Michalczyk and Grzegorz Sprawka joined the ranks of DZP’s Partners.
Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska awarded Advocate’s Badge of Merit
We are delighted to share the news that Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska, advocate and Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Practice, has been awarded the Advocate’s Badge of Merit.
BBB Industries acquired Inter-Turbo, through its wholly owned Budweg Caliper A/S
DZP advised Budweg Caliper A/S, a company belonging to BBB Industries, with the Polish aspects of the transaction to acquire all the shares in Inter-Turbo sp. z o.o.
Foreign Subsidies Regulation on public procurement and M&A transactions
Experts from the public procurement team and the Corporate and M&A Practice have prepared an extended alert about the impact of EU regulation 2022/2560, that came into force in January this year, on M&A transactions.
DZP advises Astara on acquisition of Nissan's distribution business in Poland
A multidisciplinary team of DZP lawyers has advised Astara Poland on the acquisition from Nissan of its business involving the distribution of car and car parts for Nissan cars in Poland and related services.
Reconstruction of Port of Gdansk – double win for DZP client in NAC
DZP lawyers successfully represented PORR, one of Europe's leading construction companies, in two appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber concerning the outcome of tenders for the expansion of Ore Quay III and Bytom Quay at the Port of Gdansk.
DZP represents Quebonafide in disputes over infringement of personal rights
DZP has successfully represented Kuba Grabowski, the artist known by his stage name Quebonafide, and the record label QueQuality in court proceedings in two disputes over infringement of personal rights.
DZP advises winning consortium on toll system contract
DZP advised the winning consortium of Centrum Elektronicznych Usług Płatniczych eService, PKO Bank Polski and TECS Telecommunication & E-Commerce Solutions during a procedure conducted by the Ministry of Finance for the implementation of a 24/7 service for handling non-cash payments made by road tol
DZP filed an application to register Poland's first family foundation
Advice on the optimum legal structure for the family foundation was provided and the foundation's statutes were prepared by Marek Świątkowski, Michał Klimowicz, Bartosz Saładyk and Joanna Fasula. In tax matters, the client was supported by Joanna Wierzejska and Grzegorz Sprawka.
Dr Mateusz Mądry, new head of DZP’s Life Sciences Practice
Dr Mateusz Mądry is to be the new head of DZP's Life Sciences Practice, thereby joining the group of DZP Partners. In his new role, Mateusz will be supported by the team's co-founder – prof. Marcin Matczak.
DZP advises on the acquisition of a Finnish innovator by Polish company Budmat
Lawyers from the Corporate and M&A Practice have advised Budmat Bogdan Więcek, a Polish manufacturer of steel roofs and PV structures, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in the Finnish company Samesor, which develops advanced technologies for sheet metal profiling.
DZP advises Enea Group on purchase of 35 MW photovoltaic farm from PAD RES
Enea Group, supported by DZP, has further increased its RES generation capacity through the purchase of a 35 MW PV farm from PAD RES, a leading developer in the clean energy sector.
DZP advises cosmetics and household products shop eZebra.pl on the sale of shares to the Dino Polska
Lawyers from DZP's Corporate and M&A Practice have advised an online cosmetics and household products chain which, through the sale of shares to Dino Polska, has acquired a strong partner for further development on the e-commerce market.
R.Power will power Orange Polska’s infrastructure with photovoltaic energy
DZP advised R.Power on the signing of a ten-year CPPA, covering more than 600 GWh of renewable energy, with the telecoms provider Orange Polska. From 1 July, the telecoms operator’s infrastructure will be powered by electricity from R.Power’s photovoltaic farms.
Tram line to Wilanów. DZP advises on the financing of the largest tram line investment in Poland
DZP lawyers from the infrastructure financing and debt issue team and the public procurement team have supported Warsaw Trams in negotiating financial documentation and in public procurement law.
DZP advises on the sale of InfiniteDATA, a Polish pioneer in business process automation software
The buyer of the shares, the German company Beta Systems DCI Software AG, a member of the Frankfurt-listed Beta Systems Software AG group, has expanded its portfolio to include the Polish company's flagship product AutomateNOW!
DZP supports Bunzl in an acquisition transaction on the Polish market
Our law firm has advised Bunzl on the acquisition of Safety First Group, a distributor of personal protective equipment in Poland.
DZP advises Enea Nowa Energia on the purchase of the Bejsce wind farm project
DZP advised the Enea Group's Enea Nowa Energia, part of the largest Poland's energy concerns, on the acquisition a 19.8 MW wind farm project from the Swedish company OX2 Holding Poland, the transaction value is in excess of EUR 57 million.
DZP advises ENGIE on the acquisition of five companies with PV projects
ENGIE Zielona Energia, a leader on the renewable energy market in Poland, has finalised the third tranche of the purchase of five photovoltaic farms with a total capacity of 12.97 MW. The seller is Columbus Energy, a leading service provider on the modern energy market in Poland.
Piotr Orczykowski with a team joined our law firm
At the beginning of September Piotr Orczykowski with a team joined tour law firm and will enhance the Capital Markets & Financial Institutions Practice's expertise in providing regulatory and transaction advice.
DZP advises IMCD on the acquisition of shares in a leading manufacturer of natural oils
As part of an international team coordinated by Jones Day, we have advised IMCD N.V., a leading supplier of speciality chemicals and functional food additives in Poland, on the acquisition of a 90% stake in O&3 Limited.
Advice in financing round – medical startup raises PLN 14 million for development
Lawyers from the Capital Markets & Financial Institutions Practice have advised in a financing round in which medical startup OASIS Diagnostics has raised PLN 14 million in financing for further development.
DZP advises Motherson on the acquisition of Dr. Schneider Automotive Polska
DZP has advised Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group BV on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Dr. Schneider Automotive Poland. The transaction on the Polish market is part of Motherson's global strategy to acquire Schneider Group companies.
DZP takes high position in Mergermarket ranking for H1 2023
In Mergermarket's latest summary of H1 2023, our Law Firm was ranked among the leaders in transactional advice in Poland and the CEE region.
Examination of Tenders in Terms of Abnormally Low Price: The Contracting Authority's Perspective
In the latest edition of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Katarzyna Kuźma, Head of the DZP’s Public Procurement team, discusses the contracting authority's perspective on examination of tenders in terms of abnormally low price.
DZP advises agri-food leader on its expansion into the European malt market
DZP's team, led by Sylwia Kucy and Bartosz Marcinkowski, advised a subsidiary of Richardson International in its acquisition of Anglia Maltings’ parent company.
DZP advises TZF Polfa on the construction of an Oncology Medicines Development and Manufacturing Cen
DZP is advising Tarchominskie Zakłady Farmaceutyczne "Polfa" S.A. on one of the company's largest and most important investments – the construction of an oncology medicines manufacturing facility.
Qair to provide Żabka with long-term supplies of green energy
DZP has advised Qair Polska on the signing of a 15-year cPPA, for a total of nearly 1.7 TWh of green energy, with Żabka Polska.
DZP advises ID Logistics on the acquisition of Spedimex
DZP has advised the French group ID Logistics on the acquisition of shares in Spedimex, a leading logistics operator specialising in the fashion and e-commerce sectors. As a result of the transaction, ID Logistics has become the leader on the Polish logistics market.
DZP advises SAT, owner of the S'portofino store, on the sale of a majority stake
A multidisciplinary team of lawyers led by Jakub Wieszczeczyński has advised family-owned SAT on the sale of a majority stake to private equity fund Avallon MBO.
We are pleased to announce that on 1 July Jan Czerwiński, Rafał Karbowniczek, Tomasz Michalczyk and Grzegorz Sprawka joined the ranks of DZP’s Partners.
Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska awarded Advocate’s Badge of Merit
We are delighted to share the news that Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska, advocate and Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Practice, has been awarded the Advocate’s Badge of Merit.
BBB Industries acquired Inter-Turbo, through its wholly owned Budweg Caliper A/S
DZP advised Budweg Caliper A/S, a company belonging to BBB Industries, with the Polish aspects of the transaction to acquire all the shares in Inter-Turbo sp. z o.o.
Foreign Subsidies Regulation on public procurement and M&A transactions
Experts from the public procurement team and the Corporate and M&A Practice have prepared an extended alert about the impact of EU regulation 2022/2560, that came into force in January this year, on M&A transactions.
DZP advises Astara on acquisition of Nissan's distribution business in Poland
A multidisciplinary team of DZP lawyers has advised Astara Poland on the acquisition from Nissan of its business involving the distribution of car and car parts for Nissan cars in Poland and related services.
Reconstruction of Port of Gdansk – double win for DZP client in NAC
DZP lawyers successfully represented PORR, one of Europe's leading construction companies, in two appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber concerning the outcome of tenders for the expansion of Ore Quay III and Bytom Quay at the Port of Gdansk.
DZP represents Quebonafide in disputes over infringement of personal rights
DZP has successfully represented Kuba Grabowski, the artist known by his stage name Quebonafide, and the record label QueQuality in court proceedings in two disputes over infringement of personal rights.
DZP advises winning consortium on toll system contract
DZP advised the winning consortium of Centrum Elektronicznych Usług Płatniczych eService, PKO Bank Polski and TECS Telecommunication & E-Commerce Solutions during a procedure conducted by the Ministry of Finance for the implementation of a 24/7 service for handling non-cash payments made by road tol
DZP filed an application to register Poland's first family foundation
Advice on the optimum legal structure for the family foundation was provided and the foundation's statutes were prepared by Marek Świątkowski, Michał Klimowicz, Bartosz Saładyk and Joanna Fasula. In tax matters, the client was supported by Joanna Wierzejska and Grzegorz Sprawka.