Łaszczuk & Partners

Firm Overview

Łaszczuk & Partners is an independent Polish law firm providing legal services to international and Polish clients since 1989.With nearly 35 years of experience and a track record of success, Łaszczuk & Partners is recognized as one of the leading Polish law firms. For many of its clients, it has been a trusted advisor for several decades.

The firm is based in Warsaw and cooperates on a permanent basis with lawyers in all major Polish cities as well as in many European countries.

Łaszczuk & Partners’ expertise has been confirmed by recommendations in numerous fields of law in both international legal directories Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in Poland, Who’s Who Legal, Expert Guides: Commercial Arbitration, as well as in annual rankings of law firms published by Rzeczpospolita daily and Polish edition of Forbes magazine.

Main Areas of Practice

• Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration)
• White-Collar Crime
• Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Commercial Real Estate
• Employment Law
• Corporate Tax
• Intellectual Property
• New Technologies & AI
• Data Protection
• Compliance
• Competition

Key sectors

• TMT
• Aviation
• Real Estate
• Insurance
• Construction & Infrastructure
• Manufacturing
• Direct selling
• Private Clients

Dispute Resolution:

Łaszczuk & Partners’ dispute resolution practice is one of the leading in Poland in the field of both litigation and commercial arbitration, which year by year is acknowledged in international and Polish rankings of law firms. The firm’s expertise is developed in particular in the field of infrastructure and construction, M&A, real estate, commercial contracts, investment projects, IP disputes and investment treaty arbitration. The firm advises Polish and international clients in multi-million complex disputes and also in high-profile post-arbitration proceedings.

White-Collar Crime:

Łaszczuk & Partners offers highly developed expertise and unique experience on business, financial and white-collar crime. The firm advises in high-profile domestic and cross-border civil and criminal proceedings, in particular regarding frauds. It also advises on mitigating the risk of criminal liability, providing a defence in criminal proceedings, developing internal security procedures and advising on cybersecurity issues. In 2023, the firm obtained the title of "Leader of the Polish Market" in the Business Crime category awarded by the law firms' ranking of the Rzeczpospolita daily.

Corporate, M&A:

The team assists entrepreneurs in their business operations. It advises on mergers, demergers, transformations and liquidation of companies. The team works for foreign entities starting up in Poland and helps companies to implement solutions that are effective from a legal and tax perspective, ensuring the protection of board members, company assets and owners. The firm has many years of experience in various types of transactions involving acquisitions, mergers, corporate divisions and reorganisations, and restructuring of companies, share capital increases, and buyout and redemption of shares as well as sale of enterprises, with a focus on medium-sized transactions. The experience of the team covers representing all parties to transactions.

Employment:

The firm provides comprehensive advice on legal aspects of human resource management. The team advises employers in creation of systemic solutions concerning hiring of staff, forms and methods of employment restructuring and optimisation, outsourcing of tasks, group and individual layoffs, and transfer of the workplace. The lawyers have a wealth of experience in resolving disputes with employees including representation before labour courts. The firm’s experience also includes comprehensive legal support for hiring of foreign staff.

Construction:

Łaszczuk & Partners’ construction practice has a special focus on construction and infrastructure disputes. It has broad experience in litigation and arbitration, including construction contracts performed under public procurement scheme. The team advises domestic and international developers and construction companies.

Real Estate:

The advice covers office, commercial, warehouse and industrial real estate. The firm’s lawyers advise on development projects as well as on real estate transactions, providing comprehensive legal support at every stage of the transaction, including tax structure. The team also provides assistance in managing and financing of commercial real estate. The clients include international and domestic companies and real estate and investment funds. The firm’s lawyers represent both landlords and tenants in negotiating lease of commercial, office and warehouse real estate.

Intellectual Property, TMT & AI:

The advice covers copyright, trademarks, patents and inventions, unfair competition, defamation, privacy and personal data protection, media, advertising, e-commerce, TMTs. The firm provides comprehensive solutions for protection of personal data, particularly for cross-border operations in international capital groups, as well as advises on issues related to GDPR. In 2023 the firm launched a new specialization providing comprehensive legal advice related to implementation of AI-based solutions. The law firm’s offer is addressed to suppliers, importers, distributors of such tools and entrepreneurs intending to use AI.

Corporate Tax:

Lawyers from the corporate tax practice advise on a wide range of tax issues, including the day-to-day operations of the clients, analysing the tax aspects of the agreements they enter into, including transactions involving real estate, intellectual property and new technologies as well as supporting businesses during the course of audits by tax authorities and proceedings before administrative courts.

Aviation:

Łaszczuk & Partners represents the carriers in administrative proceedings before the President of the Civil Aviation Office concerning all types of licences, approvals and notifications as well as provides support in establishing branches in Poland for clients from the aviation industry. The team also has many years of experience representing air carriers in cases involving passenger complaints for cancelled or delayed flights, in court or before the Civil Aviation Office.

International:

The firm is a member of international law firm networks:

• Adlaw International – a global network of law firms specialising in advertising and marketing law
• Ecomlex - an association of leading IT and e-commerce, data protection and privacy lawyers

Managing Partners:

• Aleksandra Faderewska-Waszkiewicz ([email protected])
• Marek Korcz ([email protected])

Partners:

• Michał Chodkowski ([email protected])
• Maciej Łaszczuk ([email protected])
• Krzysztof Riedl ([email protected])
• Jan Rysiński ([email protected])
• Justyna Szpara ([email protected])

Languages:

• English
• German
• Polish