Adam Zwierzyński

Practice Areas

Advocate with a wealth of experience in large commercial disputes. His practice focuses on disputes and litigation. Adam represents Clients, among others, before common courts, administrative courts, the Supreme Court and administrative authorities. He is an expert in cases involving the context of energy, corporate matters, real estate, unfair competition, protection of personal interests, anti-monopoly and compensation. He also represents undertakings in arbitrations on a regular basis. He has extensive experience in matters regarding white-collar crime. Adam is the author of a number of publications in the press dealing with legal matters.

Adam is also in charge of our Firm’s relations with international law firms.

Specializations:

- Commercial litigation

- Energy disputes

- Competition protection and combating unfair competition

- Corporate disputes

- Real estate disputes

- Protection of personal interests

- Criminal cases

- Arbitration

- White collar crimes

- Mediation and negotiation

Career

Before joinging our Firm in 2008 Adam worked for the law firm Karniol, Małecki i Wspólnicy sp.k. (2003-2008)

Professional Memberships

- Member of the Warsaw Bar Association

- Treasurer of the Polish Arbitration Association

- Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw

- Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Confederation Lewiatan

- Lecturer and Examiner at the Warsaw Bar Association, substantive civil law and civil procedure

- Member of DIS Rules Clinic Settlement Facilitation Group

- Member of Arbitration/Mediation and Civil Law/Civil Procedural Law Sections at Warsaw Bar

Publications

- Zmiana w kwestii rozpoznawania zażaleń: Kolega z wydziału już nie skontroluje kolegi (English: Change in the issue of recognition of complaints: A department colleague will no longer inspect a colleague) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, on: „forsal.pl” , 5 January 2023

- O jeden podpis za daleko, czyli nieistniejące postanowienia (English: A signature to far, or non-existent decisions, in “Rzeczpospolita”, 18 November 2022

- Przymusowy franczyzowy sąd arbitrażowy (English: Compulsory Franchise Arbitration Court) – in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 8 November 2022

- Ochrona przed wyzyskiem (English: Protection against exploitation) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 29 June 2022

- Zostało kilka tygodni na »zaparkowanie « roszczeń, czyli koniec prób ugodowych jakie znamy, (English: A couple of weeks left to ‘park’ claims, or the end of pre-trial conciliation proceedings as we know them) in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 10 May 2022

- Koszty sądowe w dół. Ale tylko niektóre (English: Court costs down. But only some) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 4 January 2022

- Covidowe zasady staną przed SN (English: Covid rules will go before the Supreme Court) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 26 October 2021

- Łatwiej będzie poluzować gorset stawek dla biegłych (English: Restrictions on the expert witness rates to be eased) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 22 September 2021

- MS chce wprowadzić postępowanie konsumenckie. Koniec dysproporcji między konsumentami a przedsiębiorcami (English: The Ministry of Justice wants to introduce consumer proceedings. End of the disproportion between consumers and undertakings) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 28 July 2021

- Ślepy pozew czy jednak ślepa droga (English: Blind’ lawsuit or rather a blind alley – Adam Zwierzyński on the legislative bill on the protection of freedom of speech on the Internet) in: “Rzeczpospolita”, 9 April 2021

- Jak urząd i prokurator o wolność słowa zawalczą (English: How the authority and the public prosecutor will fight for the freedom of speech), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 30 March 2021

- Książka »Sekretne życie motyli « zrujnowała im karierę. Sąd orzekł, że opisuje nieprawdę. Autorka musi przeprosić (English: The book ‘The Secret Life of Butterflies’ has ruined their careers. The court has ruled that it describes untruths. The author must apologise) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Gazeta Wyborcza”, 5 March 2021

- W SN rośnie góra pytań o ‘poziomki’ (English: More and more questions about horizontal interlocutory appeals at the Supreme Court) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 23 February 2021

- Pandemiczna apelacja, czyli kolegialność do odstrzału (English: The pandemic appeal, or collective adjudication to be axed), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 11 February 2021

- Pełnomocnik niewolnikiem sądu. E-mailowy haczyk na adwokatów (English: The attorney as a slave to the court. An e-mail trap for advocates) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 25 January 2021

- Zażalenia poziome, czyli fikcja odwoławcza (English: Horizontal complaints, or a sham of appeal), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 7 July 2020

- Terminy już nie zawieszone, ale nie biegną… (English: Time limits no longer suspended and yet not running…), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 25 May 2020

- Epidemia to także problemy z atestami urządzeń w wielu firmach (English: Epidemic also means problems with equipment approvals in many companies) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, on: prawo.pl, 6 April 2020

- Stracona szansa na elektronizację procesu cywilnego (English: A lost opportunity to computerize the civil process), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 2 April 2020

- Fikcja doręczeń jeszcze większym problemem w czasie epidemii – (English: The fiction of service of process an even bigger problem in times of epidemic) – article with a commentary by Adam Zwierzyński, on: prawo.pl, 01 April 2020

- Wniosek o uzasadnienie niczym pole minowe (English: Request for a ruling’s reasoning as a minefield), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 5 February 2020

- Revolution in Polish civil procedure, co-author, in: “CEE Legal Matters”, issue 6.12, January 2020

- Przyrzekam, że napiszę prawdę…, czyli praktyczne problemy zeznań pisemnych, (English: I solemnly affirm and declare that I will write the truth… or practical problems with testimony given in writing), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 3 December 2019

- Czy nowelizacja dopuszcza warunkowe czynności procesowe? (English: Does the amendment allow for conditional procedural steps?), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 6 November 2019

- Postanowienia – kolejna ofiara reformy k.p.c. (English: Court decisions – another victim of the reform of the Civil Procedure Code), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 21 October 2019

- Dopuszczalność wniesienia skargi kasacyjnej przed doręczeniem skarżonego orzeczenia z uzasadnieniem. Glosa do postanowienia Sądu Najwyższego z 28.01.2016 r., II CSK 431/15 (English: Admissibility of filing a cassation appeal before the appealed ruling with statement of reasons is served. A commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision of 28 January 2016, II CSK 431/151), in: “Przegląd Sądowy”, Wolters Kluwer, No. 10/2019

- Częściowe uzasadnienie – patent na kłopoty, a nie przyspieszenie postępowania (English: Partial statement of reasons – asking for trouble rather than speeding up the procedure), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 8 October 2019

- Drastyczna podwyżka może wypchnąć ugody z sal sądowych (English: A dramatic increase may push settlements out of the court room), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 24 September 2019

- Po wskazówkach SN postępowanie pojednawcze po nowemu (English: Following guidance from the Supreme Court, conciliation proceedings to be refashioned), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 25 June 2019

- Zabezpieczenie przed wszczęciem tylko wyjątkowo (English: Pretrial injunction as an exception only), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 24 April 2019

- Syndyk nie może żądać od adwokata wydania dokumentacji upadłego (English: The receiver must not require that the advocate provide the documentation of the bankrupt), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 9 April 2019

Languages Spoken

Polish, English, German

Education

Experience

- Represented a consortium operating in the building industry, winner of a PLN 4.1 billion tender procedure for development of the second metro line in Warsaw, before the Regional Court in connection with a complaint filed by an unsuccessful competitor

- Represented one of the most prominent Polish businessmen in a landmark case regarding an infringement of personal interests – the first judgment at the level of the Court of Appeal confirming liability of a common court judge for violating the defendant’s dignity in the course of a court hearing, and ordering apologies

- Represented a large undertaking operating in the automotive industry in a case involving around PLN 300 million claims under a privatization agreement before the Regional Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court

- Represented a large undertaking operating in the fuel industry on an appeal against decisions that imposed fines of around PLN 180 million

- Represented a large undertaking operating in the automotive industry in disputes with shareholders challenging resolutions of the General Meeting for the total value exceeding PLN 1 billion

- Represented an industrial company in a compensation dispute connected with a fatal accident with the value in dispute - exceeding PLN 23 million

- Represented a large company operating in the food industry in a case against the State Treasury in connection with an attempted enforcement of a compulsory mortgage for the amount exceeding PLN 2 million

Defended a well-known Polish businessman in a high-profile corruption-related criminal case

- Represented the biggest network of fitness clubs in Poland in an arbitration, with damages sought exceeding PLN 6 million for breach of contract