KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki and Partners

KWKR Konieczny Wierzbicki and Partners is a dynamic, business-oriented and innovative Polish law firm. KWKR has gained a reputation for providing complex legal services to various sectors, with a particular focus on international projects and clients.

The firm has two offices – in Warsaw and in Krakow. KWKR provides a full range of legal services with a special focus on business and commercial law cases. The team consists of legal advisors, attorneys, tax advisors, financial analysts, and certified advisors for the New Connect alternative trading system listening in on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The KWKR's team is fluent in 5 languages: English, Polish, Ukrainian, German and French, thanks to which KWKR is perfectly suited to dealing with complex international legal matters.

KWKR lawyers have contributed to numerous publications in such areas as IT, new technologies (AI, etc.), intellectual property, data protection law, corporate law and real estate. The firm aims to be at the forefront of legal trends and developments to ensure its clients’ interests are always protected. KWKR has established relationships with law firms based outside of Poland, inter alia through its membership of Mackrell International, an international network of independent law firms around the globe.

KWKR focuses on building long-lasting relationships with its clients, many of whom have seen their business grow with the firm’s support over the years. KWKR lawyers utilize their excellent business sense and experience gained from top-market transactions to help create and maintain a market advantage for their clients. The firm’s team always takes an individual approach to each case, working out pro-business strategies, and responding to even the most specific needs of its clients.

Principal Areas of Practice:

KWKR is operating in 5 main fields of expertise:

• TMT, IT and data protection,
• Corporate law, M&A and investment process,
• Real estate
• Cross-border business,
• Taxes

TMT/IT

The firm has long-established expertise in handling new technology/IT matters, with a particular emphasis on clients in such industries as FinTech, MedTech, cloud computing, AI, entertainment and gambling. TMT/IT lawyers are specialists in the following fields:

• preparing and negotiating various IT contracts, in particular in an international environment.
• advising on regulatory aspects of cloud solutions;
• addressing the legal implications of intersections between new technologies/IT and regulated markets (e.g., banking, gambling, insurance).

The TMT department is supervised by Łukasz Wieczorek, an attorney-at-law and equity partner at KWKR.

Corporate, M&A and investment process

KWKR specializes in matters connected with venture capital, private equity and M&A deals in the new technologies sector. This department, coordinated by attorney-at-law Paulina Opiełka, supports clients every step of the way, from establishing corporate structures in Poland or abroad, preparing transactional documents, as well as handling both R&D and the IP commercialization phase, right through to managing successful exits or IPOs. We focus on:

• facilitating complex transactions in an international environment (Europe, Central Asia, North and South America);
• providing comprehensive legal, tax and financial advice (company valuations, due diligence, legal and tax structuring, preparing and negotiating investment agreements, founders’ agreement, implementation and exit);
• bridging the gap between private and public investors, start-ups, scale-up companies and fully grown companies.

Property

Thanks to its collaboration with leading international funds and development companies, KWKR has helped transform the real estate market in the institutional and commercial lease sector. Our lawyers:

• provide support at every stage of the investment process connected with the purchase of real estate, with a special focus on the PRS and commercial markets;
• render professional advice and representation in administrative and judicial proceedings;
• provide comprehensive assistance in connection with the leasing of commercial and logistics spaces

The work of the team is coordinated by Łukasz Łanoszka, who has knowledge and experience in negotiating complex and multi-stakeholder transactions.

Compliance

KWKR’s lawyers offer expert legal advice and support on a wide range of compliance issues, including:

• providing consultation, audits and training for organizations in the field of GDPR
• conducting research and legal audits assessing the compliance, efficiency and legality of business operations;
• interpreting and adapting company structures to current regulatory requirements;
• identifying risks related to business operations, cooperation with business partners and contractors.

The team is supervised by Mariusz Purgał. By adopting a tailor-made approach to each case, the Compliance team is able to efficiently and effectively guide clients through the most demanding and complicated regulatory procedures, including the winding-up or restructuring of a company.

Key Clients

TMT/IT/Data protection: NextBank | Ailleron | Grape Up

Corporate: Software Mind | WP2 Investments | Norlys

Property: Van der Vorm Vastoged | Matexi | BGK Nieruchomości/PFR Nieruchomości

Compliance: Ab InBev | Hitachi Energy Services | ABB

Offices

Rondo ONZ 1, 00-124 Warszawa, Poland

ul. Kącik 4, 30-549 Krakow, Poland