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Our Practice

Established in 1991, Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S) is one of the leading law firms in Poland, serving both Polish and foreign businesses. SK&S employs over one hundred attorneys and provides the highest standard of legal services across all areas of business activity.

By employing several past and current academic authorities on Polish law, SK&S combines a theoretical reflection on law with a focused emphasis on practical solutions and is uniquely equipped to deal effectively with the most complicated legal issues present in complex business transactions.

SK&S’ practice covers all areas of commercial law:

• corporatelawandcommercialtransactions,

• intellectualandindustrialproperty rights,

• securitiesandcapitalmarketlaw,

• bankingandfinance,

• antitrustandunfaircompetitionlaw,

• energylaw,

• taxlaw,

• labourlaw,

• litigationandinternationalarbitration,

• criminallaw,

• stateaid,

• publicprocurement,

• realestate,propertydevelopment & reprivatisation,

• infrastructuralprojects,

• environment,

• lifesciences,

• eCommerce&IT,

• massmedia & telecommunications.

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International Cooperation

Wetakeparticularprideinhavingestablished close cooperation with many renowned international law firmsovertheyears.Throughtheserelationships we are able to provide seamless legal advice in complex transactions conducted simultaneously across several jurisdictions.Wetreasuretheseprofessional relationships as yet further confirmation of the high regard SK&S is held in by our renowned global practice partners.

Whilst consistently steering the course of our independent local practice, some of our partners are successfully engaged in the activities of several international organisations and professional associations in their respective areas of practice, such as:

• InternationalBarAssociation,

• GlobalAdvertisingLawyersAlliance,

• EuroITCounsel,

• InternationalTrademarkAssociation,

• EuropeanEmploymentLawyersAssociation.

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Key ContactsLegal advice to Retail Business SK&S provides highest standard of legal services in all facets of businessactivity.Amongmanyothers, SK&S advises also retail chain business both entering Polish marketandalreadyoperatinginPoland. SK&S legal services cover all relevant practice areas including:

• realestate,

• corporate,

• taxandcustoms,

• labour,

• advertandmarketing,

• IT,e-commerceanddataprivacy,

• IPandtrademarks,

• unfaircompletionandconsumerprotection,

• antitrust,

• commercialrelationshipswithsuppliers,includingbankruptcyand restructuring issues,

• distribution,agencyandfranchising,

• litigation.

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SK&S’trackrecordincludesalso a complex legal advice in a number of spectacular mergers and acquisitions in retail sector.

Advertising, Marketing & Promotion, Designs & Trademark, Unfair CompetitionSzymon GogulskiPartner+48 22 608 70 54szymon.gogulski@skslegal.pl

Real Estate & CorporateRadosław WaszkiewiczPartner+48 22 608 70 48radoslaw.waszkiewicz@skslegal.pl

Antitrust & CompetitionKrzysztof KantonPartner+48 22 608 70 64krzysztof.kanton@skslegal.pl

Labour LawRoch PałubickiSeniorAssociate+48 61 856 04 14roch.palubicki@skslegal.pl

Tax & CustomsPiotr AndrzejakPartner+48 22 608 73 65piotr.andrzejak@skslegal.pl

Real Estate & CorporateSławomir UssPartner+48 22 608 73 76slawomir.uss@skslegal.pl

Poznańul.Mickiewicza3560-837PoznańPolandtel.: +48 61 856 04 20fax: +48 61 856 05 67office.poznan@skslegal.pl

Katowiceul.Chorzowska5040-121KatowicePolandtel.: +48 32 731 59 86fax: +48 32 731 51 70office.katowice@skslegal.pl

WrocławPlac Solny 1650-062WrocławPolandtel.: +48 71 346 77 00fax: +48 71 346 77 09office.wroclaw@skslegal.pl

MadridCalledeAlcalá8528009 MadridSpaintel.: +43 91 781 96 37jaime.fuster@skslegal.pl

Warsaw (Head Office)ul.Wawelska15B02-034WarszawaPolandtel.: +48 22 608 70 00fax: +48 22 608 70 70office@skslegal.plwww.skslegal.pl

Managing PartnerRudolfOstrihansky

Corporate & Commercial TransactionsStanisławSołtysińskiAndrzejW.KaweckiAndrzejSzlęzakRudolfOstrihanskyRobertGawałkiewiczKrzysztof PawliszZbyszkoWiznerTomaszKańskiŁukaszBerakSławomirUss

Banking & FinanceAndrzejSzlęzakAndrzejW.KaweckiTomaszKańskiMarcinOlechowskiJustynaMłodzianowska

Securities & Capital MarketsAndrzejW.KaweckiKrzysztof PawliszJustynaMłodzianowska

Litigation & ArbitrationDariuszSkuzaAndrzejSzlęzakRafałWaszkiewiczJacekSiński

International ArbitrationStanisławSołtysińskiRudolfOstrihanskyEwaSkrzydło-TefelskaMarcinOlechowskiSławomirUss

Tax, Customs & Foreign ExchangeJarosławBierońskiSławomirŁuczakPiotrAndrzejak

Criminal LawTomaszKonopka

EnvironmentRadosławWaszkiewicz

Real Estate, Property Development & ReprivatisationJanuszSiekańskiKrzysztofCichockiRadosławWaszkiewicz

Intellectual Property, Unfair Competition, Advertising LawStanisławSołtysińskiSzymonGogulskiEwaSkrzydło-TefelskaMikołajSowińskiAgataSzeliga

Mass Media & TelecommunicationsJanuszSiekańskiAgataSzeliga

CompetitionKrzysztof Kanton

State AidAgataSzeliga

Public ProcurementKrzysztofCichocki AgataSzeligaSławomirUss

Energy, Oil & GasZbyszkoWiznerKrzysztofCichocki

Infrastructural ProjectsJanuszSiekańskiZbyszkoWiznerKrzysztofCichocki

EmploymentRochPałubicki

Life SciencesEwaSkrzydło-Tefelska

eCommerce & ITMikołajSowińskiAgataSzeliga