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Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP

RONDO ONZ 1, 00-124 WARSAW
Zurich, Washington DC, Warsaw, Vienna, Valencia, Toronto , and 68 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Poland

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, tier 4

Ireneusz Stolarski is Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s team head. The practice advised Bank Zachodni was advised on the refinancing of existing loans and the financing of a new office building in central Warsaw that involved 24 agreements. Credit Suisse is also a client, while Landsbanki was represented on a food sector acquisition financing.

Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Konrad Konarski runs Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s equity practice. The team acted on the IPO and WSE listing of a Ukrainian company through a Luxembourg holding company.

Competition/antitrust

Within Competition/antitrust, Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP lost Marta Sendrowicz to Allen & Overy, A. Pedzich sp. k. last year,but competition matters are now headed by ‘rising star’ Marcin Kolasinski. Recent activity includes cartel cases in Luxemburg and providing compliance advice to pharmaceutical companies.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s Marcin Gmaj is highly recommended, as is Tomasz Krzyzowski. The firm advised on the €362.5m merger between soft drinks companies Kofola and Hoop and acted on AIG Capital Partners’ indirect buy-out of a majority stake in listed Orzel Bialy. Dell, Philip Morris and Cadbury-Schweppes are also clients.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution , Baker & McKenzie is a third tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s Marcin Gmaj leads a disputes group that also has excellent IP and tax litigation capabilities. The firm advised Reliz on a third-party property dispute, acted for a Canadian company in several court claims concerning a Polish investment and is representing Kredyt Bank in a court dispute with the State Treasury. Dr Andrzej Tynel is a respected arbitrator.

Employment

Within Employment, tier 4

The employment law expertise of Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s Sylwia Puznowska has been noted. Dell and Google are supported on a daily basis in labour matters and Pelikan was assisted with restructuring issues, including collective redundancies.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Marek Rosinski’s group at Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP is ‘reliable and two steps ahead’, and is very focused on the IT and pharma sectors. The 19-lawyer team boasts a portfolio of 1,500 trade marks and competes with patent attorney firms for trade mark prosecution and litigation. British American Tobacco was advised on the transfer of 850 marks; Orange represented on the recovery of Polish domain names through arbitration proceedings; and Google assisted with copyright matters. The ‘dependable’ Tomasz Koryzma coordinates the Sony anti-counterfeiting programme and Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik is said by Pharma clients to be ‘a brilliant lawyer possessed of incredible integrity’.

Projects, energy and natural resources

Within Projects, energy and natural resources, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP has a good name for infrastructure projects, but also recently acted on the acquisition of over 20 wind farm projects. Key contact Jur Gruszczynski advised on the concession agreement amendment concerning the A2 motorway, while the ‘fantastic’ Pawel Magierowski led a team assisting the Institute of Environmental Protection with emissions trading regulations at local, European and international level.

Real estate

Within Real estate, Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek’s leads a team that advised on the largest office lease agreement in the Polish real estate market (Lipowy Office Park complex), and also assisted ING Real Estate’s SPV with the development of a prestigious commercial site in central Warsaw. On the residential side, the firm acted for a Danish fund in relation to the acquisition of over 1,000 apartments.

Tax

Within Tax, Baker & McKenzie is a first tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP’s standalone team of tax advisers is headed by Slawomir Boruc. Highlights include advising on the optimisation of VAT settlements for a range of international clients, the tax structuring of joint ventures and acquisitions within the real estate sector and the tax aspects of securitisation transactions. Partner Jerzy Martini is strongly recommended.

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Legal Developments by:
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  • Tax Reforms Towards the Creation of an International Financial Center in Russia

    In December 2009 the Russian Parliament adopted important changes further promoting the Russian holding companies regime. Starting from January 1, 2011 Russian holding companies will no longer be required to meet the present 500 million ruble threshold for investments made into companies qualifying as “strategic investments” to receive tax benefits.
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Legal Developments in Poland

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  • Towards uniform European standards – changes in Polish capital market law

    DZP is pleased to present an article written for the IBA newsletter and prepared by partners from DZP - Professor Grzegorz Domański and Paweł Halwa.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Department

    Mergers and Acquisitions Department advises in a wide range of transactions in Poland as well as in eastern Europe. Our lawyers have experience in assisting in sophisticated transactions.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Lawsuit Department

    The Lawsuit Department provides all-round legal assistance in the scope of broadly understood settling disputes. The legal assistance covers both legal representation before common courts of all instances, arbitration courts as well as the Client’s representation in settling disputes on a pre-litigation stage.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Real Estate Department

    The Real Estate Department renders advisory in all aspects of real estate transaction law, investment and infrastructure projects. The Department consist of experienced lawyers ensuring legal help in all kinds of investment projects.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • Departament of Energy

    Department droves full, current legal attendance in aid of enterprises from energy sector. Particular feature differing this Department is knowledge and experiences in service constant and current legal equipment for entrepreneur with specialized knowledge to the point specific posed that require businesses by reason of their specificity of activities, these activities of controls of regulators of markets relying on subjecting.
    - Chalas & Partners Law Office

  • The Mergers & Acquisitions Review

    DZP is pleased to present The European Mergers &Acquisitions Review (Polish Section) published by Law Business Research. The book contains a collection of reports on M&A transactions carried out in selected European countries in the years 2006 – 2007. It was drawn up by renowned lawyers at European law firms one of which was Domański Zakrzewski Palinka. The chapter on the Polish market was prepared by two partners from DZP: Krzysztof Zakrzewski and Remco van der Kroft.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka

  • Redundancy Law in Europe

    DZP is pleased topresent a Polish section of the „RedundancyLaw in Europe” book published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The Polish chapterwas prepared by a lawyer from DZP - Łukasz Kuczkowski.
    - Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
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