Ms Joanna Wierzejska > Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
RONDO ONZ 1
00-124 WARSZAWA
Poland

Work Department

Tax Practice

Position

Partner and Co-Head of DZP’s Tax Practice, Joanna specialises in providing full-range tax services to clients in merger and acquisition transactions. She advises on effective tax structures for businesses, investments and transactions, on restructuring projects, privatisations, capital and tax group consolidations, and develops optimum tax structures for acquisitions and investment exit point. Joanna advises private equity funds on, for example, the structuring of acquisitions of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. She also advises entities in the energy sector, including renewable energy, handling the unbundling and consolidation of Polish energy groups.

Career

Joanna joined DZP in 2010.

Memberships

Member of the Polish Chamber of Tax Advisers.

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Private client

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka acts for private clients and successful private entrepreneurs, as well as their families and the companies they control, alongside family businesses, private organisations, and family trust funds. Its offering encompasses advice on day-to-day legal and tax issues, as well as support with forming and developing family businesses and related succession planning matters. The team is jointly led by Piotr Andrzejczak in Poznań, and Joanna Wierzejska and Marek Świątkowski in Warsaw. They are ably supported by Jakub WieszczeczyńskiDamian Szczygielski, and Grzegorz Sprawka, who was promoted to the partnership in July 2023.

Poland > Tax

At Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, the tax practice is well regarded for its strength in M&A tax advisory, restructuring, tax planning and tax litigation work. Its client roster spans domestic and international companies, local authorities and private equity funds. Joanna Wierzejska specialises in tax litigation before the European courts, as well as advice regarding post-M&A tax restructuring mandates. Wierzejska jointly leads the practice alongside tax litigation expert Artur Nowak, who represents clients at all stages of tax proceedings. Grzegorz Sprawka and Jan Czerwiński were both promoted to the partnership in July 2023.