DBS Law Firm

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Maciej Adamczyk

Maciej specializes in commercial law. He has experience in providing regular corporate services to companies from the pharmaceutical sector and foundations operating in health care, including registration proceedings. He also develops his expertise in pharmaceutical law. As part of ongoing services to clients, he prepares such corporate documents as resolutions, minutes of meetings or applications for changing an entry in the National Court Register. He helps identify real beneficiaries and report them to the Central Register of Real Beneficiaries (CRBR). He prepares adjustments to internal regulations and policies for making payments to the requirements of the Act on counteracting excessive delays in commercial transactions. He also evaluates advertising materials for medicinal products in terms of the requirements of pharmaceutical law and combating unfair competition, in particular in comparative advertising. Maciej co-authored publications on pharmaceutical law and combating unfair competition. Maciej has been with DBS since 2019.

Katarzyna Bajer

Katarzyna supports companies active in the Life Sciences sector, especially pharmaceutical companies. Her professional interests include pharmaceutical and medical law, as well as intellectual property law. In day-to-day practice, she prepares legal opinions in the field of pharmaceutical law, including Reimbursement law. She analyses contracts, prepares letters regarding parallel import of medicinal products, and is a member of the team advising clients on IP matters. Katarzyna co-authored several publications on pharmaceutical law. Katarzyna has been with DBS since 2019.

Agata Bzymek-Waśniewska

Agata specializes in pharmaceutical and labour law. For more than two decades she has been supporting legal entities from the pharmaceutical, medical, and cosmetic sectors in their business projects. She has extensive experience in ongoing advisory services covering civil, commercial, and labour law. Agata is often invited to participate in the work on legislative changes in pharmaceutical law and labour law. The scope of her expertise includes such issues as: advertising and promotional activities, including promotion and advertising of medicinal products and food supplements, also umbrella brands. distribution and logistics projects, including the development of distribution systems and support in connection with the inspections of pharmaceutical wholesalers carried out by the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector. preparation and implementation of compliance procedures (compliance with legal regulations, in particular with pharmaceutical law). commercial contracts concerning, among others, the supply and manufacture of medicinal products and food supplements, as well as contracts for the provision of promotional services for these products. contracts on the research and development of food supplements, cosmetics, and medical devices. She participates in projects for the acquisition of rights to medicinal products and food supplements. Agata also advises pharmaceutical companies in restructuring processes and participates in preparing strategies in individual and group employee processes. She assists in solving sensitive employee problems, including “difficult cases”. Agata supports employers in relations with trade unions, also in collective disputes. She manages audits in the area of compliance and employee matters and conducts numerous trainings in pharmaceutical law, compliance and labour law. Agata represents clients in court and administrative proceedings, especially in labour law litigation. Since 2004, she has been a partner at DBS.

Henryk Dobrzański

Henryk specializes in commercial, civil, and labour law, in real estate matters and, more broadly, in all areas of law related to business activity. He started his professional career as an in-house legal counsel, then he managed the legal departments in large companies. In 1990, he set up a law firm and has been supporting business as an external counsel from the very beginning of the economic transformation process. Henryk constantly develops and expands his qualifications. He put at his clients’ disposal decades of procedural experience gained in court and administrative proceedings involving both domestic and foreign entities. He was also a liquidator of state-owned enterprises and commercial law companies, and a member of supervisory boards of companies with State Treasury shareholding and private companies. Since 2004, he has been a partner at DBS.

Katarzyna Kroner

Katarzyna specializes in the area of Life Sciences and medical law, particularly medical device law, while having significant experience in civil and business law. She has been advising businesses related to the medical sector for almost 15 years. For the past 10 years she has been running a legal blog on medical devices: Wyroby medyczne okiem Temidy (Medical devices in Temida’s view). Katarzyna assists manufacturers, importers and distributors of medical devices, cosmetic products and personal care products in establishing strategies for operating in the processes of marketing products, ensuring regulatory compliance and developing safe marketing activities. She advises on issues related to commercial contracts, business transactions and other aspects of business operations in the medical sector. The scope of her interests also focuses on civil litigation for damages arising from incidents and defective medical devices. She has successfully litigated cases before the Polish Supreme Administrative Court regarding the recognition of products as medical devices. She also conducts proceedings before the President of the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products, customs and tax authorities. Katarzyna regularly conducts specialized webinars, trainings and lectures on industry topics for both companies and public institutions. She has authored numerous publications. She is a founding member of several associations, including the Polish Association of Company Lawyers (PSPP). She has a wide range of experience, which she has accumulated over more than a dozen years, focusing on highly specialized topics. Her knowledge of the industry and its problems, enables her to provide top-notch services and customized solutions for her clients. Katarzyna has been with DBS since 2018. She has served as a Partner since 2024.

Joanna Mączko-Forgiel

Joanna specializes in intellectual property law and competition law, especially in the context of the pharmaceutical industry. She supports companies in the protection of trademark rights, patents and copyrights, as well as handles IP aspects of transactions specific to the pharmaceutical sector. She prepares analyses and draft agreements on the transfer of intellectual property rights, license agreements and the ‘know-how’ of the enterprise. Joanna participates in the work on legislative changes in intellectual property law. She has many years of litigation experience, mainly in intellectual property disputes. She conducts pre-trial correspondence in the event of infringement or a threat of infringement of intellectual property rights. She represents clients in disputes on trademark protection, also concerning the validity of protection rights. For years, Joanna has been advising businesses, especially pharmaceutical companies, on the full spectrum of legal issues related to their activity. She also develops her capabilities in the area of pharmaceutical law. Joanna has been with DBS since 2015.

Andrzej focuses on pharmaceutical and medical law as well as industrial property law and commercial law issues specific to the Life Sciences sector. He has been advising pharmaceutical companies and health care providers for a number of years. He participates in the work on legislative changes in pharmaceutical and reimbursement law. Andrzej advises clients on projects concerning marketing medicinal products, reimbursement processes, and contracts typical for the pharmaceutical market. He provides holistic support for complex interdisciplinary projects involving regulatory, reimbursement, industrial property, and competition law. These projects include European market access strategies for new medicinal products (including orphan drugs), products’ rights acquisition transactions covering several European countries, and strategies for entering the generic drug market from day 1 after the original product IP protection expires. He assists health care providers in their day-to-day operations. Andrzej also develops his expertise in the field of intellectual property disputes, both patent and trademark. He authored publications on medical and pharmaceutical law and is a valued speaker at Life Sciences events. Andrzej has been with DBS since 2016. He has served as a Partner since 2023.

Marta Sroka-Maleta

Marta specializes in pharmaceutical law and intellectual property law. For over 15 years, she has been supporting entities from the pharmaceutical sector in the full spectrum of legal issues related to their business activities. Marta supports clients in such matters as: strategies for new product launches and implementation of new business models, also including regulatory requirements, reimbursement schemes, and intellectual property rights; business development projects, especially developing and negotiating contracts typical for the pharmaceutical industry, such as license, supply and distribution contracts; marketing authorization of medicinal products, reimbursement, parallel import and intervention import; inspections of supervisory authorities at wholesalers and manufacturing sites; preparing internal procedures for companies from the pharmaceutical sector; compliance audits; business activity of health care providers. She represents clients in court and administrative proceedings, such as: court proceedings on intellectual property, in particular, patent disputes and infringement of trademark protection rights, as well as competition law; administrative proceedings before regulatory and supervisory authorities. She is often invited to participate in work on legislative changes in pharmaceutical law, reimbursement, and industrial property law. Marta conducts trainings in pharmaceutical law and intellectual property law for the pharmaceutical sector. She is a sought-after speaker at events in the Life Sciences area. Since 2012, she has been a Partner at DBS.

Mirosław Zapała

Mirosław specialises in life sciences market regulations, compliance and business ethics issues, legal risk management in large business organizations and NGOs. He started his legal career as a legal assistant to the board of directors during the entry of a multinational pharmaceutical company. For eighteen years he was the legal director of the Polish part and for many years a member of the European legal leadership team of one of the largest global pharmaceutical companies. More recently, he has focused on building compliance structures, with a particular emphasis on healthcare compliance and anti-corruption in the broadest sense. He is active in the field of humanitarian aid and international humanitarian law. Throughout his career, Mirosław has dealt with legal issues in pharmaceutical regulations, compliance and legal risk management, intellectual property, product launch strategies, M&A, restructuring, corporate governance and crisis management. In 2017, Mirosław was included in the Legal 500 list of the most influential legal directors in Central and Eastern Europe (‘GC Powerlist CEE’).