Firm Profile > Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski > Warsaw, Poland

Healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

The life sciences team at Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski is part of the firm's commercial group, allowing it to provide services to industry clients relating to IP and data protection. New technologies are a particular area of expertise, and co-head Marta Gadomska-Gołąb has developed a specialism in personalised medicine and telemedicine. The group has a strong regulatory practice, assisting with product compliance, safety and registration, as well as public reimbursement and marketing. It also advises clients on issues including obtaining licences for manufacturing pharmaceuticals and obtaining marketing authorisation. Aleksandra Kunkiel-Kryńska is the other leader of the team, and has experience of consumer law, contract law and advertising law issues.

Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski focuses on mid-market transactions, as well as handling major complex group restructurings and corporate advisory work. Able to draw on a sizeable international network, the group advises clients across multiple jurisdictions across the CEE region. Transactional lawyers Ewa Szlachetka and Renata Patoka jointly lead the department. Of counsel Krzysztof Feluch is also noted.

Dispute resolution Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski is especially noted for handling disputes in the real estate, infrastructure, TMT and aviation sectors. The groups has substantial experience of bankruptcy proceedings, particularly with cross-border aspects. Department head Maciej Jóźwiak has also developed a strong alternative dispute resolution practice, and is regularly instructed in arbitration, as well as appearing as an arbitrator in Poland. Litigator Krzysztof Wierzbowski has experience of representing foreign investors in investment, regulatory and commercial disputes.

Employment Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski's core areas of expertise span labour disputes, employment restructuring issues including employee transfers, collective and individual redundancies, dismissals and incentive schemes. The group also advises on working time requirements, the posting of employees abroad and privacy issues, and conducts internal employment-related audits. Ewa Łachowska-Brol is the department head, while counsel Adam Nierzwicki is noted for his knowledge of employment agreements, as well as employment and social insurance litigation.

Energy and natural resources Tier 3

Public procurement Tier 3

Real estate Tier 3

At Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski, the team is focused on transactional real estate matters with expertise in leases, property transfers, developments and financing work. It has also developed a niche in advising on the real estate aspects of infrastructure projects, counting the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways as a client. Krzysztof Wierzbowski heads up the group, handling contentious and non-contentious matters. In 2019, counsel Anna Ochocka moved to Wolf Theiss.

Banking and finance Tier 5

Michał Markowski leads Eversheds Sutherland Wierzbowski's banking and finance department, which handles financing and regulatory issues, with stand-out expertise in project finance, financial services regulation and anti-money laundering issues. The group, which sits within the firm's global offering, is able to provide cross-border advice, and regularly handles multi-jurisdictional financing work.