Clifford Chance > Warsaw, Poland > Firm Profile

‘The real estate finance team has an excellent understanding of the market and practice area. Client-focused, efficient, reliable and accessible.’

‘During the process of picking the legal adviser for a significant syndicated deal, which I had the pleasure to coordinate on behalf of the agent, the CC team-members were very convincing, open-minded, and much more impressive than many other well known competitors.’

‘The banking and finance team, managed by Andrzej Stosio, turned out to be very competent, open-minded, creative in preparing specific solutions that were needed to close this complicated and innovative deal.’

‘Clifford Chance offers the highest standards of services . We appreciate the immediate response to our inquiries and the ability to obtain the opinion of experts from various areas, including not only legal, but also economical.’

‘CC operates broadly and efficiently, has the resources and staff to provide the best legal advice and cares deeply about its clients. The specialists employed in CC constitute a great deal of the firm’s reputation and are the key factor in what makes them exceptional. The firm is characterized by its fast response rate. Their accuracy and willingness to go beyond what is expected allows them to excel in their services compared with others.’

‘Iwona Terlecka and Filip Stawicki possess broad, cross-sectional and thorough knowledge of antitrust European and Polish law and doctrine. Their most important strengths are certainly professionalism, efficiency and thoroughness combined with proper preparation to all relevant subjects and the fact that they all can be trusted with sensitive and complex matters.

‘Marta Matynia is clear in her judgement, helpful and easy to communicate with.’

‘Iwona Terlecka provides advice of a very high competence; her approach to the substantive issue and the commitment gives the customer a sense of security and decisions are the result of information provided in an accessible manner.’

‘The Clifford Chance team has exceptional people; their dealings with clients are always respectful, cordial and close, making interaction and understanding with them easy.’

‘Clifford Chance has provided us with excellent advice.’

‘Dedication, manners, availability, good reception of our ideas, proposed alternative approaches to our cases, good representation in front of our clients and facilitated mediation in conflicts are strengths of the team.’

‘Huge substantive knowledge, proactive approach to the client, ensuring timeliness, innovative ideas and extraordinary communicativeness in relations with the client.’

‘I highly appreciate the knowledge and technical analysis in the field of construction. I believe the team is specialized in this type of dispute. CC has a high ability to analyse the opinions of technical experts as well as use the acquired knowledge and information to build a strategy, including contact with technical support in our company. Other issues are discussed in the CC dispute resolution practice.’

‘We have worked closely with Michal Drwal. He is very dedicated, extremely professional, very realistic about our legal position in our several disputes, good communication skills.’

‘Attorney Robert Moj has comprehensive knowledge in the area of construction law. He presents unusual ideas for solving problems that go beyond the scope of the problem, and indicates areas to which attention should be paid. He is an extremely communicative person.’

‘Both Michał Drwal and Bartosz Krużewski are characterized by a high level of knowledge in the field of construction, used to conduct disputes in this field. I have not had the opportunity to work with them on construction contracts themselves but I find that the level of their services is high.’

‘My summary opinion of the Clifford Chance team from Poland is that they are exceptional people. Their dealings with clients are always respectful and cordial, and close, making interaction and understanding with them easy.’

‘I am impressed by the excellent work that this team has done in the various arbitration and judicial processes that we have underway in Poland.’

‘Michal Drwal is excellent’

‘The services provided as part of the dispute resolution practice, we are talking about here, provided by CC, are at the highest level.’ 

‘CC is characterized by a high level of knowledge of the case, often quoted ad hoc. Each communication also contains conclusions and possible outcome for further actions, suggestions for further steps, and illustrates the consequences of individual event in the progress of litigations.’

‘In everyday co-operation, I work with Michał Drwal and I consider this cooperation to be exceptional. He provides a very orderly and accurate analysis of the situation, he always proposes the next steps, he always consults them with the client.’

‘Clifford Chance is at the forefront of Polish law firms. The team have extensive experience in conducting complex economic matters and expertise to develop commercial, effective solutions.’

‘Clifford Chance offered us a dedicated team of lawyers with the industry knowledge and high legal skills. They have high competences, pro-business approach and attitude to solve complex problems.’

‘Clifford Chance just meet our expectations better then others. They are responsive and have a business approach.’

‘Andrzej Stosio has great knowledge and a business attitude.’

‘Top quality firm which benefits from having Polish specific expertise as well as global coverage, so there are always experts to draw on. We work with the firm across many geographies and as a result benefit from consistent advice’

‘Wojciech Polz – very hard working and always trying to find a commercial solution.’

‘Agnieszka Janicka – super well connected in the market.’

‘Krzysztof Hajdamowicz – extremely knowledgeable.’

‘I had experience recently working with CC team on cross border M&A transaction. Team’s key strengths are their network (very useful in this cross border deal) as well as full scope of services not only limited to M&A that enables one shop service. Additionally to the above the team was very proactive, business minded and always available.’

‘Wojciech Polz is in my opinion not only one of the best M&A lawyers in Poland but also a very business minded and oriented lawyer. He is always available and provides his help and experience in order to get transactions moving in a professional and swift manner.

‘Responsive and proactive team. Worked well as a cross-border team with the London office.’

‘Wojciech Polz: felt like more of a genuine partnership through the process which went above and beyond the usual client-lawyer relationship.’

‘They are very responsive.’

‘This is an experienced, high-quality team that is flexible, concrete, and reliable. They are trusted partners for us.’

‘You work with a team of people but you never feel that that you are alone in front of a big company. Approach is customised.’

‘What I appreciate most about Marcin Cieminski is his attitude and professionalism. He always has time to discuss matters and I’ve never felt that he is in a rush. He always provides the highest quality of service or discussion.’

‘Marcin Cieminski has deep and broad knowledge of the subject mater and true international experience, which means that he is able to liaise with both in-house players and non-Polish outside counsel without anything being “lost in translation.”’

‘Unrivalled understanding of the (renewable) energy regulatory framework and how that is applied in practice by different authorities.’

‘Very professional, thorough and motivated’

‘Very responsive, service oriented, professionals and out of the box thinkers.’

‘Very collaborative and attentive group of lawyers with exeptional knowledge of the energy market in Poland.’

‘Paweł Puacz has exceptional knowledge and a good problem solving attitude.’

‘Pawel Puacz is possibly the best energy lawyer in Poland, combining his understanding of legal matters with a commercial approach to due diligence and documentation.’

‘Their team is very experienced in real estate and construction. They are also strong in development work. They are solution-oriented. I appreciate their efficiency and the open communication. They are very active in the logistics sector, which is the core of our business and makes them a perfect match for us.’

‘Very responsive, outstanding legal advice with sophisticated commercial thinking and high level of professionalism.’

‘Bartosz Kaniasty is our go-to lawyer for transaction work. He is committed and oriented to completing the assigned job. His excellent knowledge of the market, commercial approach and experience make him an exceptional transaction lawyer.’

‘Daniel Kopania is the top real estate and construction lawyer in Poland. Very responsive, a problem solver, focused and business savvy with excellent market knowledge. We usually work with him in relation to development and construction work, but he is also involved in big ticket transaction work.’

‘Bartosz Kaniasty is very reliable and smart, easy to communicate with and has outstanding problem-solving capabilities.’

‘Our company operates on the retail sector. With Clifford Chance, we have always found very capable consultants who can provide effective solutions to our problems, especially when they are are linked to the specificity of our sector. They are always very responsive and proactivie to find specific solutions and advice for our cases.’

‘Very responsive, practical advice and knowledgeable.’

‘Excellent balance of knowledge and experience.’

‘Tomasz Derda provides an excellent level of service.’

‘Tomasz Derda is always available and a hands-on lawyer who provides practical and to-the-point advice.’

‘This team has broad and deep experience in the industry and a practical approach that makes its advice effective and actionable.’

‘Professionalism, international experience and expertise, especially in the US.’

‘People are involved, attentive, emphatic, patient and delivering more than expected.’

‘The legal services provided by the lawyers meets the highest standards of our group. Understanding the client’s needs and grasping the key issues necessary to clarify a legal issue and resolve problems is highly valued by us. This is supported by the simple fact that we have been working together for many years in many complex cases, often involving interdisciplinary work.’

‘The team also conducts excellent insurance sector meetings with many very interesting legal issues, workshops or conferences on current legal problems and major changes in the law.’