Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka handles a range of litigation and arbitration mandates, for clients such as global corporations and state entities. Practice head Jozef Palinka specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on court and arbitration proceedings with a practice spanning construction and infrastructure disputes, corporate conflicts and banking-related litigation. Bartosz Karolczyk specialises in commercial disputes, both before common court and arbitration courts.
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Testimonials
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- I would like to thank all the coworkers and team members I cooperated with. Nonetheless, those who, in my view, deserve the highest appreciation and thankfulness are Wojdalski, Chojnacki, and Krakowiak. All three aforementioned lawyers distinguished themselves as particularly communicative (instant contact and thoughtfulness), undeniably prepared for each and every meeting/negotiation session, in addition to the originality of the delivered drafts.
- DZP's outstanding features include state-of-the-art legal knowledge in its practical sense, awareness of the newest and most efficient dispute-resolution strategies, as well as originality of their proposals.
- ‘The team consists of lawyers with extensive knowledge, whose knowledge and experience complement each other perfectly.’
- ‘Experienced lawyers, great sense of the client's needs, to-the-point conversations, effective communication, legal culture at high level.’
- ‘Great sense of the client's needs, to-the-point conversation.’
- ‘Domański Zakrzewski Palinka is unique due to its combination of extensive experience and a leading position in the Polish market with global reach, a broad network of connections with international partners, and an innovative approach to law, including the use of the Legal Design methodology.’
Key clients
- ORLEN S.A.
- Deutsche Bahn AG
- ING Bank Śląski S.A.
- LC Corp Group
- Stellantis Gliwice Sp. z o.o. (previously Opel Manufacturing Poland sp. z o.o.; part of the Stellantis Group)
- Duna Polska S.A. (formerly: Mota Engil Central Europe S.A.)
- Śląskie Voivodship
- S.E.T. Select Energy GmbH
- PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (the largest Polish company in the energy sector) and PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. (the largest Polish energy producer)
- Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt
- Class Action: Group of 142 shareholders
- Bauer Publishing Company
Work highlights
Acting for PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A., in a dispute brought by a global environmental NGO seeking court-ordered measures to prevent environmental harm and achieve carbon neutrality.
Acting for Stellantis Gliwice Sp. z o.o., in a civil liability dispute concerning service and maintenance failures by a third-party contractor that caused major production disruptions.
Acting for Polish financial institutions – including Getin Holding, LC Corp. B.V., and the supervisory boards of Idea Bank and Getin Noble Bank – in legal proceedings challenging the government’s decision to force the takeover and restructuring of both banks.
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Practice head
Józef Palinka
Other key lawyers
Bartosz Karolczyk