Kochanski & Partners‘ dispute resolution team covers civil, banking, IP, corporate, energy and infrastructure litigation. Piotr Kochanski brings expertise in tech, IP and media law, dispute resolution and arbitration. On the other hand, Rafal Rapala develops litigation strategies and represents clients in dispute resolution. Karolina Marciniszyn specialises in industrial property rights infringement cases.Anna Gwiazda specialises in employment litigation arising from the employer-employee relationships, and Agata Dziwisz-Moshe represents clients in negotiations and disputes with the tax authorities. Weronika Magdziak-Śliwa is a key individual. All the individuals mentioned above lead the team. Witold Głuchowski, Mateusz Ostrowski and Krzysztof Zięba have since departed the firm.
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Key clients
- Hasco TM Blachotrapez Recticel POPPART 24 Recticel Pandora Jewellery Shared Services Polish Nuclear Power Plants Havi Logistics Ringer Axel Springer Bank BPH Bank Millennium S.A. LOT Polish Airlines
Work highlights
Advising and representing Ringer Axel Springer and journalists: Jagoda Fryc and Łukasz Grass vs ALTUS S.A., Osiecki Inwestycje and LARTIQ S.A. in civil law proceedings worth EUR 150m resulting from infringement of Press law, the Regulation of the European Parliament on market abuse (MAR), and civil law.
Advising and representing Blachotrapez in a dispute worth approx. EUR 234m, concerning the succession of a business threatened by family members who attempted to perform a hostile takeover, resulting in succession disputes and a multithreaded litigation before multiple courts based on different claims.
Representing LOT Polish Airlines in proceedings before the Personal Data Protection Office and the Supreme Administrative Court.
Practice head
Piotr Kochanski; Rafał Rapala; Karolina Marciniszyn; Anna Gwiazda; Agata Dziwisz-Moshe; Weronika Magdziak-Sliwa; Łukasz Młynarkiewicz; Monika Maćkowska-Morytz