Rymarz Zdort Maruta is lauded for its ‘insights into cross-border dispute resolution’, and the team handles the entire gamut of dispute proceedings, including arbitration, litigation and mediation. Its offering encompasses representation in disputes surrounding M&A transactions, financial litigation and cases involving the energy, construction and new technologies industries. The practice is also increasingly active in disputes concerning IP rights and regulatory matters, and it is highly experienced in representation before a wide range of courts, including the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, and common and administrative courts. The key senior names in the group are international arbitration specialist Krzysztof Sajchta, Łukasz Żak and Damian Gudel. Karina Aust-Niewiadomska departed the firm.
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Testimonials
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‘Their ability to work very effectively with other law firms and clients from different legal systems from post-Soviet, continental and common law. The quality of work was of the highest calibre and communication skills excellent.’
‘My experience working with Krzysztof Sajchta was particularly positive. He was dedicated and relentless solving legal issues of the highest international standard. Since my clients are nearly always multinationals or the largest international law firms, I am able to compare Krzysztof's professionalism.’
‘My experience with Rymarz Zdort Maruta concerned their representation of the client in a a very complex headline dispute with a very significant international aspect and a number of complex additional spillover matters.'
'I found the Rymarz Zdort Maruta as very professional with a focused and efficient approach to resolving even such highly complex legal matters.’
‘The team of Łukasz Żak has a very broad experience in various areas of commercial litigation. His team is always on time and each of its members participate substantially in our projects.’
‘Łukasz Żak is the man you want to have on your side. His in-depth understanding of the law helped us to avoid huge problems.’
‘The team provides swift, insightful feedback even on extremely broad and complex legal matters of an international character. The insights into cross-border dispute resolution are impressive, as is the understanding of foreign legal systems.’
‘The partner Krzysztof Sajchta thinks and reacts correctly faster than most in the industry. His reassuring legal confidence, which is solidly based, is just what you need when the winds of change are blowing in the increasingly complex world of international dispute resolution that has emerged in recent years.’
Key clients
- The bankruptcy trustee of Getin Noble Bank S.A.
- Dom Maklerski BOS S.A.
- Multiconsult Group
- IVIA S.A.
- ORLEN S.A.
- Bank Millennium S.A.
- Baldero Investments sp. z o.o.
- Erbud S.A.
- Polenergia Group
- Mediafinancial sp. z o.o.
Work highlights
Represented ORLEN S.A. in USD multi-billion (in total) arbitration proceedings against Gazprom PJSC and Gazprom export LLC concerning multiple claims under a contract for the sale of natural gas to the Republic of Poland (the Yamal Contract).
Represented the bankruptcy trustee of Getin Noble Bank S.A in three preliminary ruling proceedings pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union and regarding consumer disputes with banks in Poland regarding mortgage loan agreements indexed to a foreign currency.
Represented Vectra in EUR multi-million post-M&A arbitral proceedings regarding the determination of the final purchase price of Multimedia Polska S.A., as well as in three related state-court proceedings, all of which were won by Vectra.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Damian Gudel; Krzysztof Sajchta; Lukasz Zak
Other key lawyers
Michal Milewski