Law Firm Copartners:
Marian Mazurek
Managing Partner
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw since 1983.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at UMCS Lublin University (1976). Worked in the justice system and passed a national judicial exam (1980). Experienced in administrative and legislative practice (e.g. member of the Legal Committee of the Council of Ministers). Provides regulatory advisory services regarding the legislative process as an expert for organizations associating entrepreneurs that he represents, e.g. at meetings of parliamentary committees and subcommittees. In charge of legal issues in numerous projects relating to mergers and takeovers as well as real estate investments (shopping centers, residential estates, installations in facilities related to environmental protection). Responsible for commercial law practice. Supervises merges and takeovers as well as major litigation. Foreign languages: German and Russian.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at UMCS Lublin University (1976). Worked in the justice system and passed a national judicial exam (1980). Experienced in administrative and legislative practice (e.g. member of the Legal Committee of the Council of Ministers). Provides regulatory advisory services regarding the legislative process as an expert for organizations associating entrepreneurs that he represents, e.g. at meetings of parliamentary committees and subcommittees. In charge of legal issues in numerous projects relating to mergers and takeovers as well as real estate investments (shopping centers, residential estates, installations in facilities related to environmental protection). Responsible for commercial law practice. Supervises merges and takeovers as well as major litigation. Foreign languages: German and Russian.
Andrzej Gryn
Partner
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw since 2005.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Completed the English and European Union Law Study Program conducted by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge. Associated with the law firm since 2001. Specialist in commercial and civil law, including real estate law and the handling of legal and formal aspects of a variety of investments. He heads a team that provides legal assistance to, inter alia, several Warsaw developers operating in the residential and commercial development market, telecommunications companies, and a network of private clinics. Also has extensive experience in legal issues related to the implementation of residential and commercial facility investments. Foreign languages: English.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Completed the English and European Union Law Study Program conducted by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge. Associated with the law firm since 2001. Specialist in commercial and civil law, including real estate law and the handling of legal and formal aspects of a variety of investments. He heads a team that provides legal assistance to, inter alia, several Warsaw developers operating in the residential and commercial development market, telecommunications companies, and a network of private clinics. Also has extensive experience in legal issues related to the implementation of residential and commercial facility investments. Foreign languages: English.
Magdalena Mazurek
Partner
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw since 2008.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Completed the English and European Union Law Study Program conducted by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge, and graduated from the American Law Center at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Florida. Completed an internship at the Prosecutor's Office with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the United Nations in the Hague. Participated in an internship at the General Consulate in Lille (France). Associated with the law firm since 2004. Responsible for practice in the area of litigation, contract law, and civil and postal law. Foreign languages: speaks fluent English, knows German.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Completed the English and European Union Law Study Program conducted by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Cambridge, and graduated from the American Law Center at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Florida. Completed an internship at the Prosecutor's Office with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the United Nations in the Hague. Participated in an internship at the General Consulate in Lille (France). Associated with the law firm since 2004. Responsible for practice in the area of litigation, contract law, and civil and postal law. Foreign languages: speaks fluent English, knows German.
Law firm's key lawyers:
Elżbieta Anyszka
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw since 2005.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Graduated from the German Law School at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with Frederick Wilhelm University in Bonn. From 1997-1999 worked at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. From 1999-2001 participated in the privatization processes. Specialist in environmental law. Associated with the Law Firm since 2002. Foreign languages: German and English.
Anna Delega
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Associated with the law firm since 2000. Provides legal assistance to our clients in all matters relating to employment law, social insurance and public procurement. Also handles legal aspects of healthcare issues, electronic media and advertisements. Foreign languages: speaks fluent English.
Katarzyna Dłutkowska-Nowak
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers (OIRP) in Poznań since 1995.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1992). Associated with the law firm since 1997. She heads our branch in Poznań. She provides comprehensive legal assistance to companies operating in the area of environmental protection. Performed the function of trustee in bankruptcy and court supervisor. Specialises in civil substantive law, commercial law, employment law, law of trade unions and social dialogue. Provides comprehensive legal services to commercial entities and manages receivable debts.
Jarosław Kulawik
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw since 2005.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Specialist in administrative law and court advocacy in administrative courts. Acquired extensive experience while performing responsible functions at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (1998-2005). Associated with the law firm since 2006. Foreign languages: English.
dr Jakub Pawelec, LL.M.
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers (OIRP) in Warsaw.
Graduate of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economy at the University of Wrocław (2003) and the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (2006). In 2009 he received a Ph.D. in law. Graduate of the European Doctoral College (Jagiellonian University, the University of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Heidelberg University). Has authored publications in the fields of public procurement, public private partnership, labor law and social security. Professional experience: Legal Department of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Munich; law firms in Germany. Participates in investments worth many millions (power industry, public procurement, licenses/concessions, privatization). Assists in projects carried out by private companies in conjunction with self-government bodies (provision and management of utilities, public private partnership). Specializes in: public procurement law, public private partnership and legal issues related to renewable sources of energy. Foreign languages: English, German.
Włodzimierz Sobieszek
Proxy
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and of ¨Viadrina¨ European University in Frankfurt (Oder); awarded a LL.M. and LL.B. diploma. Also studied at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Associated with the law firm since 2004. In 2000-2004 cooperated with law firms in Berlin and Warsaw and the legal department of one of the German concerns based in Munich. Specializes in contract law (logistics, waste management, consumer template contracts), transport law, competition law, and assistance in mergers and takeovers, including privatization processes (due diligence, preparation of transaction documentation). In our law firm, responsible for providing comprehensive legal services to logistics, transport and forwarding companies. Languages: German and English.
Marlena Zagórska
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2002) and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder); awarded a LL.B degree in 2005. Passed a national judicial exam before the Ministry of Justice. Specialist in material civil law and civil procedure. Associated with the law firm since 2005. Foreign languages: fluent German, knows English.
Milena Sokołowska
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of the Catholic University of Lublin in law and administration. Specialty area: European administration. For two years worked in the Department of Market Surveillance, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. Associated with the law firm since 2007. Conducts developer projects in the area of residential housing and commercial properties. Specializes in building law, conveyancing and reprivatization claims. Languages: speaks English.
Izabela Minda
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (2007). Associated with the law firm since 2008. Provides legal assistance in civil procedure and advises entities operating in the logistics, transport and forwarding sector. Languages: speaks German.
Sworn translator:
Maciej Symonowicz
Graduate of the Law Faculty of Łazarski University and the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies in Translation and Interpreting at Warsaw University, Faculty of Applied Linguistics. Studied philosophy at Warsaw University. Completed a course in legal and business English at Girton College, University of Cambridge in the UK (awarded a certificate on successful completion). Awarded top grades in CAE, CPE by the British Council as well as TOLES. Sworn translator of English - specializes in legal and business translation. Associated with the law firm since 2006. Speaks French.
Renata Rymkiewicz
Graduate of the Faculty of Neophilology of Warsaw University with a specialty in German philology and a graduate of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies in Translation and Interpreting at Warsaw University, Faculty of Applied Linguistics. Sworn translator of German. Specializes in legal and business translation. Associated with the law firm since 2004; responsible for the linguistic auditing of legal texts. In addition to German, she speaks fluent Polish and knows Russian, Lithuanian and English
Long-term cooperation:
Jolanta Mendt
attorney-at-law in Germany
Since 1997 recorded on the list of German attorneys-at-law. Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun (1985). Completed legal training for a judge and passed a national judicial exam in Poland (1985-1987). Next, studied law at Wilhelm Frederic University in Bonn (1990-1993). Completed legal training at the Supreme Court (Oberlandesgericht) in Köln and passed a national judicial exam in the Federal Republic of Germany (1997). Practiced as a judge until 1989. Cooperated regularly with our law firm since 1997 as an associated law firm. Provides legal assistance to German investors and Polish companies operating internationally. Fluent in German and Polish. Other languages: Russian and English.
Przemysław Popowski
Legal Adviser LL.M. Kiel
Legal adviser - member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Poznań. Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2001) and the Faculty of Law at Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel in Germany (2003). Completed German Law Study Program at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2004). Gained Ph.D at the Faculty of European Law in the Department of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź. Specialist in administrative law as well as Polish and German civil and commercial law. Handles matters related to claims for compensation covering damage to both person and property. Also conducts mediation and arbitration proceedings. Authorized to sit on the supervisory boards of companies which are state-owned. Fluent German speaker; knows English.
Krzysztof Modzelewski
Tax Adviser
In 1997 recorded on the national list of tax advisers under number 00030. Graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw. Worked at the Ministry of Economy and the Polish Embassy in Berlin, and then in international audit and tax consultancy companies. Since 2003 worked as an independent tax consultant. Specialist in the following areas: taxation of mergers, divisions and transformations of companies, tax planning (minimization of the tax burden on businesses), international tax law, double taxation conventions, optimization of pay structures for employees and managerial staff, legal representation in tax-related issues, consultancy services in transfer pricing, reviews and tax audits. Associated with the law firm since 2002. Fluent in German.
