Our Law Firm in Poland operates on market of legal services since 1992. We specialize in providing legal services to foreign investors and international corporations doing business in Poland.
Over years our attorneys in Poland are repeatedly awarded and distinguished for providing legal services in the filed of M&A, Polish Banking Law, Polish Antitrust and Competition Law, Litigation and Dispute resolution in Poland.
As Polish Business Law Firm we are provide full scope of business related legal services incl. Corporate, Contracts, Employment, M&A and Investment Advisory, Debt Collection and Real Property, IP and Tax Laws in Poland.
The rich experience of the founders (Andrzej and Grażyna Dudkowiak), who had formerly been commercial judges, enabled the Firm to provide high-quality legal services to a wide variety of international corporations, which in early 90-ties entered a new re-created Polish market.
The accession of Poland to European Union was a new challenge for the Law Firm. At that time the Law Firm was restructured, rebranded and strengthened by new Partners oriented to provide legal services to global corporations conquering Polish market. New foreign investor orientated practice was developed.
As a consequence Dudkowiak Family local Law Firm through last two decades was boosted to internationally recognized level.
Currently our Law Firm is recognized by:
Below we are presenting received awards and recognitions as well as client who trusted in our services.
Since early 90's we are recognized and distinguished corporate law firm in Poland.
Decades of experience in corporate advisory to multinational corporations allowed us to acquire particular understanding for foreign investors and develop practical approach project execution.
Company law, corporate advisory were always key fields of expertise of Dudkowiak Kopeć Putyra (Corporate Law Firm) in Poland since its founding in 1992.
The corporate practice has always been appreciated by our clients with outstanding reviews to international rating agencies.
We are also continuously awarded by specialist legal magazines (e.g. Legal500, The Lawyers Global etc.) For business, corporate and commercial achievements in Central and Eastern Europe we were selected as Spotlight / Leading Law Firm in Poland by Legal500 in 2019 and 2021. Complete list of awards and distinctions may be found below.
Corporate legal team is led by three Partner attorneys and consists of over ten corporate lawyers entirely dedicated to day to day quality legal services, company law advisory and execution of various types of transaction, including multinational and innovative operations. Case studies of our company law projects may be reviewed in the section below.
Due to our Polish Law Firms profile – our clients are mainly foreign investors. They range from large international corporations, financial institutions, investment funds and private equity funds, to medium and smaller entrepreneurs, and family firms. You may get aquatinted with some of them below.
Our Polish lawyers & attorneys prepared practical guides for foreign investors regarding: investment & company registration in Poland, and company & corporate law in Poland.
More about associated M&A practice maybe found on the webpage of our Polish M&A attorneys team.
We provide corporate legal services all around Poland thought all five offices, and in particular in Warsaw and Kraków.
Based on history, awards and experience it is fair to say that we are one of the top litigation law firms in Poland.
Our litigation and arbitration practice has longstanding history. As one of few Firms in Poland, we may proudly say that throughout 30 years we have trained over three generations of litigation attorneys.
Dudkowiak Kopeć Putyra was founded in early 90’s by two ex-judges who designed it to be a litigation law firm. Over the years the Law Firm grew and developed several practices but litigation always remained one of the key expertise.
Our litigation lawyers are probably the most awarded in the entire Firm. They are distinguished by impressive list of awards received over the years from rating agencies and international legal magazines. In 2021 we were named as Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Poland (The Lawyers Global) and the Law Firm in the Spotlight (Legal500). Full list of awards may be explored below.
We are experience in advisory and representation of world leading corporations in their litigation and arbitration efforts in Poland. List of clients and examples of notorious cases may be explored below. Every year we are representing in tens of multi-million court and arbitration cases.
Litigation and arbitration team grew over the decades. It is currently led by three Partner attorneys and consists of over ten experience litigators specialized in number of dispute fields. Depending on the dispute subject, our litigators are often supported by expert attorneys from other departments.
We provide corporate legal services all around Poland thought all five offices, and in particular in Warsaw and Kraków.
For over three decades our intellectual property attorneys advise on how to turn ideas and innovations into IP assets in Poland and worldwide.
Our Polish lawyers specialize in trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property protection and combating of unfair competition.
We can boast of extensive experience in the field of legal protection of modern technologies and the protection of authors’ rights. Our lawyers are constantly supporting companies in the protection of their products against impersonation, counterfeiting, illegal imports, or infringements of trademark rights and the protection of the product’s form. We also provide support for companies in the IT, and IoT industries.
We are aware of the upcoming technological revolution. The Internet of Things (IoT) changes our lives at every step. Its impact on education, communication, business or medical services will grow every day. Thanks to IoT, all devices around us will collect and process huge volumes of information. Other sectors of the global economy are joining the creation of this technological revolution. Specialists who can provide legal support at an appropriate level are the necessary support for clients who have taken up this IoT challenge.
We are convinced that legal support requires an in-depth understanding of the client’s needs, his product and the technology behind him, combined with many years of experience in intellectual property law. Dudkowiak & Kopeć Law Office combines these requirements in the knowledge of our lawyers.
We provide IP legal services all around Poland thought all five offices, and in particular in Warsaw and Kraków.
Inheritance and probate practice was established back in 1993 as one of the first within the Firm. Having this in mind - it is fair to say that we have one of the most experienced inheritance lawyers in Poland.
Succession and inheritance process in Poland differs significantly to the equivalent in other countries. In particular – grant of probate in the US, UK, Canada, Australia or South Africa is completely distinct from Polish inheritance procedure.
Team of our succession attorneys is particularly skilled in advisory to foreigners with respect:
We advise regarding inheritance planning and preparation of last will and testament in accordance with Polish Law. We design and recommend inheritance solutions that meet testators intentions in particular enable to distribute estate upon death of smoothly to the beneficiaries. Tailor made solutions may relate to:
Significant part of our Polish succession lawyers is work is dedicated to inheritance litigation and representation before probation court of Poland. We advise and navigate clients in inheritance disputes, in particular regarding determination list of successors, validity of testament, inheritance of real estate in Poland, fair share, division of jointly inherited assets.
Our probate lawyers in Poland prepared a practical succession guide – see more: Inheritance Guide in Poland.
Independent divorce practice, co-headed by ex-divorce judge, 30-years of experience in divorce litigation, specialized in servicing cross border divorce.
Divorce is one of the oldest of practices of our Polish Law Firm founded in early 90’s by Grazyna Dudkowiak ex-divorce judge Regional Court.
Since 1994 the divorce practice operates as independent Law Firm strictly specialized in divorce advisory and divorce litigation.
Since 2020 the practice is co-headed by Martyna Dudkowiak attorney specialized in providing divorce advisory to foreigners in Poland.
More about the services of the divorce practice may be found on the dedicated webpage: Dudkowiak Divorce Law Firm
Our divorce attorneys prepared guide for foreigners divorcing in Poland: Divorce in Poland
Doing business in Poland by foreign entities, as well as Polish entrepreneurs, in many cases involves the need to employ foreigners and, consequently, legalize their stay and work. More and more often in recent times there is a situation of lack of specialists or managers with the appropriate qualifications necessary to occupy the appropriate position on the domestic market may occur. There is also a situation when a Polish employer posts an employee for a long period to enterprise in another country in order to perform work abroad.
In recent years, the largest share in terms of the number of immigrants in Poland is held by citizens of the former USSR, primarily Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Armenia. Polish employers are more and more willing to employ foreigners from these countries, not only for physical work, but also in mid- or senior-level positions, as well as IT specialists and engineers. The provisions of Polish law introduce significant facilitations for employees from the above-mentioned eastern countries, which allows them to be employed quickly without making a break in work during a procedure of issuing a work permit and also to avoid the Labor Market Test.
The international profile of our Law Firm and cooperation with lawyers and foreign specialists help us to provide comprehensive legal services to business entities in projects involving the posting of staff and the legalization of their stay and work in Poland or another EU or non-EU country. When implementing these projects, we take into account both migration, tax and administrative provisions in force in the foreigner’s country of origin and place of planned stay. We help employees from abroad in contacts with labor offices, Border Guard, competent regional authorities, courts and other state and local government authorities. The full list of countries in which we provide legal services in the field of migration law can be found in the Contact Us bookmark.
Our Polish team of employment attorneys is distinguished with number of international awards and particularly recognized for labour law advisory to foreign investors.
We have more than 30 years of experience in employment and labour law advisory.
Employment practices consist of over five attorneys and almost thirty HR experts (DPG) fully dedicated to counseling to domestic entrepreneurs and foreign investors in Poland.
Foreign corporations doing business in Poland are very often surprised by level of distinctions of Polish labor and employment law environment. Our labor attorneys have decades of experience in navigating foreign corporations thought labor aspects in M&A transaction on Polish market, incl.:
as well as establishment of brand new employment undertakings, incl.:
Full list of services may be found in below (Section: What do we do? ).
Employment team is continuously awarded and distinguished by international rating agencies. For M&A and achievements we were selected as Law Firm in Spotlight in Poland by Legal500 in 2019 and 2021. In 2016 we were selected as M&A Law Firm of the Year by Acquisition International Magazine. Complete list of awards and distinctions may be found below.
We are HR & employment one stop shop in Poland. While – as Legal Counsels we provide labor and employment and advisory and representation – as our affiliated company DPG Payroll & Accounting – operates as PEO (Professional Employment Organization) and provides payroll and HR services for employers in Poland.
Our employment team prepared a practical guide for foreign investors: Employment and labour law in Poland. We also keep our customers updated regarding developments of Polish law via alerts and labor law newsletter.
We provide employment and labor legal services all around Poland thought all five offices, incl. Warsaw and Kraków.
Flash of debt collection practice: 30 years of experience, multidisciplinary team of top negotiators, awarded litigators, incl. ex-judges, sharp and effective enforcement officers.
Debt collection practice along with litigation & arbitration is one of the founding practices of Dudkowiak Kopeć Putyra that boosted the Firm to the recent level.
Polish debt collection practice consist of over 10 experienced lawyers and is co-headed by Anna Szymielewicz (court litigator) and Michal Puk (commercial attorney). Combination of judicial and non judicial expertise within one department provides comprehensive approach and allows to deliver complex debt recovery solutions.
Litigation and commercial teams are one of the mosts distinguished and awarded in the Firm. Annually ranked by international legal magazines, e.g. Legal500 – Law Firm in Spotlight 2018 and 2021, Lawyers Global – Litigation Law Firm 2021. Complete list of awards and distinctions may be explored below.
We provide wide variety of debt collection legal services in Poland. Complete list of categories and example services may be explored below in section What we do?
By and at large our Law Firm:
Our Polish debt collection attorneys prepared — Debt Collection Guide in Poland.
We provide debt collection all around Poland thought all five offices, and in particular in Warsaw and Kraków.
Poland is 5th biggest consumer market in EU with approx. 40 million of habitants. Consumer protection is mixture of EU law and Polish domestic regulations covering various sectors and aspects incl. consumer remedies, e-commerce, etc.
Throughout 30 years of operation of our Law Firm in Poland our attorneys have gained extensive experience in advising on consumer protection laws in Poland.
We were advising to businesses operating in various industries regarding consumer protection:
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Within the above sectors as well as in various other our consumer protection attorneys:
Our consumer protection attorneys in Poland also counsel and design strategies against consumers’ claims.
Criminal law often reaches organization by surprise as suddenly they become victims, perpetrators or simply at risk of criminal liability. Each event requires guidance of qualified criminal defense attorney.
Every business activity exposes organizations, employees and theirs managing staff for criminal liability. Risk levels are different for every industry. In some of them risk is higher and often requires implementation of compliance programs and preventive procedures. In other criminal liability is incidental and rare.
As Polish Business Law Firm we advise regarding business related criminal liability in Poland. Depending in particular circumstance we advise and represent:
Our services cover various business-related criminal offenses, incl. offenses defined in Polish Criminal Code and Penal-Fiscal Code (tax crimes and offenses).
For exposed entities and individuals we conduct criminal defense in front of Polish Protection Services and Courts. Our Polish criminal defense attorneys provide legal services at every stage of the penal process: preparatory, investigation, detention and arrest, judicial and enforcement proceedings.
With regards to victims of crimes we advise as to redress measures represent in prosecution of offenders.
We provide criminal law services all around Poland. Our criminal defense attorneys advise in all our offices in Poland, incl. Warsaw and Kraków.
