At the Law Offices of Parchimowicz & Kwaśniewski we have a team of lawyers with extensive advisory experience in investment projects, ongoing activities of domestic and foreign entrepreneurs and social organizations, and in involvement in the process of legislation and application of the law. We have been representing our individual and corporate clients in Poland and the EU for many years in project negotiation and implementation, in arbitration proceedings, and before national and international courts and tribunals, providing comprehensive care for their interests.
We start cooperation with new partners with a thorough diagnosis of the nature and specificity of their activities to identify threats and propose solutions that will reduce the risks in undertaken projects. With the years of experience accumulated, we have built lasting relationships with the financial, construction, and cooperative industries, in the complex areas of intellectual property rights and the activities of institutions of culture, and through ongoing work with social organizations and church institutions. Our lawyers successfully conducted international disputes in the field of human rights, family law, and in commercial arbitration. They provided opinions and expertise at the request of the European Union bodies, UN agencies, the Council of Europe, social organizations working for fundamental rights, human rights, as well as national and international associations representing industry interests, such as the road transport, wine, and international art market. Thanks to our expertise in diverse fields of the law, we always look at the issues presented to us in a broad perspective, formulating conclusions and warning against risks, which are often hidden under the guise of the easiest solutions. An in-depth analysis of the specificity of our client allows us to identify risks in advance, prepare the most appropriate response, and support our partners in the implementation of plans and further development.
Innovative and effective legal solutions refer today to the world of principles and rules that remain outside the realm of statute law. That is why the motto of our work is the most primary of legal principles – put by Marcus Tullius Cicero as, 'live honestly, do no harm to another, give to each what belongs to him’ – which still echoes in the decisions of international courts and tribunals.
In providing advisory to leading banks, investment funds, credit institutions, payment institutions and projects subject to similar, special regulatory requirements, the lawyers of the law firm have accumulated unique experience in the field of operations of financial institutions in the national, EU, and international regulatory environment.
Our team of experienced specialists and authors of publications on intellectual property protection, with particular emphasis on industrial property, specificity of the art market, has been providing the support of our experience to the largest Polish cultural institutions and artists’ associations for years.
The firm’s partners and lawyers have over twenty years of experience in servicing commercial companies, funds, as well as simple and complex investment transactions. We accompany our clients both at the stage of preparation and closing of the transaction, as well as in long-term servicing of projects, including representation in complex arbitration or judicial proceedings.
Together with the law firm's clients, we made a breakthrough transition from the former regulations to the reality of the GDPR, and then we co-shaped the national and European practice of personal data protection in industries subject to specific regulatory regimes, including in the field of operation of recruitment agencies, in financial markets, and mass fundraising by social organizations.
We clearly see a deficit of professional legal services for church and religious institutions, both in the field of civil law, labor law, and special regulations of religious law, as well as in the area of canon law, and criminal law. The experience and trust built through many years of cooperation with dioceses, religious orders, clergy, and lay people managing church entities allow us to offer our clients unique forms of support.
Advocacy and charity activities as well as safe family property succession require the use of appropriate legal instruments. The Polish law is just discovering the wealth of experiences and forms of entrusting property to professional management to realize specific goals – social, charitable, and religious. Family foundations which, patterned after the ordinations of the First Commonwealth of Poland are becoming more and more popular, and emerge as a vehicle for the organization and transfer of property to the next generations. Our team was one of the first in the country to implement advanced formulas for foundations and trusts for domestic and foreign clients wishing to secure the financial stability of families or the continuity of initiated charity projects.
We collaborate with lawyers and experts specializing in public international law, the human rights system, humanitarian law, and law of armed conflict. We cooperate with domestic, foreign, and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their associations by providing regulatory and advocacy advice and support in undertaken social campaigns.
For years, our lawyers have been supporting housing cooperatives, both the largest and those covering individual real estate. Our services cover both the daily activities of the cooperative and its bodies as well as the planning and construction process undertaken by housing cooperatives or other investors.