Specialisations

Regulatory Compliance

In a rapidly evolving legal environment, businesses face the challenge of effectively implementing new legal requirements – both Polish and EU.

The Lawspective team specializes in comprehensive advisory services that enable effective alignment with key Polish and European regulatory obligations, with particular focus on cybersecurity and sustainable development. Our lawyers possess unique expertise in translating complex legal requirements into practical business solutions.

Our core competencies:

• Identification and analysis of new obligations

We provide precise guidance on how new EU regulations affect your business and what specific steps must be taken to ensure compliance.

• Comprehensive implementation

We offer end-to-end support in the compliance implementation process – from audits and assessments, through the development of strategies and procedures, to the preparation of required documentation and training.

• Risk and compliance management

We assist in building internal systems to minimize legal and operational risks arising from new regulations, ensuring business continuity and resilience.

• Ongoing and strategic support

We act as a long-term partner in maintaining compliance, monitoring regulatory changes, and representing your business in dealings with supervisory authorities.

ESG

Comprehensive implementation of ESG reporting obligations in line with the requirements of the CSRD Directive and ESRS standards, including legal, procedural, and organizational support.

The service is delivered by the law firm’s team in cooperation with experts in ESG, corporate law, labor law, environmental protection, and corporate governance.

Scope of services:

1. ESG diagnosis and audit

• Assessment of the organization’s readiness for ESG reporting
• Verification of existing policies, data, and procedures
• Identification of gaps against ESRS standards

2. ESG strategy and implementation plan

• Development of an ESG strategy tailored to the company’s specific profile
• Implementation roadmap, role allocation, and prioritization of actions
• Decarbonization plan and environmental policies

3. Preparation of necessary documents and policies

• Code of ethics, diversity policy, anti-corruption policy
• Whistleblowing procedures, data protection policy
• ESRS compliance documentation (E, S, G)

4. Data collection and aggregation system

• Support in implementing ESG data collection tools
• Reporting templates, compliance matrices, monitoring procedures

5. Employee training and workshops

• ESG training for management boards and key departments
• Practical ESG aspects for HR, procurement, compliance, and finance teams

6. Support in drafting ESG reports

• Advisory in preparing ESG reports compliant with ESRS
• Assistance with external auditor verification of the report

7. Ongoing advisory services (optional)

• Representation before supervisory authorities
• Compliance updates in line with regulatory changes
• Annual ESG audit and documentation updates

Disputes, arbitration, mediation

Litigation may be a consequence of doing business, but the involvement of lawyers at the appropriate stage in safeguarding the client’s interests can lead to avoiding disputes:

• we conduct pre-litigation negotiations aimed at an amicable resolution of disputes; where possible, we seek to protect our clients from the need to conduct lengthy litigation;
• we represent Polish and foreign clients in contentious matters before common courts of all instances, administrative courts, the Supreme Administrative Court as well as the Supreme Court;
• we are competent in mass litigation, where we represent financial institutions in disputes with consumers (foreign currency loans, UNWW, investment products);
• we carefully prepare, in cooperation with our clients, a strategy for conducting a dispute, creating various scenarios for possible legal argumentation, which is to fully secure the interests of our clients; we represent clients before arbitration courts and in proceedings with the participation of mediators.

Family Foundations

We design tailored solutions with particular consideration for the founder’s family situation. Establishing family foundations is a natural extension of our expertise in private client services, strategic advisory, and succession planning.

We advise founders and beneficiaries of family foundations, in particular with respect to the following matters:

• conducting an analysis of the founder’s assets and assessing the appropriateness of contributing them to the foundation;

• developing the foundation’s framework and preparing articles of association that reflect the founder’s family circumstances;

• carrying out the registration process and the transfer of assets to the foundation;

• ensuring the efficient operation of the family foundation and providing ongoing legal support;

• representing clients in registering amendments with the National Court Register (KRS) and in updating the shareholders’ register in cases where shares or equity interests in commercial companies are contributed to the foundation.

New Technologies

We provide comprehensive support for medium and large entities across various industries, including financial institutions, that invest in the development or implementation of modern technologies.

In our work, we combine practical knowledge of technology with legal expertise in the IT sector. Our advisory services include:

• drafting and negotiating IT contracts (implementation agreements, software development and maintenance agreements, etc.), including contracts based on Agile methodologies – both from the client’s and the supplier’s perspective;
• legal advice on the use of blockchain (DLT), artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum technologies;
• advisory services for projects carried out under outsourcing frameworks;
• cloud computing solutions, particularly for entities operating in the financial sector;
• ongoing legal support throughout project execution;
• representation in pre-litigation and litigation proceedings in the IT sector.

Corporate law. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

We advise clients at the stage of designing the optimum legal form for conducting business activity and the ongoing operation of the company, up to the process of eventual liquidation. Within the above scope, we can offer in particular the following services:

• establishment of new entities, amendments to contracts and articles of association of existing companies, representation of Clients before registry courts;
• share capital increases, including non-standard ones;
• preparation of corporate documentation, e.g. minutes of supervisory board meetings, management board meetings, by-laws;
• comprehensive support in preparation and conduct of meetings of capital companies and shareholders’ meetings of partnerships;
• all changes in the composition of shareholders, trading in shares and stocks, redemption of shares and stocks;
• contracts and agreements between shareholders of companies; challenging resolutions and other corporate disputes.

We have many years of experience in transaction advisory, we perfectly identify business needs of our Clients, thanks to the knowledge and experience of our lawyers we support our Clients in the most complex transactions:

• we conduct complex legal analyses of companies and other entities (due diligence) in order to recognise and identify cases of potential legal risk involved in a given transaction;
• we carefully prepare the transaction structure so as to secure the interests of our Clients and eliminate the risk of litigation; in the case of Clients conducting regulated business, we take into account the context of a given industry and regulatory guidelines when drawing up transaction documents we accompany our clients at every stage of the transaction, from the signing of a letter of intent to the completion of the transaction and performance of obligations under the transaction documents or supervision of restructuring processes.

Banking, financing, factoring

We have unique experience in understanding how a bank operates in every aspect of its business – regulatory, product-related, transactional for over 15 years we have been providing ongoing advice to financial institutions (banks, factoring companies, brokerage houses, investment funds):

• we provide transactional advice and have conducted complex regulatory projects for financial institutions, including a unique project involving the construction of a Mortgage Bank within the structures of the Santander Group;
• we represent banks in proceedings conducted before the Office of the Financial Supervision Authority;
• we advise on projects related to the development of factoring products;
• we support banks and factoring companies in the implementation of non-standard financing structures, including providing opinions on transaction assumptions and drawing up legal documentation;
• we are responsible for the legal service of the branch network of one of the largest private banks;
• we are familiar with the specifics of banking, factoring and investment products;
• we co-create internal banking regulations, rules and factoring documentation, including supporting financial institutions in adapting the documentation to current legal and regulatory requirements;
• we prepare expert opinions on important legal issues concerning banking and factoring activities;
• we co-create the bank’s litigation strategy in CHF loan cases;
• we have a team of experienced litigation lawyers qualified in handling mass disputes with consumers (CHF cases; low own contribution insurance and investment products);
• we advise banks conducting brokerage activities on regulatory issues related to the functioning of investment firms, we represent financial institutions in enforcement, restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings from the perspective of securing creditors’ interests.

Private Client, Strategic Advisory, Succession

We provide legal advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, including business owners, shareholders, company stakeholders, and their family members. Acting as our clients’ personal legal counsel, we advise on, among others, the following matters:

• handling strategic matters of high-net-worth clients;
• safeguarding the client’s interests as a shareholder or stakeholder in a company;
• advising on high-value transactions;
• building corporate structures, including the establishment of companies and other entities aimed at business optimization and protection of the owner’s interests and assets;
• drafting business constitutions for corporate groups, including family businesses;
• succession planning support;
• business strategy advisory;
• compliance services across various aspects of business operations;
• assistance in dealings with banks and other financial institutions;
• managing strategic matters, including litigation.

Real Estate

• we provide professional advice on real estate transactions and investment processes;
• we perform complex legal analyses related to the examination of the legal status of purchased real estate in order to identify and mitigate risks for our clients;
• we offer comprehensive services to business entities at every stage of the investment process, in particular with regard to obtaining administrative decisions and permits required under the Act on Spatial Planning and Development and the Construction Law;
• we participate in the drafting of agreements concerning the transfer of property ownership, as well as lease and tenancy agreements, supporting our clients in negotiating such agreements;
• we prepare and negotiate loan agreements between investors and a bank on behalf of a bank or a borrower.

Labour Law

Our extensive experience in both individual and collective employment law allows us to effectively safeguard our Clients against crisis situations that may arise from employee disputes, optimization processes, and inspections conducted by labor protection authorities.

We provide comprehensive support in the following areas:

• negotiating terms and preparing the structure and documentation forming the basis of employment (employment contracts, management contracts, non-compete agreements);
• drafting, in cooperation with our Clients, workplace policies and regulations, remuneration frameworks, bonus schemes for managers, regulations concerning the Company Social Benefits Fund, as well as other documents required in employment relations;
• assisting our Clients in the processes of terminating employment relationships with employees;
• representing Clients in mediation proceedings and labor law disputes;
• providing full support in organizational changes and corporate transformations.

Restructuring and bankruptcy

The law firm has a team of experienced lawyers in the field of restructuring and bankruptcy law and debt recovery, who represent creditors on a daily basis, helping them to obtain or secure the enforcement of debts. The firm can offer legal services to clients, which may include, among others, the following activities:

• analysing and giving opinions on documents related to loans and the correctness of granted collaterals;
• developing strategies for rectifying wrongly established collaterals;
• obtaining enforcement titles in actions for payment, in cases involving bills of exchange, against mortgage debtors, including recovery of amounts owed to BGK;
• enforcement of receivables in enforcement proceedings;
• ongoing legal assistance and drafting of opinions in relation to bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings of clients’ debtors;
• providing opinions on annexes to agreements, collateral agreements, debt repayment agreements, enforcement of claims in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings;
• representation of clients during creditors’ committees in bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings;
• assistance to clients in restructuring their business as a part of restructuring proceedings.

Agriculture and food production

The firm’s lawyers have many years’ experience in providing legal services to entities in the agricultural sector, dealing with crop and animal production, grain trading, as well as companies involved in the production and processing of food, including meat. Being familiar with the specificity of the industry and the legal environment concerning the
agricultural sector, the law firm can offer its clients specialised and comprehensive legal services, which may include, among others, the following activities:

• drafting and providing opinions on contracts and general conditions of sale in the trade of agricultural and food products;
• assistance in establishing companies, their transformation, creating groups of agricultural producers;
• ongoing legal services, including representation of companies in administrative proceedings;
• creation and analysis of lease agreements, including lease of land for sowing, wind farms, photovoltaic farms or biogas plants;
• legal support in the investment process of construction of production and farm buildings;
• legal assistance in obtaining public aid;
• handling transactions of sale or purchase of agricultural land and representing clients in proceedings before the National Support Centre for Agriculture.

Competition Law

We provide comprehensive legal services for companies across various sectors, assisting them in ensuring compliance with competition law regulations. By combining in-depth knowledge of competition law with extensive experience in advising businesses, we effectively represent our clients’ interests. Our services include:

• advising on antitrust matters, including agreements restricting competition and abuse of dominant position;
• support in merger control proceedings, including the preparation of notifications to the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) and representation in merger review proceedings;
• developing strategies in line with competition law principles, particularly in the context of distribution, relationships with business partners, and pricing policies;
• assistance in disputes concerning unfair competition, misleading market practices, and unlawful advertising;
• representation in court proceedings and before the President of UOKiK;
• advisory services for both Polish and foreign entities.

Intellectual property

We understand that intellectual property is an important element of our clients’ assets and requires special protection. Our Law Firm provides, among others, services in the field of intellectual property rights protection and assistance in the entire process related to the protection and management of trademarks, as well as in the field of copyrights. We offer legal services, among others, in the following fields:

• trademark application for protection of a trademark in a selected country (in cooperation with trademark attorneys);
• trademark management;
• monitoring changes in the law;
• counseling and legal assistance in case of collision or infringement of trademark rights;
• drafting contracts for sale of intellectual property rights;
• drafting agreements concerning copyrights, including license agreements, drafting website regulations.

Labour law

Many years of experience in advising on individual and collective labour law allows us to effectively protect our clients from crisis situations that may arise in disputes with employees, optimisation processes and inspections carried out by labour protection institutions:

• we negotiate conditions and prepare the structure and documentation constituting the basis for employment (employment contracts, managerial contracts, non-competition agreements);
• we draft, in cooperation with our clients, work regulations, remuneration regulations, bonus schemes for managers, company social benefit fund regulations and other regulations required in employee relations;
• we support our clients in the process of terminating employment relationships with employees;
• we represent clients in mediation proceedings and disputes within the scope of employment law;
• we provide comprehensive support to our clients in the process of organisational changes and transformations.