PwC Legal Zelaznicki sp.k.

PwC Legal Poland offers comprehensive support in areas of law relevant to the business.

Mergers and acquisitions, group reorganizations, contracting, employer-employee relationships, functioning in a competitive market, real estate and asset management, disputes resolution, financial services – all these aspects of business activities call for expertise in legal matters. Our lawyers are experts who combine their legal knowledge with their experience of its application in business.

Cooperation with PwC consultants from other lines of service (tax advisory, business advisory, cybersecurity, audit) enables us to offer comprehensive services to businesses, including legal matters.

We combine our legal knowledge with a broad business acumen, taking into account the specific characteristics of our clients’ industries. All under the name of PwC – a well-recognized global firm which provides comprehensive professional services.

We are a community of solvers combining human ingenuity, experience and technological innovation to deliver sustained outcomes and build trust.

PwC legal practices
Corporate law: Corporate advisory comprises full legal support related to business activities in Poland. Pursuing a long-term business strategy, taking into account current legal aspects, is the basis for the effective operation of modern enterprises.  The market environment and legal regime undergo dynamic changes. At each stage of business operations, the support of a legal advisor who has the appropriate knowledge, experience and business approach to assist clients and their needs, is very important.

Merger and acquisition legal services: Merger and acquisition transactions are multi-stage, sophisticated projects which require comprehensive support of professional legal advisors. The role of a legal advisor is to ensure the legal safety of transactions by analysing the legal situation of the target entity and preparing the necessary transaction documentation. It requires an appropriate level of legal knowledge, experience, and understanding of the client’s business needs.

Labour law: The labour law is a part of business operations. Knowledge of the applicable provisions and proposed changes is important for effective management. Our lawyers have extensive experience in advising corporate clients on labour law.

Finance and banking legal advisory: Under our financial and banking practice, we provide advice on legal issues connected with the activities of financial institutions, including banks, insurers, investment companies and investment funds. We offer financial advice in respect of acquisition finance, project finance, financing real estates, debt financing, as well as advice related to seeking capital through the Securities Exchange, through both IPOs and SPOs.

Bankruptcy and restructuring:  Loss of liquidity is a risk inherent to any business activity, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Sometimes it is only temporary in nature, but in many cases it requires specific corrective measures and initiating restructuring or even bankruptcy proceedings. When liquidity is lost or threatened, it is particularly important from the perspective of the company and its managers: first of all, to correctly diagnose the current situation of the company and its forecast for the future; to choose the most appropriate way to get the company out of a state of insolvency or threat of insolvency or to terminate its activity; to prepare the company and its managers for the chosen scenario properly; to duly perform the whole process.

Litigation : Nowadays employing a good lawyer is not sufficient to win in litigation. The specificity of contemporary business and regulatory litigation requires something more. Without the professional support of the best industry specialists – who know the market, the products and services, accounting, valuation and financial experts, business investigation professionals – and without using state-of-the-art IT technologies, the chances of winning a dispute are slim. PwC is a one-stop-shop. We do not have to look for outstanding experts – they are already here. We do not have to implement innovative technologies or systems – they are already in place and functioning.

White-collar crime:  So-called white-collar crime, or economic crime, is an issue that generates many questions and challenges. As a result of the growing number of proceedings in the area of white-collar crime, corruption cases, actions to the detriment of the company, abuses and financial frauds, we have established the Commercial Criminal Law Department, specialized in advising and representing clients of PwC Legal in the field of broadly understood criminal and fiscal proceedings.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) : The General Data Protection Regulation is binding and directly applicable to all entities processing personal data. Therefore, new rules have to be adopted by all businesses processing personal data in the European Union. The regulation replaced the Polish Personal Data Protection Act.  Now, entrepreneurs must care for the ongoing compliance with the regulation, as it is a continuous process, not a one-off task.

Intellectual property: Legal advisory in respect of the protection of copyrights, related rights, trademarks, industrial designs, patents, know-how and trade secrets. Issues relating to intellectual property comprise various business sectors. We take up matters relating to architectural projects, the contents of webpages, computer software for using avatars, graphic elements of trademarks, or the shape of packaging. We also negotiate non-standard agreements, such as stadium sponsoring, providing voices or images for computer games, or the use of a car for promoting computer games. We also analyse the manner and scope of acquiring rights to intellectual property developed by start-ups, created under co-financing with EU funds, or created as part of an academic consortium.

Competition law: Practical application of competition law issues in conducting business activities and risk management. The activities of anti-monopoly authorities are increasing, both at EU level and in individual Member States. The precise and effective application of competition law is becoming of key importance for the effective management of business risk. Competition law requires not only excellent knowledge of the regulations, court judgments and practices of anti-monopoly authorities, but above all the ability to implement such issues in business operations.

New Law:  As businesses evolve and with increasing globalization the traditional model of legal advice does not match the business needs of stakeholders. Our New Law practice is a response to the dynamically changing needs of our clients. The way you use legal services is rapidly changing. Operating in a globalised world and across many legal and regulatory regimes means that your in-house legal or compliance teams face increased pressure from lawmakers and regulators. Together with the  dynamic tech landscape and increasing volumes of data, your workforce can easily get tied up in high volumes of reactive work. Freeing up resources gives you more time to focus on strategic planning, adding value to your practice and proactively looking to the future. At PwC Legal we anticipate your needs and are ready to help you adjust to these challenges through the five pillars of our New Law offering.

Legal CoE (Centre of Excellence) - the engine of our New Law services . CoE offers an innovative service delivery model taking over legal functions (e.g. contract portfolio management) and supporting clients in global reorganizations or multi-jurisdictional coordination of claims recovery processes. The Legal CoE operating model is based on a unique combination of an organizational structure typical of a shared services center with extensive use of modern Legal Tech solutions. This model enables the implementation of global projects in a time-efficient and cost-effective manner, granting. Legal CoE lawyers the opportunity to participate in global projects from across the PwC network on a scale unprecedented on the domestic market. The unique experience gained during such engagements enables the provision of services to Polish clients using the latest technologies and taking into account global trends.