Hansberry Tomkiel

Hansberry Tomkiel is a unique competition firm that combines the knowledge and experiences of former antitrust enforcers with those of former corporate counsel and law firm practitioners.

Hansberry Tomkiel offers advice and representation in all areas of competition law, consumer protection law, unfair competition and competition-law related litigation. The firm provides strategic advice and representation in complex competition cases in Poland, Brussels and the US.  Our firm is distinguished by our abilities to find creative solutions and when appropriate,  not be constrained by approaches such as "it has never been done."

The law firm works with both Polish and international companies.  To ensure a comprehensive and global approach, it cooperates with well-established and respected national as well as international law firms in Europe, the US and Asia.

In our opinion, our law firm is differentiated from other competition practices in the market because of our lawyers’ combined experience of having worked previously in competition authorities (the Polish Competition Authority; Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice); as a general counsel (UPC Poland); and in other law firms.  Specifically, we well understand a regulator’s practice and approach in competition matters such as cartels, illegal horizontal and vertical agreements, abuses of dominance and concentrations.

In working with our clients, we construct solid defences built on facts (and we excel in analysing and uncovering facts), the law, and economics, when appropriate.  If a client chooses to cooperate with a Competition Authority (leniency or a settlement), we are adept in assembling the facts and positions to meet the expectations of the Authority and to achieve a client’s chosen goal.

In each industry in which our clients are involved (for instance: energy distribution; publishing; banking and financial institutions; retail (supermarkets); television; away-from-home paper products, railway parts), we invest many hours of our own time in learning the industry deeply.

We are extremely experienced in litigating competition cases before courts of all instances and work well with economists and industry expert witnesses. We currently represent clients (both plaintiffs and defendants) in private damage actions.

In short, we aim to be a “sure thing” for clients and potential clients who expect and need excellent representation.  It is here, in the realm of exceptional client service, that Hansberry Tomkiel strives to maintain its success and to distinguish itself in the Polish and international legal markets.