Bakowski Law Firm

The firm: Bakowski Law Firm was founded in 2007, bringing together the long-term expertise of its partners acquired in the biggest American, British and Polish firms in Poland and Brussels. The firm has quickly grown from four lawyers to ten lawyers and is a well-established law firm advising on some of the biggest and most complicated transactions, particularly in real estate, TMT, telecommunications and new technologies.

Through the years it has assisted in the construction, development, letting and sale of several commercial and office centres and numerous residential developments. It advised on the development and operations of production plants, road and railway construction companies, coal mining and trading companies, renewable energy projects and telecommunication projects.

From its establishment the firm has advised several investment funds and venture capital funds from the UK, US, Luxembourg and Poland, particularly active in real estate, infrastructure and project finance, as well as trade companies, IT companies and companies from the new technology sectors in their operations, regulatory issues and disputes in Poland.

The firm successfully represented its clients in real estate reprivatisation and compensation for property taken over by the State in Warsaw and Poland.

The firm assisted in numerous mergers and acquisitions, acquisition of shares in privatised State companies, preparation of IPOs, creation and management of investment funds and advising companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Currently, the firm assists clients from Poland, USA, UK, Germany, France,  Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and other countries.

Areas of practice: Bakowski Law Firm provides complex legal services concerning business activity and investment in Poland, including real estate law, TMT, new technologies, data protection, cyber securoty, regulatory advice, tax law, commercial law and labour law.

The firm has an extensive practice in TMT matters, particularly in advising IT companies, telecommunication companies, e-commerce companies and in complex new technology businesses.

The firm provides unique expertise and solutions in data protection matters and cyber security matters.

The firm’s lawyers have extensive knowledge and experience in providing legal services for real estate projects starting from the development of the corporate structures for the project and its financing through the construction process and completion of the project. The firm also assists in the negotiation of complex lease agreements.

The firm advises in the creation and management of investment funds and REIT vehicles.

The firm assists in the creation and management of corporate and holding structures, setting up companies, branches and agencies, investment funds, reorganisation and restructuring of companies, as well as on tax optimisation.

It also provides tailored legal assistance for individual investors in their business in Poland.

The firm provides complex advice in mergers and acquisitions, and conducts due diligence audits of companies. Its lawyers prepare IPOs and advise companies listed on the stock exchange.

It also advises companies from the energy sector, including renewable energy producers and coal trading companies on all issues regarding their operations.

The firm provides comprehensive services to companies in the tax law area including tax optimisation, tax analysis of cross-border transactions, due diligence and transfer pricing documentation.

The firm also assists in real estate reprivatisation and obtaining compensation for property taken over by the state.

Lawyers from the firm represent its clients in proceedings before civil and administrative courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.