Viroux & Partners Sp. k.

Viroux & Partners, based in Warsaw, Poland, provides legal services for local and international clients. Our team consists of highly regarded lawyers, having previously worked at major international law firms and earned their reputations by executing exceptional and high value transactions and settling disputes for clients. We have brought our knowledge and ability to build relationships to Viroux & Partners. Our lawyers have represented some of the biggest companies and participated in some of the most high-profile and complex transactions and disputes across Europe.

We consider ourselves lawyers as business partners, seeking to strengthen our relationships with clients and provide the most efficient and innovative solutions by looking at problems from a business perspective. We are direct and straight-forward in our communication. Rather than weighing you down with legalese and telling you what you can’t do, we work to enable you and your business. We embrace difficult negotiations and in-depth, technical discussions because understanding your business in detail allows us to serve you better.

What sets us apart from other law firms is our ability to be present at every stage of a client’s activities, due to our deep understanding of your business, while remaining affordable. We can provide a high level of legal services without having 100 lawyers on board.

Industries we serve:

• Artificial intelligence and big data
• Automotive and transportation
• FinTech
• Construction and real estate
• Energy and environment
• IT and NewTech
• Investment funds
• Luxury goods
• Medical and pharmaceutical
• And more.

Our areas of expertise:

Banking and finance: We advise on projects involving the provision of financing of any kind, in particular corporate finance, financing for the acquisition of shares or assets of other entities. We provide comprehensive services related to the process of granting financing both in the form of credit and in other forms, including through the issue of bonds or loans. Our banking and finance team offers a wide range of expertise, and assists clients in structuring transactions and preparing documentation necessary to obtain financing. Our clients have the opportunity to benefit from the experience of legal advisors who understand their needs and expectations.

Commercial contracts: Our commercial contracts practice combines legal knowledge with deep sector experience and a can-do approach covering the full spectrum of commercial and business law issues. Our lawyers advise companies in Poland and abroad on all manner of business-critical national and international commercial transactions, among them sourcing and procurement, sales, agency and distribution, e-commerce, joint ventures and collaborations, manufacturing, logistics, licensing arrangements, M&A construction and real estate to name a few. We represent some of the largest and most successful businesses in vibrant sectors in Poland and EU.

Construction and real estate contracts: Our construction team acts for a vast array of construction industry participants, including owners, developers, lenders, contractors and equipment suppliers. Whether you seek advice on the most advantageous procurement method, or in drafting and negotiating the construction documentation or contracts we stand ready to listen to your needs and respond accordingly. Together, we protect your interests in connection with a full range of construction issues in all forums, including courts of competent jurisdiction, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and other dispute resolution proceedings.

Corporate law: Our corporate law team has extensive experience in the sector. We have dedicated corporate lawyers who can guide you through transactions in these often demanding marketplaces. We deal with large-scale projects involving multiple jurisdictions and countless day-to-day activities that help you manage local and international operations of your business. Our lawyers regularly monitor the economic, regulatory and legislative environment, in order to help you make the most of new opportunities, while minimizing the risk. We pride ourselves on our innovative and client-focused approach to project management. We provide advice on the most complex, strategic projects as well as smaller transactions. Variety, flexibility and responsiveness are the building blocks of our corporate team.

Mergers and acquisitions: Our M&A team understands how to get deals done, whether solely in Poland or across national and jurisdictional borders. We make sure that any transaction that you plan on executing will be a successful when you need to coordinate competing legal requirements or navigate overlapping regulatory issues. We believe that geographic borders should not present obstacles to a deal—and we prove it to our clients on every day basis. We frequently act on transactions across multiple jurisdictions which keeps us up to date with the newest trends in business negotiations and all changes in local and international jurisdictions for the success of your business.

Litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution: We are a team of experts in litigation and arbitration, which consists of lawyers who gained their experience among different international and local law firms. In our practice it is important to profile our advice to your business environment and business strategy. We understand that your time is valuable therefore we act with speed, responsiveness and flexibility, which we believe is an answer to the modern time demands. Our service includes early stages of arising of the disputes, which is negotiations and ends at enforcement of the court/arbitral tribunal. We understand, that judgment matters to our clients, when it is successfully enforced. We represent clients in common courts and at ICC, LCIA, SIDIR and Lewiatan arbitration forum in cross border cases as well as single contracts cases confined to Polish territory.

1. The way we work– our hallmarks:
   • Commercial approach to dispute – our advice is based on business life of the client, risk management
   • Flexibility – we adjust to your needs
   • Speed – we act with enormous speed
   • Usefulness – whatever the problem you face, there is a team of people ready to help
2. Practice areas:
   • Commercial disputes/arbitration
   • Construction litigation/arbitration
   • Infrastructure litigation/arbitration
   • IP litigation
   • Real estate litigation
   • White collar crime
   • Liability of members of the board
   • Enforcement proceedings

Public and administrative law: Our administrative and public law team has substantial experience acting in the complex administrative and public law cases. We conducted proceedings before domestic and international courts and tribunals, as well as before state and local government administration bodies at various levels.

We found public and administrative law practice useful in all fields of regulatory, administrative and environmental law aspects. In addition, we advise our clients on issues related to foreign investments and possible barriers to enter the Polish market and how to combine it with activities abroad. Our clients conduct business in all regulated sectors, in particular real estate, infrastructure, healthcare, energy (including renewables and emissions trading issues), utilities.

Our services are integrated with that of our other practices, particularly corporate, banking and litigation to act on strategic cases where public and administrative law is a key element.

Restructuring and insolvency: We offer comprehensive and professional support for entrepreneurs at risk of insolvency, insolvent entrepreneurs as well as entities that are their creditors. We advise on debt restructuring, corporate restructuring and liquidation, enforcement of collateral, forced sale of assets, bankruptcy proceedings and other corporate disputes with bankruptcy in the background. Thanks to cooperation with other practices in the firm, we provide multi-faceted analysis focused on solving clients’ problems.

Criminal law: Our criminal law team is strategic, committed, and efficient, able to handle the most complex criminal cases. It advises corporations and individuals on money laundering and white-collar crimes, cybercrime, drug offenses, sexual offenses, motoring offenses, murder, and manslaughter as well as more general crime cases. Extensive expertise of our attorneys is built on many high-profile cases throughout Poland, and countless potentially high-profile cases carefully kept out of the public eye. They have a track record of success in representing clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, and they will guide you through the entire process, from preparatory proceedings to Supreme Court proceedings. They are widely known for their supportive attitude, dedication, and eye for detail. They pride themselves on leaving no stone unturned when defending any client.

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies: We offer a team of sophisticated and knowledgeable legal counsels that supports all business activates related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Beside legal knowledge, we have also a unique and deep understanding of the technologies that drive blockchain and related developments in distributive computing networks.

We guide our clients through all issues which may arise in this field: from tax and regulatory issues, intellectual property, Anti – money laundering regulations, contractual issues, financial and banking regulations.