The ‘exceptional’ team at Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has extensive experience in handling both domestic and cross-border matters pertaining to merger control, compliance and private litigation. The team often appears before relevant authorities such as the Polish Competition Authority and the domestic courts and represents its clients in various complex disputes across a variety of sectors, including oil and gas, e-commerce and aviation. Leasing the practice is Krzysztof Kanton, who specialises in merger control notifications and represents clients in antitrust matters before relevant authorities and courts. Joanna Marek assists domestic and international clients with proceedings before various authorities in matters such as the infringement of consumers’ collective interests and anti-competitive practices.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is exceptional and provides a high quality service. They are able to design special solutions for a client that has never been used before on the European market.’

  • ‘The team embodies professionalism, experience and a customer-oriented approach.’

Key clients

  • Alkam Security
  • Benefit Systems
  • BioAgra-Oil
  • Ceneo
  • Engie
  • Eurocash
  • Jeronimo Martins Polska
  • Nike
  • OMV
  • Orsted
  • Rockwool
  • Shell
  • Uniper
  • Vallen Distribution
  • Warner Bros Discovery
  • WizzAir
  • Wintershall
  • Zalando

Work highlights

  • Obtained a precedent injunction for Ceneo banning Google, for the duration of the court proceedings, from using a number of practices on its search results page.
  • Represented Shell, Engie, Wintershall, OMV, Uniper in the Court of Appeal.
  • Represented Eurocash in the Competition Court, leading to an annullment of a fine of PLN 76m.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Krzysztof Kanton

Other key lawyers

Joanna Marek