Gide Loyrette Nouel‘s Warsaw-based dispute resolution practice sits within the firm’s international offering, and thus it expertly handles cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings in the commercial, energy, banking and finance, infrastructure, real estate, and employment industries. The group has represented both domestic and international clients before the Polish and European arbitration courts, common courts, and the Polish Supreme Court, in addition to administrative authorities. Infrastructure expert Piotr Sadownik and ’first-class litigator’ Krzysztof Ciepliński jointly lead the practice.
Testimonials
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‘Professional, with great knowledge and experience, the possibility to work in foreign languages, good practice, well organised, high-quality work.’
‘Piotr Sadownik and Krzysztof Ciepliński are very professional with a nice approach to business.’
‘Gide's dispute resolution practice offers reliable advice and a strategic approach aimed at promoting the client's interests in the most effective manner.’
‘Krzysztof Ciepliński is a first-class litigator with a transactional background. Krzysztof has got a broad understanding of clients' needs and expectations. I would summarise that he is a brilliant lawyer.’
‘Each member of the team has a business-oriented approach that allows the clients to feel their needs are fully perceived and accomplished also in a very technical way.’
‘Krzysztof Ciepliński is one of the smartest professionals I have worked with. He goes strictly to the point and manages to find proper and innovative solutions, also in connection with highly elaborate matters.’
‘There is a myriad of specialists within the firm and they bring aboard the team the required specialist based on the current needs. This method allows us to have a single fixed point of contact but also take full advantage of the available expertise without incurring high fees.’
‘Dedicated, detailed, precise but very time-conscious and efficient. They are open to discussion and listen to us to better understand our corporate needs. We are involved in the process and that also helps us manage our corporate requirements.'
Key clients
- Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a La Exportación, S.A.
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polska S.A.
- Babinek sp. z o.o.
- Agencja Konsultant sp. z o.o.
- Telewizja Polska S.A.
- Mindspace Poland S.A.
- Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A.
- Louis Vuitton Polska sp. z o.o.
- Kosmepol sp. z o.o.
- L'Oreal Polska sp. z o.o.
- Nałęczów Zdrój S.A.
- OKAM Capital sp. z o.o.
- MAK Ubezpieczenia sp. z o.o.
- WARBUD S.A.
- General Director for National Roads and Motorways
- BPI Real Estate Poland sp. z o.o.
- B&B Hotels Polska sp. z o.o.
- Willis Towers Watson Polska sp. z o.o.
Work highlights
- Defending a Polish TV broadcaster in proceedings seeking court authorisation for the enforcement of a foreign court award ordering the client to pay statutory damages to a former distributor due to alleged copyright infringements.
- Advising Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A. on the implementation of a settlement scheme to be used with foreign currency borrowers in relation to the invalidation of a loan agreement due to allegedly unfair terms contained in those instruments.
- Representing Karmar S.A., part of the Bouygues Construction Group, in a dispute against a subcontractor, seeking payment of contractual penalties and compensation for a contractual breach.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Piotr Sadownik, Krzysztof Ciepliński