Dispute resolution

Linklaters

Client Satisfaction

Linklaters is highly adept at handling large, multi-jurisdictional cases for both Polish and international companies, and operates alongside the firm’s M&A, competition, banking and energy departments to provide large corporates and banks with a broad offering that encompasses representation in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Cezary Wiśniewski spearheads the team and is lauded as ‘one of the top Polish arbitration practitioners’. Other key members of the department include ’experienced litigator’ Zbigniew Kruczkowski, who boasts expertise in shareholder disputes and private enforcement matters, and white-collar crime expert Tomasz Manicki. Marta Szrajer also ‘deserves special mention’ as a key name in administrative court proceedings.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘The Linklaters team always focuses on the client's needs and always selects a balanced litigation team supported by other lawyers, e.g. a department of experts in competition law, financial law, etc. I appreciate their synergy of work and the possibility of direct contact with each member of the team. They are also not afraid to engage younger lawyers, which adds a lot of good energy and innovation, e.g. in collecting evidence.’
‘Zbigniem Kruczkowski - experienced litigator, has extensive knowledge that he can present in an accessible way in the field of difficulty.'
‘A very competent and experienced team, perfectly prepared and efficiently managing disputes.’
‘Very competent and perfectly prepared for the cases. Marta Szrajer deserves special mention. Very good in analysing and discussing possible options.’
‘Excellent analysis skills, creative approach, good ideas. Very good planning and enforcement.’
‘What stands them out from others, especially smaller law firms, is access to AI systems that make everyday work easier - in particular, they perform very quick linguistic proofreading of texts and automatic translations from foreign languages. Linklaters takes care of the form of messages to the client and has the ability to build larger teams to handle a given case.’
‘From my own experience of working with the Linklaters team as an attorney co-investigating the case, I had the opportunity to see directly and "from the inside" that both Cezary Wiśniewski (partner) and Marta Szrajer (managing associate) are involved in the case personally and in-depth, and not only superficially. I highly value their communication and cooperation skills.’
‘Cezary Wiśniewski is one of top Polish arbitration practitioners.'

Key clients

Abris Capital Partners
Orange Polska S.A.
PZU S.A.
Bank Millennium S.A.
Santander Bank Polska S.A.
DnB Bank Polska S.A.
BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A.
mBank S.A.
Kronospan Mielec sp. z o.o.
Kronospan Polska sp. z o.o.
Eolos Polska sp. z o.o.
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A.
ING Bank Śląski S.A.

Work highlights

Representing Orange Polska S.A., supplier of telecoms services in Poland, in two cases involving claims filed by P4 sp. z o.o. against Orange Polska S.A. and Polkomtel sp. z o.o. (with participation of T-Mobile Polska S.A.) for compensation in connection with accusations made against Orange Polska S.A. and Polkomtel sp. z o.o. of abuse of their collective dominant position.
Advising several leading banks active in Poland on a number of disputes regarding mortgage loans indexed to CHF and EUR and UNWW (insurance) issues, both individual claims and class actions.
Representing Kronospan Mielec sp. z o.o. and Kronospan Polska sp. z o.o., international producers of forestry products, in appeal proceedings before the Court for the Protection of Competition and Consumers against a decision by the Polish Competition Authority on allegedly restrictive horizontal agreements.