The team at Wolf Theiss regularly assists clients with the employment law aspects of cross-border M&A transactions. Other areas it is usually instructed on include the termination of employees and management, workforce restructuring, and settlement negotiations in employment disputes. Data protection and immigration law-related matters are additional areas of strength. Agnieszka Nowak-Błaszczak leads the team and has significant experience supporting employers in enterprise acquisitions and reorganisation processes.
Testimonials
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‘Agnieszka Nowak-Błaszczak stands out as an exceptional partner, showing not only speed and responsiveness while providing legal support, but most importantly understanding the business and client's needs properly.’
‘Being an international company opening its office in Poland, we have been facing tons of difficulties in adapting to local peculiarities. Working with Wolf Theiss helped us a lot to better understand the local rulings, to adapt our global policies to the Polish environment and bring our processes in compliance with the law.'
'Broad outlook, deep knowledge of law, its practical implementation and understanding of our industry specifics are core factors which distinguish the Wolf Theiss team.’
‘I've mostly been working with Agnieszka Nowak-Błaszczak. She seems to be a very good professional with a deep understanding of how the law functions. She has expressed willingness to understand the inner client's needs and try to find the best way to address the revealed needs, even finding non-trivial approaches.’
Key clients
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- HTEC Group
- Deliveroo
- Bright Machines
- Heidrick & Struggles
- Morningstar
- Dow Jones
Work highlights
- Advising the International Rescue Committee on day-to-day employment matters and immigration issues.
- Advising Morningstar on collective redundancies and on closing its operations in Poland.
- Advising Bright Machines on day-to-day employment matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Agnieszka Nowak-Błaszczak