Clients praise the labour and employment practice at Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski Sp. k for its ‘unique knowledge of equity incentive plans and senior management employment matters'. Other areas of expertise include post-merger integration processes and employment-related issues for IT companies establishing a presence in Poland. Anna Halas-Krawczyk heads up the practice and has extensive knowledge of top-level management contracts and incentive plans. Natalia Wołkowycka is also an active member of the practice.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘We work a lot with the employment team because of their unique knowledge of equity incentive plans and senior management employment matters. The entire team is very responsive, clear and communicative. They provide a good quality of work and are capable of working under pressure to deliver.’

  • ‘Very knowledgeable, agile and business oriented, propose creative and pragmatic solutions.’

  • ‘The team is very well diversified with a very market-focused team leader in Anna Hałas-Krawczyk.'

  • ‘Anna Hałas-Krawczyk is highly business oriented, very stright forward, super up to speed with the market trends. Natalia Wołkowycka is very motivated and engaged with in-depth knowledge. Knows where to push and where to let go. I highly regard working with Natalia and rely on her legal judgement.’

  • ‘One of the very few teams on the market that is capable of doing more sophisticated work, including management incentive programs. ’

  • ‘Anna Hałas-Krawczyk leads the team and simply put - she is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. Brilliant, business savvy and personable. She has also built a quality team around her, so the bench at GT is strong.’

  • ‘The GT lawyers are able to propose solutions when faced with a unique problem.'

  • ‘Anna Hałas-Krawczyk, apart from a great understading of the legal issues, has good knowledge of business issues and is able to help the client navigate in complex cases.’

Key clients

  • Bank Handlowy Citi Bank
  • Persistent Systems
  • Innovaderm Research
  • Allianz SE
  • Żabka Polska
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Stock Spirits Group
  • CORE Foundation
  • Oxfam Foundation
  • Tripledot Studios
  • EPIC Games
  • Abris Capital Partners
  • Innova Capital
  • Brainly
  • Lee Hecht Harrison/Adecco Group
  • Porsche Inter Auto Polska (Volkswagen Group)
  • Affidea Group
  • Expander Advisors sp. z o.o.
  • Scanmed S.A.
  • Endego sp. z o.o.
  • Symfonia Sp. z o.o.

Work highlights

  • Advising Symfonia sp. z o.o. on the implementation of a management incentive program for senior management involving significant cross-border corporate and employment aspects.
  • Advising Persistent Systems, a multinational technology services company listed on the National Stock Exchange of India, on its establishment in Poland in collaboration with IBM.
  • Assisted Innovaderm Research with the set-up of its operations in Poland.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anna Hałas-Krawczyk  

Other key lawyers

Natalia Wołkowycka, Angelika Makar