Commercial disputes

Piotr specializes in:

• commercial contract law and civil law
• litigation
• bankruptcy and restructuring

Piotr gained his experience in reputable Polish and international law firms in Warsaw. He worked with DLA Piper for 13 years. He focuses on conducting litigation, negotiating contracts and providing ongoing advice to clients.

Piotr works with investors, developers, landlords and tenants, as well as the energy and manufacturing sectors. He represents clients in large disputes arising from construction and infrastructure projects.

He also specializes in the area of restructuring and bankruptcy law and holds a license of a restructuring advisor. Piotr assists creditors, debtors, managers, financial stakeholders and liquidators by providing strategic advice and business solutions.

Piotr is a restructuring advisor. He graduated from the University of Warsaw. He is a member of the Warsaw Bar Association. He speaks Polish and English.

Paweł specializes in:

• Court, arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
• Commercial contract law and civil law
• Personal data protection and intellectual property

He has gained his over 12 years of professional experience in reputable network law firms in Krakow and Warsaw, being, among others, one of the key lawyers in the litigation and regulatory department of the Warsaw office of the international law firm DLA Piper. He represents clients in highly complex proceedings. 

He advises corporate clients from the construction, infrastructure and transport sectors. He has been involved in ongoing legal services to companies operating in the medical, FMCG, aviation and marketing sectors. 

Paweł also has extensive experience in combating unfair competition, protection of business secrets and intellectual property. 

Paweł is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a member of the Warsaw Bar Association. He communicates in Polish, English and Russian.

Natalia specializes in:

• litigation and arbitration
• international law

Before joining Octo Legal, Natalia gained experience in renowned Polish and international law firms in Warsaw, Paris and Geneva. Her experience includes representing clients in proceedings before international arbitral tribunals and national courts in infrastructure (including disputes arising out of FIDIC contracts), pharmaceutical, energy and international trade matters, as well as pre-litigation counseling. Natalia has also represented clients in arbitration proceedings under bilateral investment treaties. 

Natalia is a member of the Warsaw Bar Association. She graduated from Jagiellonian University and specialized in international dispute resolution during her studies at University Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Master 2 degree) and University Paris XII in Créteil. Moreover, during her studies at Jagiellonian University, Natalia completed the French Law School (conducted in cooperation with the University of Orléans, where she later obtained Master 2 degree) and the American Law School (conducted in cooperation with the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC).

On a daily basis Natalia works in Polish and English, she also speaks French.

Katarzyna specializes in:

• matters of civil law and business law, with particular emphasis on litigation
• providing opinions on contracts in business transactions
• criminal law

Katarzyna graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow. She is a member of the Bar Association in Warsaw. She speaks Polish and English.

She gained experience in reputable law firms in Warsaw, representing Polish and foreign clients in court proceedings concerning civil law, commercial law and restructuring. Additionally, she provided ongoing legal services to individual clients and commercial law companies. 

She deals with commercial proceedings, corporate disputes and ongoing services for companies. 

She has experience in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings and in advising creditors on satisfying their claims from material and personal collaterals.

Katarzyna assists in pre-trial proceedings - in particular in the departments for economic crimes, organized crime and corruption, as well as before courts and in executive proceedings as a defence counsel and attorney for the victim or an auxiliary prosecutor.

Aleksandra specializes in:

• commercial company law and ongoing corporate advice to Polish and international companies and commercial contract law
• commercial and corporate disputes

Aleksandra gained her experience in reputable Polish and international law firms in Warsaw and Krakow. Her professional activity focuses on litigation (also at the pre-litigation stage), negotiating contracts and providing ongoing advice to clients focused on protecting their interests and minimizing the risk of litigation. She also provides ongoing corporate services to companies, including participation in mergers, transformations, formation and liquidation of commercial law companies. She has participated in share and asset acquisitions serving both Polish and foreign investors. Her experience also includes preparing due diligence reports and legal opinions in the area of commercial law.  

Aleksandra graduated with honors from Jagiellonian University. At the end of her studies she received the Rector's award, being one of the 10 most distinguished graduates of the Faculty.  She is a member of the Bar Association in Warsaw. She communicates in Polish and English.

Selected experience of Aleksandra: 

• Advising a group of real estate companies in a corporate dispute aimed at safeguarding investors' interests;
• Representing a company in a corporate dispute with a partner resulting from the partner's exit from the company;
• Representation of management board members in a dispute with the company's creditors with a view to holding them personally liable under Article 299 of the Code of Commercial Companies
• Pre-court representation of an IT company in a dispute arising from the execution of an agreement to develop software;
• Representing a real estate company in a dispute with a construction contractor pending before an arbitration court;
• Advising a real estate company in connection with the possible liquidation of a special purpose vehicle in the context of warranty and guarantee claims;
• Representing a company from the cosmetics sector in a dispute resulting from infringement of a reputable trademark; 
• Representation of a company from the media sector in a dispute resulting from unlawful use of an image;
• Member of the team advising on and managing the acquisition of a controlling stake in Archicom by a leading Polish developer Echo Investment, valued at nearly EUR 100 million. 
• Member of the team advising on and managing the transaction for the sale by Cavatina of a block of shares in Murapol S.A.

Publications

"Comparative Legal Analysis of Fashion Design Protection under Copyright Law in Poland and the United States" in: "American and European Intellectual Property Law. Theoretical reflections and contemporary challenges" by Ł. D. Bartosik, S. Curyło, M. Urbańczyk