Specializations

Corporate issues

• establishing of an insurance company and a foreign branch of an insurance company
• cross border merger of insurance companies (the first on the Polish market)

Insurance General Terms and Conditions

• development of  insurance general terms and conditions (life and property – each group of risks)
• verification of insurance general terms and conditions for compliance with the provisions of “consumers” and other law

Distribution contracts

• development of distribution contracts (contracts between insurance companies and database “owners” or managers of large distribution networks)
• development of agency contracts for different sale models
• development of bancassurance contracts

Regulatory issues

• development of opinions on the legality of introduction of insurance products onto the market
• verification of procedures developed by insurance companies for compliance with the requirements of Solvency II
• development and opinions on internal regulations applied in an insurance company

Representation of Clients

• representing insurance companies before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection in proceedings associated with charges of using practices violating collective consumer interests
• representing Clients in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and other regulators
• representing insurance companies in disputes with insurance intermediaries

Others

• development of a distribution model of financial products in the direct system
• development of comprehensive documentation related to personal data protection in an insurance company
• working on legal solutions within the field of voluntary health insurance

Documents of financial institutions

•  development and verification of standard model contracts, regulations and other procedures for consumers and institutional customers
•  advice on minimizing the legal risks associated with the potential violation of provisions of consumer law within the implementation of new financial products

Outsourcing contracts

• development of outsourcing contracts and their verification for compliance with the requirements of the law

Corporate law

•  corporate business services (establishing companies, general meetings and shareholders meetings service, changes in company bodies, transformations, etc.)
• appealing against shareholders’ meetings resolutions and general meetings’ resolutions
• advice on and conducting court proceedings relating to the liability of the board members of limited liability companies towards the company’s creditors
• advice on and conducting court proceedings relating to disputes between shareholders of companies
• advice on and conducting court proceedings relating to disputes on companies’ activities

Other

• advice on „anti-money laundering” requirements
• development of comprehensive documentation related to personal data protection (development of internal documents, personal data processing clauses, registration of personal data files to the General Inspector of Personal Data Protection)
• development of legal opinions on issues arising during financial institutions activities, including the evaluation of financial products sales models

• development of legal opinions on the interpretation of the significance and effects of the provisions of the terms of contracts, notices etc.

• assistance in drafting correspondence with contracting parties

• assistance in drafting the correct provisions of specifications

• assistance in negotiations with contractors

• development of legal opinions on disputes

• analysis of the Clients’ offers and studying the correctness of competitors’ offers

• development of appeals to the National Appeal Chamber

• development of accessions to the appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber

• development of complaints to the district court for the National Appeal Chamber sentences

• optimization of the structure of capital transactions involving an element of public procurement

• advice on the process of reorganization of entities and group of companies involving an element of public procurement (procurement in a group of companies, elimination of risk of loss of internal procurement in a group of companies etc.)

• optimization of the process of awarding public procurement by the Client

• optimization of obtaining public procurement by the Client

• advice on collective employment relationships, e.g. collective bargaining agreements and other collective agreements entered into between employers (their current and future owners) and trade unions
• verification, modification and development of collective agreement projects, work, remuneration, social funds and bonus regulations
• transaction advice, including support in staff takeovers, restructuring and integration of employment teams and outsourcing of employees, including group redundancies
• advice on the transfer of an employing establishment or a part thereof
• advice on temporary work and employment agencies
• representing the employer in collective disputes and negotiations with employee representatives;
• comprehensive assistance during inspections by the National Labour Inspectorate
• advice in individual employment relationships, including drawing up employment history documentation
• full legal assistance in terminating employment relationships by notice, in disciplinary cases, and by mutual consent of the parties
• advice on all forms of discrimination and mobbing
• representing clients in lawsuits before the courts of each instance in the territory of the whole country and in settlement negotiations regarding labour law cases
• extensive advice the management employment, particularly drafting management contracts;
• advice on monitoring and privacy protection of employees
• advice on non-competition agreements, applicable during and after the employment term;
• advice on personal data protection in employment
• advice on business immigration, in particular legalisation of labour law and residence of foreigners employed in Poland

• legal advice, preparation of information and development of legal opinions concerning delegated cases, that may be submitted for settlement by a competent institution

• development of summons, pleadings and legal opinions in civil and economic cases

• participation in mediation and arbitration proceedings

• representation in civil cases before the common courts, arbitration courts and Supreme Court

• conducting enforcement proceedings 

• representing financial institutions before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumers Protection and before the Court of Competition and Consumers Protection in proceedings associated with charges of using practices violating collective consumer interests and recognition of applied clauses as abusive

• representing financial institutions in negotiations and mediations  before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumers Protection

• representing Clients in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and other regulators

• development of implementation contracts

• development of outsourcing contracts

• development of maintenance and SLA contracts

• development of legal opinions regarding IT contracts

• negotiating IT contracts on behalf of both the supplier and the receiver of services 

• development of financial products sales models utilizing new technologies (distance sales) 

• consultancy services on network safety, database protection, network trademark protection etc.

• consultancy services on settling disputes arising from and related to IT projects 

• development of e-commerce platforms