By Practice Areas
Arbitration & ADR
KZR&P assists clients in resolving disputes without litigation through various alternative dispute resolution procedures, including nonbinding and binding arbitration, mediation, mini-trials, summary jury trials, expert fact-finding and early neutral evaluation. In cases, where a non-litigation solution is not available, we handle disputes before both common and arbitration courts. We have extensive experience representing clients in complex, high value ad hoc arbitrations as well as under the rules of the world's leading arbitration institutions (including UNCITRAL and ICSID procedures).
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Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation Law
KZR&P represents a wide variety of clients, including large lender groups, agents to syndicated lending groups, major institutional creditors, asset managers, individual lenders and other financial institutions and corporate debtors. Where necessary our lawyers call upon experts in other departments of the firm in the areas of banking, capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, real estate and tax to work on restructuring and insolvency matters.
Bills of Exchange, Checks and Negotiable Instruments
Our lawyers provide a full range of legal advice on matters concerning collateral used to secure various types of commercial contracts. In particular we help our clients to understand the strict rules which govern such instruments as Bills of Exchange making them more accessible in simple trade transactions as well as large complicated commercial projects.
Commercial Disputes
Our lawyers are experienced dispute resolution practitioners with wide experience in international arbitration proceedings before both permanent and ad hoc arbitration courts. In particular we focus on alternative dispute resolutions conducting multiparty negotiations to resolve disputes amicably. We assist our clients in relation to disputes concerning non-performance or incorrect performance of obligations, loss of investment, conflict of interest, unfair competition, protection of trademarks, unfair advertising and the right to internet domains amongst others.
Competition & Anti-Trust Litigation
Competition has never been more intense than in the global marketplace. Cross-border transactions have increased, and antitrust and competition laws - and investigations - have proliferated.
Contracts
KZR&P lawyers provide a full range of legal advice concerning contractual matters. They negotiate and draft contracts for clients from a wide industry base such as FMCG, pharmaceuticals, automotive, media, energy, IT, communication, transport and real estate. The type of contracts are diverse and range from construction and procurement contracts, logistics contracts, sale and distribution contracts through to transfer of copyright contracts.
Copyright
Intellectual property is a critical asset of a company’s marketing tool in building its image and reputation in a competitive market. Proper management of its’ IP rights is of strategic importance for a company. Considered as one of the leaders in the field of intellectual property protection KZR&P’s IP specialists and industry experts offer you extensive knowledge in copyright issues and European database right issues. Our lawyers have represented developers and users of rights, TV and radio stations, design and advertising agencies, record companies, artists and inventors.
Debt and Asset Restructuring
KZR&P lawyers offer the full range of business bankruptcy solutions as well as helping you examine bankruptcy alternatives, such as debt negotiation, asset sales, debt restructuring, and debt reduction to resolve your financial problems and reduce or eliminate debt. Business bankruptcy is just one of the tools in our toolbox to help corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorship businesses overburdened with debt.
Debt Collection & Enforcement Proceedings
Our debt collection team provides the full range of legal services including pre-trial advice and in-court representation. We assist our clients in their efforts to solve disputes amicably representing them in negotiations and the reconciliation process. Where these endeavors fail we proceed to trial, structuring the process to achieve the most desirable effects. We also represent our clients in enforcement procedures.
Employment Litigation
KZR&P’s employment lawyers assist employers in meeting the challenges of an increasingly regulated global workplace. We act as litigators, advisors, and negotiators on a range of issues from negotiation of employment agreements to sexual harassment and discrimination issues and keep a wide-range of companies’ up-to-speed in a legal environment that is increasingly complex and litigious.
Government Procurements
KZR&P offers its clients professional advice on public procurement and tendering procedures. This includes general legal supervision on the selection mode, preparation of tender documents and notices, organization and holding of tenders, establishment and workings of the overseeing tender committee, as well as an analysis of deals, negotiation of contract terms, and representation of clients in any proceedings before the administrative bodies and state courts.
IP Litigation
Proprietary technologies are often the lifeblood of our intellectual property (IP) clients' businesses. As such our Intellectual Property litigation team is fully familiar with the procedural and tactical possibilities offered by various jurisdictions and is adept at implementing national and international litigation and anti-counterfeiting strategies to achieve the right outcome for our clients.
Media Litigation
KZR&P represents numerous publishers, newspapers, broadcasting companies, reporters and authors in a range of press and protection of personal rights issues. We handle cases ranging from a reporter’s ability to gather information and protect their informers from disclosure, to litigation involving rights of publicity, trademarks and copyright protection. We also assist clients with pre-publication reviews.
Mergers and Acquisitions
KZR&P’s experience gained in both Poland and on the international market enables us to provide our clients with legal solutions in various types of investment transactions.
Penal and White Collar Crime Proceedings
Clients who are under government investigation require vigorous representation. KZR&P is experienced in representing companies, boards of directors, officers and directors, and individuals at all stages of government investigations. Our attorneys tackle cases from initial agency inquiries to full-scale investigations and from preliminary government interviews to trial and beyond. Clients often come to us with their most sensitive matters. We aim to develop effective, cost-efficient solutions to protect our clients’ reputations.
Private Equity
KZR&P represents private equity funds in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and many other types of investment transactions. Our lawyers assist private equity and venture capital funds in domestic and international fund formation and structuring and corporate clients engaged in strategic venture capital investing.
Real Estate Finance
KZR&P’s real estate practice encompasses commercial real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, development, financing, leasing, land use and lending. We have experience in working with projects concerning office buildings, hotels and resorts, sports facilities, shopping centers, mixed-use developments, energy plants, industrial and research complexes, warehouses, and multifamily residential projects.
Real Estate Litigation
KZR&P has the litigation expertise to resolve real estate disputes – whether they involve purchase and sale contracts, partnership disputes, claims involving breach of fiduciary duty, commercial leases, property insurance, property tax assessments, design and construction defects or boundaries. We also have extensive experience with environmental matters.
Real Estate Restructuring
In today's sensitive market conditions, real estate projects often encounter unpredictable financial challenges. Drawing on its integrated, cross-disciplinary team of real estate, finance, litigation, bankruptcy, tax and corporate workout lawyers KZR&P advises on a broad range of real estate-related workouts, restructurings and liquidations.
Regulatory Compliance
KZR&P has extensive regulatory experience and assists clients in planning for and implementing regulatory changes as they occur. In particular international environmental concerns continue to grow and to throw up more and more compliance issues, as well as liability issues in business transactions.
Securities and Corporate Disputes
KZR&P works with banks, financial institutions and hedge funds in dealing with a broad range of complex problems and disputes which can arise in the course of the business of any financial institution operating in multiple jurisdictions and in a range of financial services sectors.
Tax & Financial Advice
KZR&P provides innovative tax solutions to their clients. We are familiar with current structuring techniques and can apply our experience in one type of transaction to find solutions in another.
Trade Disputes
With the ever increasing liberalization of trade and the extending freedom of movement of goods and services particularly within the EU, trade disputes are becoming ever more complex. KZR&P is experienced in advising clients on jurisdictional issues arising out of such complex cases, mediating in disputes, as well as assisting clients in formulating and implementing business strategies to compete internationally.