Another good year in the Legal 500 ranking
Recommended in 15 practice areas. Recognitions for 3 new practices – Employment, Construction and Data Privacy and Data Protection. And as many as 34 individual recognitions, with some lawyers receiving 2, 3, 4 and even 5 recommendations in different practice areas! More promotions. And most importantly, lots of fantastic, highly encouraging feedback. This year’s Legal 500 rankings are truly outstanding!
So we are delighted and proud. Proud because we are a close-knit and effective team who enjoy the trust of our clients. And delighted with what our clients have said and written about us.
Here is a summary of our recognitions:
Telecommunications, Media, Technology (TMT)
Piotr Kochański, Mateusz Ostrowski, Monika Maćkowska-Morytz
‘Independent and highly knowledgeable.’
‘Kochanski & Partners has broad expertise in various sectors. Depending on the subject matter, it delegates a person/team for legal support. The uniqueness of the law firm is particularly in the people who make it up. People with a lot of experience, oriented towards developing a strategy to achieve the desired goal while respecting the interests of all parties. The law firm provides a high level of service and is therefore highly recommended.’
Dispute Resolution
Markiyan Malskyy, Marek Jeżewski (Leading individuals). Recommended: Andrzej Pałys, Dominika Durchowska, Mateusz Ostrowski, Michal König, Weronika Magdziak-Śliwa, Jakub Jach
‘Excellent ability to understand complex technical issues and apply the legal requirements to them.’
‘Marek Jeżewski, Dominika Durchowska and Michał König are recommended.’
‘A focused and strategic team.’
‘Marek Jeżewski is an excellent strategic thinker, and Michal König excels as an advocate.’
‘Strong engagement of each team member.’
‘Markiyan Malskyy is client oriented, practical and highly appreciated for his swift responsiveness to the client’s challenges.’
‘The firm is easy to work with. Many of the lawyers have trained outside Poland and are fluent in English. Because of foreign work experience, the firm has been amazingly responsive to questions from clients and has been proactive in anticipating and addressing the client’s needs. I was impressed with the quality of the work and the speed with which it was generated.’
‘Michał König is extremely service oriented. He is responsive to questions and issues. He is able to translate Polish law issues into a framework that is easy to understand. He writes clearly and effectively and is timely. Few counsel provide the level of service that he regularly offers.’
‘Lawyers are very active in terms of ensuring awareness of business operations and realities.’
‘Michal König excels as an advocate.’
Banking and Finance
Jan Ziomek (FinTech), Andrzej Pałys, Weronika Magdziak-Śliwa, Maciej Kuranc
‘The law firm, thanks to its extensive knowledge, experience, and exceptionally wide range of specialisations, covers an above-standard business area for such firms.’
‘It possesses the ability to perform detailed work and also has the necessary comprehensive approach required for large clients, taking into account the client’s position and strategy. Compared to other law firms, this company has an exceptionally quick and effective response time.’
‘The number and legal specialisation of lawyers in the team is good for carrying out tasks in accordance with expectations and within deadlines.’
‘Lawyers are very active in terms of ensuring awareness of business operations and realities.’
‘Very high level of professionalism, client orientation, and support.’
‘Additionally, we also value the availability of the practice team, which is extremely important in our dynamic activities.’
‘A focused and strategic team.’
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Paweł Cholewiński, Rafał Rapala, Pawel Mardas, Karol Połosak, Aneta Serowik
‘The firm’s corporate practice has in-depth knowledge on the market standards of M&A transactions.’
‘Rafał Rapala is a very good M&A lawyer, is always in command of the transaction and can provide legal solutions to problems as they arise. It is very good to work with him and his team.’
‘Very responsive, proactive, commercially minded and entrepreneurial. Also an inclusive and friendly bunch. Would recommend highly.’
‘Paweł Cholewiński is excellent.’
Construction
Paweł Cholewiński, Wojciech Wrochna
‘The firm and the construction practice is truly engaged in the investment process. They offer exceptional navigation through the process.’
‘In my opinion, the key to the success of Kochanski & Partners is an exceptional understanding of the needs of its clients. And of course, their competitive advantage is broad knowledge and high level of professional experience.’
‘We appreciate the professionalism we have experienced at every stage of task implementation. When starting cooperation, it was very important for us to be open to a wide range of legal topics. Our company operates on several levels of business activity and we often expect substantive support in areas that are often beyond the reach of ordinary law firms. This practice is ready to tackle these complex topics while listening to our needs.’
‘Kochanski & Partners has broad expertise in various sectors. Depending on the subject matter, it delegates a person/team for legal support. The uniqueness of the law firm is particularly in the people who make it up. People with a lot of experience, oriented towards developing a strategy to achieve the desired goal while respecting the interests of all parties. The law firm provides a high level of service and is therefore highly recommended.’
‘In the case of our current cooperation with the practice, we appreciate the readiness to take up difficult topics, often requiring familiarisation with extensive internal material of our company. Additionally, we also value the availability of the practice team, which is extremely important in our dynamic activities.’
Data Privacy and Data Protection
Piotr Kochański, Monika Maćkowska-Morytz
‘In my opinion, the key to the success of Kochanski & Partners is an exceptional understanding of the needs of its clients. And of course, their competitive advantage is broad knowledge and high level of professional experience.’
Employment
Anna Gwiazda, Angelika Stanko
‘Pragmatic and practical advice on setting up an entity and navigating employment in a completely new country.’
‘Anna Gwiazda is excellent at navigating the Polish labour laws and advising on best practice with a pragmatic approach.’
‘A partnership relationship, great commitment, very involved in joint projects, good sense of business needs. Full confidence in the recommended legal solutions.’
‘Anna Gwiazda – great professional expert, accessible, focused to deliver solutions, delivering on commitments and timing.’
‘Availability of cooperation, very fast responsiveness, deep analysis of the issue, meeting the agreed deadlines.’
Energy and Natural Resources
Wojciech Wrochna (Next Generation Partner), Michal Bedkowski-Koziol
‘Great team with focus on large energy projects. Wojciech Wrochna is a go-to person when EU law is involved.’
‘Wojciech Wrochna is absolutely top-level for EU regulatory work. Responsive, extremely engaged and creative thinker. Definitely one of the best energy lawyers in Poland.’
‘Independent and highly knowledgeable.’
‘The team led by Wojciech Wrochna has great capabilities to handle the largest energy projects.’
‘Wojciech Wrochna – absolutely top energy lawyer with great European experience and fantastic market understanding.’
‘The team has great regulatory know-how which makes them perfect to always find the best solutions. Number one in nuclear.’
‘Wojciech Wrochna has deep understanding of energy markets and impressive knowledge of EU energy law.’
‘Availability of cooperation, very fast responsiveness, deep analysis of the issue, meeting the agreed deadlines.’
Real Estate
Paweł Cholewiński, Malwina Jagiełło, Weronika Duda
‘Kochanski & Partners is one of the major players in the Polish real estate market. Their work is always of high quality and meets the needs of our firm. They are business-oriented and are there to find solutions, whilst always keeping in mind our interests. They know how to quickly formulate recommendations and remain highly attentive to apply them with a real concern for final efficiency. It is very valuable to have all the cards in hand in order to be able to make the best decision in a short time.’
‘Paweł Cholewiński combines many qualities and is one of the rare lawyers able to shine both by technical mastery of the subject but also by his qualities as a negotiator. It is very pleasant to work with Paweł because he is extremely versatile and enjoys being confronted by new problems. This makes him an excellent partner in the conducting of deals because we can count on him to adapt to the different facets of transactions.’
‘Paweł Cholewiński, who shines ‘both by technical mastery of the subject but also by his qualities as a negotiator’
‘Malwina Jagiełło knows how to respond effectively to our concerns, approaching each subject from a pragmatic angle. She uses practical approaches, which speed up and simplify things for our firm.’
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Krzysztof Zięba
‘It possesses the ability to perform detailed work and also has the necessary comprehensive approach required for large clients, taking into account the client’s position and strategy. Compared to other law firms, this company has an exceptionally quick and effective response time.’
Intellectual Property
Piotr Kochański, Karolina Marciniszyn (Leading individual), Tomasz Szambelan
‘I would thoroughly commend the services of Kochanski & Partners for their commercial foresight and strong sense of reliability.’
‘I would recommend in particular Karolina Marciniszyn. She is a highly experienced and knowledgeable practitioner who provides savvy, concise, commercially-minded practical advice and proposes creative solutions.’
Private Equity
Pawel Cholewiński, Rafał Rapala, Paweł Mardas, Malwina Jagiełło, Weronika Duda, Aneta Serowik
Public Procurement
Jakub Krysa, Michał Waraksa
‘Competent team!’
‘Quick and immediate reaction, taking ownership of tasks.’
Restructuring and Insolvency
Paweł Cholewiński, Rafał Rapala, Mateusz Ostrowski, Paweł Mardas, Karol Połosak, Aneta Serowik
Tax
Agata Dziwisz-Moshe, Wojciech Śliż, Mirosław Malczeski, Aleksandra Pizon-Jaworska, Andrzej Malec
‘Extremely proactive approach, friendly people who are able to explain complicated legal matters in a very clear way for everybody.’
‘Wojciech Śliż and Agata Dziwisz-Moshe are our key point of contact. Both are outstanding. Very professional, approachable, cooperative and proactive.’
‘The team really work as a team. The internal communication and communication with the client is smooth. They know their competences and if a matter exceeds their expertise they will be keen to bring a colleague expert on board to support.’
‘They are very detail oriented and try to find any weakness of the case predicting issues and therefore preparing for any situation.’
So, as always, our greatest thanks go to our exceptional clients. You make us strive!
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