Piotr Szymański
Attorney at Law, Senior Associate
From the beginning of his professional career, Piotr has been working for law firms specialising in delivering day-to-day legal assistance to entrepreneurs, in particular litigation advisory.
Piotr has nearly 6 years of experience working in law firms, and 5 years of litigation experience handling civil, commercial and administrative court cases, representing corporate and individual clients throughout litigation, including the pre-litigation stage, preparation of statements of claim and other pleadings, further representation before the court, and the final disposal of the proceedings. He has also been responsible for developing litigation strategies.
Piotr has advised a Polish branch (limited liability company) of a leading global corporation delivering consulting and engineering services for the infrastructure sector, in addition to providing litigation assistance to a branch of a foreign company offering engineering and design services as well as managing and supervising construction sites.
Selected major projects:
- representing individual clients on numerous occasions in cases involving claims concerning Swiss franc loans and with responsibility for developing litigation strategies;
- representing company management board members in proceedings involving liability under Article 299 of the Commercial Companies Code;
- providing advisory on litigation to entities pursuing projects under public procurement contracts of strategic importance to the Polish construction and railway sectors;
- advising a passenger car factory designer on developing a strategy to defend against investor claims;
Languages: Polish, English
Education: Piotr is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Białystok.
