For years we have been advising our clients on the most complex real estate projects. We support developers in preparation and implementation of building investments – residential, office and service. We conduct real estate detailed legal audits. We propose an optimal organisational structure and best tax solutions. We assist our clients in obtaining building decisions and permits, as well as we defend the investor’s interests in administrative and court proceedings.

We also provide legal support in real estate management process. Our team is fully prepared and experienced to support investor on each stage of real estate investment process.

Legal services within the fields of companies’ and corporate law is among the most prominent of our expertise areas. We provide legal aid with all types of companies, including capital and personal companies and other entities conducting business activities in Poland. Both proprietors (shareholders) and members of organs of the companies (Members of the Board of Directors as well or Supervisory Board) can benefit from our services.

We provide comprehensive legal assistance connected with such deeds as changes to the statutes and articles of association of companies, increases and decreases in share capital, approval of financial statements. Furthermore, we provide assistance in preparation of meetings of the Boards of Directors and Supervisory Boards, General Meetings of Shareholders, all of which we can also – upon the Client’s request – coordinate and conduct. We carry out changes in the composition of the aforementioned organs, as well as the proprietor structure of the companies. More extensive capital structures can benefit from the detailed regulations of the functioning of their organs which we can also prepare.

Our attention to detail has often proven essential for our Clients’ corporate interests, while our readiness to answer and address all questions or doubts that our Clients may have.

Our Office carries out complex schemes in the field of capital market law for our corporate Clients, such as issuing financial instruments in the Warsaw Stock Exchange as well as the alternative trading system NewConnect or the bond market Catalyst. Besides casual consultancy we also offer long-term support with the fulfilment of information obligations as well as with the purchases or sales of financial instruments (including tender offers).

We support our Clients and take part in M&A investment processes aimed at purchasing or selling shares in all types of companies, purchasing and selling businesses or parts thereof, as well as the sales of fixed pools of movable assets of such businesses. We specialise in cross-border company mergers and have conducted M&A processes with companies from Cyprus, Malta and Spain.

We support our Clients on all stages of M&A transactions, ensuring their comprehensive preparation and execution, starting with due diligence analysis of the respective enterprises and giving the Client an opinion based on such an audit, through participation in the negotiation process, drafting of investment contracts, adjustment of the statutes of the acquired companies, carrying out of the entire investment process. We also ensure the safety and optimisation of the transactions, e.g. by utilising foreign company structures wherever necessary.

In our legal practice we use all legal instruments for the good of our Clients, in order to guarantee them the most profitable solutions to their problems.

We provide our Clients with assistance and legal representation in common courts of all instances, the Supreme Court of Poland, administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court, as well as arbitration courts, including the Polish National Chamber of Commerce or the Vienna International Arbitration Centre.

Our lawyers also conduct cases on the pre-court stage, including the facilitation of settlements and mediation. Based on our experience we create consistent court strategies, always bearing in mind the circumstances of the case, as well as our Clients’ expectations and goals.

R&S Law Office was created with the aim of helping entrepreneurs conducting business in East and Central Europe. Close co-operation of law offices from Poland and Ukraine  allows our Clients to accomplish their business goals bearing in mind the characteristics of each of these countries’ legal and business environments.

We boast high success rate in administrative proceedings involving the legalisation of residences and work permits for foreign workers in Poland.

Owing to our experts’ varied national backgrounds and experience, as well as their proficiency in the use of foreign languages such as Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and English, we guarantee our Clients international legal services of the highest level. Our performance is further enhanced by our collaboration with specialists in other professions (auditors, translators, accountants, real estate appraisers). This centralised network of independent, permanently co-operating experts in Poland and abroad allows us to carry out even the most complicated projects efficiently and flexibly.

Human capital determines the success of a of a company – our clients know this. People management is a great challenge for them, which is why we support them in the legal aspects of employment.

We comprehensively advise HR departments and management boards in conducting HR policies, including the conclusion of employment contracts, managerial contracts, or non-competition agreements. We develop regulations and company policies. We carry out from a legal point of view acquisitions of workplaces, group layoffs and restructuring in the field of HR. We provide legal security in the termination of employment contracts and in disputes with employees.

We advise innovative solutions in the field of labor law tailored to the needs and specific characteristics of the employer. Clients appreciate our communication skills, ability to negotiate and knowledge of the practical aspects of their businesses.