ESTABLISHED IN 1988

Founding Partner: Tomasz Wardyński
Number of partners: 26
Number of associates: 102

Firm Overview

Wardyński & Partners has been a vital part of the legal community in Poland since 1988. We focus on our clients’ business needs, helping them find effective and practical solutions for their most difficult legal problems. We maintain the highest legal and business standards. We are committed to promoting civil society and the rule of law.

Our lawyers are active members of Polish and international legal organizations, gaining access to global know-how and developing a network of contacts with the top lawyers and law firms in the world, which our clients can also benefit from.There are more than 100 lawyers in the firm, serving clients in Polish, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech and Korean.

We share our knowledge and experience through the firm’s yearbook, the “In Principle” portal, the “newtech.law” blog and numerous publications and reports.

China Desk

We work with many clients and business partners from China, among them the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Export-Import Bank of China based in Beijing, Kingenta and XIO Group, Shanghai Electric Power Generation Engineering Co, China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd, Novogene Co Ltd, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co Ltd, Fosun International Limited, China Gezhouba Group Corporation, TBEA and others.

We established the firm’s China Desk, the members of which have experience providing legal advice in various sectors to clients from China. Mirella Lechna, the head of the firm’s China Desk, is a member of Inter-Pacific Bar Association. She also holds a Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China certificate of completion of the “Belt and Road Unimpeded Trade Senior Seminar”. She is a frequent speaker at the Polish Embassy in Beijing on issues related to access to government contacts in the EU. In daily dealings with Chinese firms we are supported by native speaker Wing Sum Cyrus Yuen.

Key Practice Areas

Banking & project finance; Bankruptcy; Business crime; Business-to-business contracts; Capital markets; Competition; Com-pliance & internal investigations; Construction contracts & FIDIC; Corporate accounting; Cor-porate law & public companies; Cyber crime; Data protection & GDPR; Employment & global mobility; Enforcement of receivables; Environment; EU law; Financial institutions; Fintech & blockchain; Government claims; Infrastructure & real estate development; Insurance; Intellectual property; Litigation, arbitration & mediation; M&A; New technologies; Outsourcing; Private equity; Public procurement & PPP; Real estate & reprivatisation; Regulatory advice & proceedings; Restructuring; State aid & EU funds; and Tax.