More and more Russian and Ukrainian entrepreneurs consider entering the Polish market with their products and services. Despite the growing economic potential of Poland and the European Union Russian and Ukrainian companies often forgo expansion to above mentioned markets due to the high degree of risk caused by cultural differences and lack of knowledge of the legal system of Poland and the European Union.
The Law Firm of attorney Oxana Piątkowska, as the only office in Poland, provides direct comprehensive legal services to companies in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian language. Attorney Oxana Piątkowska has dual citizenship and is a member of the Warsaw Bar, "Lawyers' Association in Russia" ("Ассоциация юристов России"), the "Association of Lawyers of Ukraine" ("Асоціація правників України") and member of the "International Union (Commonwealth) of Advocates" („Международный Союз Адвокатов").
Few providers of legal services to Russian and Ukrainian enterprises in the Polish market are mostly just middlemen, limiting their support to delegating tasks to subcontractors and often do not have the required professional qualifications and expertise. Lack of knowledge on the mentality of Polish contractors and insufficient understanding of Polish legal terms results in mistakes, which often generate additional costs for Russian and Ukrainian clients. This is why more and more companies from Russia and Ukraine trust the Law Firm of attorney Oxana Piątkowska that specialises in providing legal services to all Polish-Russian and Polish-Ukrainian transactions.
The Law Firm offers the Russian and Ukrainian businesses comprehensive legal services in Poland, namely:
• registration and liquidation of companies, agencies and branches with relevant authorities in Poland (the Law Firm takes care of all the formalities, including: drawing up company deeds, act of association in two language versions, instructs a notary public to prepare a notarial deed, registers the company in the relevant tax office, and deals with formalities connected with opening a bank account);
• disposal and acquisition of companies and enterprises in Poland;
• drafting and reviewing agreements, contracts, commercial offers and any kind of corporate documentation in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian;
• counselling and providing written and oral legal advice in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian;
• direct participation and counselling of the Attorney in business meetings with Clients in Poland, Ukraine and Russia;
• advising on the choice of litigation strategy in the court proceedings in Poland and client representation before courts and administrative bodies;
• legal support of direct investments on the Polish territory including preparation of all necessary documents to ensure a guarantee of financial security of proposed investments;
• advising Russian and Ukrainian enterprises engaged in trade with businesses in Polish on tax law, foreign exchange and customs, including the agreements to avoid double taxation and customs procedures in those countries;
• recovery of debts from unscrupulous contractors in Poland, starting with final demands for payment and participation in negotiations with the debtors up to the institution of legal proceedings and enforcement of the liabilities;
• legal support for the registration and trademark protection on Polish territory;
• advice and representation of Russian and Ukrainian businessmen in matters of unfair competition on the part of Polish entities;
• legal services for the acquisition of real estate by foreign entities on Polish territory;
• conduct of business intelligence;
• legal assistance in completing all the formalities for the legalisation of employment and stay on the territory of Poland;
• advice on obtaining the mandatory certification of both manufactured goods and imported to the Polish territory;
• licensing businesses.
The Law Firm also cooperates reputable notary offices and law firms in Russia and Ukraine and Polish marketing agency dedicated to the promotion of emerging companies on the Polish market.
With support of The Law Firm of attorney Oxana Piątkowska, owning a company in Poland becomes a real possibility of expansion to the Western markets.