Janusz specializes in court litigation and arbitration proceedings. He also has extensive experience in complex bankruptcy, restructuring and enforcement proceedings.

Janusz’s experience includes, in particular, acting for capital market entities in court, administrative and court-administrative as well as criminal proceedings. Janusz has represented his clients in many precedent disputes arising from malperformance, non-performance, invalidity or ineffectiveness of contracts. He has also successfully represented his clients in precedent proceedings of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority in a case involving prohibiting an issuer from making a public offering. He has successfully advised public companies, members of management and supervisory boards of public companies and leading shareholders in administrative proceedings of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

Selected projects

  • Advising shareholders of leading aluminium profile’s manufacturer in a dispute regarding the loss of the ability to execute the voting right due to the non-fulfilled obligations related to the acquisition of significant blocks of shares and acting in the terms of the arrangement
  • Representing former members of the management board in a matter of annulment
  • Representing client during a dispute with a bank, in connection with loss suffered by the client following the conclusion of an FX option transaction
  • Representing the claimant in litigation concerning the alleged invalidity of real property sale agreements concluded in violation of pre-emption rights
  • Representing client pro-bono in a case for damages and pension from the insurer in the amount of approx. PLN 3 mln for the mother and her two daughters due to deterioration of their financial situation as a result of the death of their closest relatives (husband / father and father-in-law / grandfather); the case was won by the firm in the courts of both instances in 2010 and 2011 and the insurance company resigned from the submission of a cassation appeal and paid the compensation awarded and disbursed the pension.
  • Representing a manufacturer of construction products in litigation concerning the protection of an invention patent
Awards