About me
I am an attorney affiliated with the District Council of Attorneys in Warsaw. I hold an LLB with honors from Coventry University in the United Kingdom and an LL.M. in International Business Law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where I graduated cum laude. Additionally, I have completed postgraduate studies in competition law at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Before founding Capital Legal, I gained extensive experience working with both international and Polish law firms, including Allen & Overy, Solivan B. Miszkurka, J. Chabocka Advocates and Legal Advisors, and Gotkowicz, Kosmus Kuczyński and Partners Advocates.
My practice is primarily focused on advising international and domestic clients in the field of real estate law, with a special emphasis on commercial real estate. I assist companies across various sectors such as office, retail, warehouse, logistics, and residential real estate. I have represented clients in real estate transactions with a total value in the hundreds of millions of zlotys.
I also provide strategic advice to both landlords and tenants in negotiating commercial lease agreements, particularly in shopping centers and office complexes. Together with my team, we have successfully carried out numerous property due diligence audits and negotiated dozens of commercial leases in recent years.
In addition to transactional work, I litigate on behalf of both individual clients and housing communities in disputes against developers, including claims for delays in property transfers and legal defects in real estate.
I am frequently called upon to offer commentary and expert opinions in the media, with contributions featured on platforms such as Onet, Interia, Money.pl, Business Insider, Subiektywnie o Finansach, Gazeta Krakowska, and Monday News.
In 2023, my publication titled Lease and Rental of Commercial Real Estate: Legal Aspects was be published by Wolters Kluwer Polska.
Thanks to my international legal education and involvement in numerous cross-border projects, I am fluent in both written and spoken legal English, enabling me to provide seamless legal services to the firm’s international clientele.
Privately, I am a husband and a father of two.
Examples of completed projects
IN THE FIELD OF REAL ESTATE LAW (REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, COMMERCIAL LEASE, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES):
- representation of an international investor in the process of selling an office building in the center of Warsaw,
- preparation of more than a dozen due diligence studies of real estate for international and Polish investors as part of real estate acquisition transactions,
- representing an international investor in the acquisition of a retail park in the Targówek district of Warsaw,
- representing an investor in the acquisition of an office building in downtown Wroclaw,
- negotiating dozens of commercial lease agreements, including in shopping centers and office buildings,
- legal support for an international developer in the process of purchasing investment land in Warsaw's Białołęka district and in Poznań for residential development, and advising on the construction of residential buildings and their sale,
- Ongoing legal services to more than a dozen housing communities in Warsaw and the surrounding area, including drafting community resolutions and representing the community in court and administrative cases.
IN TERMS OF LITIGATION AGAINST DEVELOPERS:
- conducting more than a dozen lawsuits on the territory of the Warsaw Appellate Court concerning compensation for purchasers of real estate due to delays of developers in the implementation of investments and transfer of ownership of premises,
- representing a number of individuals in defect lawsuits against developers, in various factual states throughout Poland, for example, two clients before the District Court in Pruszków (the scope of defects: moisture in the ceilings and walls of the premises, mold and mildew on the ceilings and walls of the premises, damage to the floor of the balcony belonging to the premises),
- representing the Housing Community before the District Court in Gdańsk in a lawsuit for developer defects (scope of defects: cracks and spalling of the floor in the garage hall, cracks and spalling of the floor of the sub-basement, soaking of the walls of the sub-basement, swimming pool and spa rooms, terraces, balconies and facade),
- representing the Housing Community before the District Court Poznań - Nowe Miasto and Wilda in Poznań in a lawsuit on developer defects (scope of defects: leaking ceiling over basements, dampness of basement walls, defectively made construction and insulation of elevator landing, defectively made chimney insulation - flooding of boiler room with water, incorrectly made construction of chimneys),
- representation of the Housing Community before the District Court for Warsaw-Mokotów in Warsaw in a lawsuit on developer defects (scope of defects: water leakage and bad insulation of the roof).
IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL LAW:
- representing defendants in drug possession cases (many times with the effect of discontinuing the case),
- representing defendants in traffic accident cases, including accidents caused under the influence of alcohol and marijuana,
- representing a defendant for participation in an organized criminal group for drug trafficking operating in Warsaw, representing a defendant for participation in a case involving defrauding a grant from PARP for an innovative technology project,
- representing defendants in criminal economic cases (crimes against economic turnover, crimes against protection of information, crimes for acts of unfair competition, forgery of documents).