AEEC IN WARSAW
POLAND
WKB WIERCINSKI, KWIECINSKI, BAEHR
We are experienced professionals with imagination, understanding of the business of our clients and following current trends.
• We offer complex legal solutions based on a unique combination of knowledge, competence and familiarity with various markets.
• We advise the largest Polish and multinational companies as well as individual Clients and state and local government institutions.
• We are a first-choice Polish partner for several international law firms without a presence in Poland.
• We offer expertise in all types of cross-border matters and the ability to work in English, as well as German, Italian, French and Ukrainian through our International Desks
• Thanks to the opinions of our Clients we receive numerous recommendations and awards in international law firm rankings every year – e.g. Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal, IP Stars.
Offices
Warsaw, Poznań
Staff
Approx. 230
Accredited professionals
130 lawyers
Partners
29
Dedicated departments in the field of energy and climate
Energy department
Infrastructure, Public Contracts & Environment
Accredited professionals active in the field of energy
dr Jerzy Baehr, partner
Maciej Szambelanczyk, partner
Krzysztof Sikorski, partner
Other departments
AML / Arbitration / Aviation law / Employment Law / Employment of Foreigners / Environment & Climate Changes / ESG Group / European Funds and State Aid / Life Sciences / Litigation & Dispute Resolution / Real Estate / Restructuring & Insolvency / Banking & Finance / Financial and payment institutions / FINTECH / Food Law / Foundations and Associations / French Desk / Media, Entertainment & Telecommunications / Mergers & Acquisitions / Start-ups / Capital Markets / Company Law & Corporate Governance / Competition and Consumer Law / Compliance / German Desk / New technologies & cybersecurity / Tax / Transport & Logistics / Data Protection / Defence / Infrastructure projects / Insurance / Intellectual Property / Italian Desk / Private Clients / Private Equity / Public Procurement / Public sector and utilities / Whistleblowing and internal investigations / White collar crimes
Clients in the field of energy and climate
WKB offers advice to clients from a number of sectors, including energy (all energy sub-sectors e.g.: electricity, gas, renewable energy, nuclear energy, oil and mining), infrastructure, construction and real estate, retail and FMCG, financial institutions, technology, water and waste, chemical, transport and logistics, public bodies, technology, media and telecommunications, and others.
Approach
Combination of expert knowledge, practical experience and client focused approach to provide top-tier legal advice. Creating multidisciplinary teams of lawyers from different areas of expertise to offer complex advice and help clients to achieve their goals.
MEMBER
INFORMATIONS
POLAND
Warsaw, Poznań
WKB WIERCINSKI, KWIECINSKI, BAEHR
Plac Stanisława Małachowskiego 2
00-066 Warsaw Warsaw
+ 48 61 855 32 20
+ 48 61 851 32 52
jerzy.baehr@wkb.com.pl
http://www.wkb.com.pl
CONTACT PERSON
FOR AEEC MATTERS
Dr. Jerzy Baehr
VITA
Jerzy Baehr – Legal Counsel, Managing Partner
Member of the Board of Associated European Energy Consultants
Co-founder and a managing partner at WKB, heads the energy team.
A graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Jerzy also studied at Oxford, Leiden and Trident. In 1992, he was awarded the doctor of law degree with a dissertation on privatization. A university lecturer at the Chair of Civil and Commercial Law of the Faculty of Law and Administration (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) from 1985 to 1999, Jerzy is also a member of the board of Associated European Energy Consultants, an association of European law firms specializing in the energy sector.
An expert in energy law, privatization, M&As, public procurement law and antitrust law. He was often engaged to provide input during parliamentary work on amendments to energy and public procurement legislation and on the nuclear law compact. Jerzy managed Polish Public Procurement Authority’s projects supported from the World Bank’s grants. In addition to sitting on supervisory boards of many companies, he has been relied upon for opinion by the Ownership Transformations Council, a privatization advisory body for the Prime Minister.
He has co-authored acclaimed commentaries on energy law and public procurement law as well as a number of publications on privatization and competition law.
CONTACT PERSON
FOR AEEC MATTERS
Maciej Szambelańczyk
CONTACT PERSON
FOR AEEC MATTERS
Krzysztof Sikorski
