Maniewski & Tarkowski - Kancelaria Prawna - Warszawa, adwokat Michał Tarkowski, radca prawny Paweł Maniewski

Paweł Maniewski
Partner, attorney-at-law

Specialises in: court proceedings, arbitration, mediation

T: +48 600 410 102 | @: pawel.maniewski@kancelaria-mt.pl | download vcard

Paweł Maniewski is a attorney-at-law. In his professional practice, he specialises in legal issues in the domain of substantive civil and procedural law, trade law, capital markets, insolvency and restructuring law, and civil and administrative enforcement. He holds extensive experience within the scope of regular legal consulting for companies from the construction, architecture, shipbuilding, investment, IT, TSL, and pharmaceutical sectors. He also takes part in providing regular legal consulting to Investment Funds.

Throughout his career, Paweł Maniewski has successfully represented his clients in numerous courtroom and arbitration disputes. Paweł Maniewski is experienced in using alternative dispute resolution methods (ADR), including both court and out-of-court mediation and arbitration. His professional experience includes comprehensive legal advice for clients from various industries, including investment projects, capital restructuring, transaction hedging, and minimisation of risk faced by management board members.

Representative disputes:

representing large companies across various industries in disputes, negotiations, and mediations with banks with respect to currency option transactions,
representing Investment Funds and SPVs of Investment Funds in court disputes concerning, among others, financial instruments,
representing a railway company from an international capital group and a navigation and measurement systems company in disputes concerning agreements finalized within the framework of public procurement,
representing companies from the construction sector in disputes concerning warranties, guarantees, and contractual penalties subject to FIDIC,
representing companies in cases concerning competition and consumer protection, including abusive clauses and "bid-rigging behaviours”,
representing a public company before the Polish Financial Supervision Committee in a case concerning information obligations,
representing a Canadian cable television company in a dispute concerning an agency in an investment agreement,
representing a large production company in a dispute with an insurance company subject to INCOTERMS 2000 regulations,
representing a business software company from an international capital group in a dispute concerning a software implementation agreement and a lease agreement,
representing parties in commercial penal proceedings concerning so-called "white collar crimes” (on the side of the injured parties, subsidiary prosecutors, suspects and defendants).

Paweł Maniewski gained his experience working in recognised national law firms based in Warsaw and in the Tricity area, cooperating with large companies from the shipbuilding, pharmaceutical, construction, and architecture sectors and with entities managing Investment Funds. Before establishing the Maniewski & Tarkowski Law Firm Paweł Maniewski managed the processing department in a Warsaw law firm for a few years.

Paweł Maniewski completed his legal training at the Gdańsk Court of Appeals. He graduated from the Law and Administration Faculty of Gdańsk University and is currently a doctoral student at the Law and Administration Faculty of Warsaw University of Warsaw, and is affiliated there with the Civil Law Faculty.

He is fluent in English.

Michał Tarkowski
Partner, advocate

Specialises in: corporate law, M&A, court proceedings

T: +48 882 084 144| @: michal.tarkowski@kancelaria-mt.pl| download vcard

Michał Tarkowski is an advocate. In his professional practice, he specialises in legal issues from the domain of civil and trade law, capital markets, and penal and fiscal law. He holds extensive experience within the scope of regular legal consulting for customers from the metallurgy, construction, IT, telecommunication, mobile telephone, insurance, automotive, TSL, and FMCG industries.

Throughout his career, Michał Tarkowski has represented his clients in court proceedings and provided consulting concerning capital restructuring projects, privatisation, transaction hedging, introduction of financial instruments into trade, and minimisation of the risk faced by management board members . . His professional experience includes comprehensive legal advice for customers from various industries, including Investment Funds and entities managing Investment Funds. He has represented his clients during numerous court proceedings and negotiations, often with strategic importance.

Representative disputes and transactions:

defence counsel in numerous penal proceedings concerning commercial offences - the so-called "white collar crimes” including, in particular, credit frauds,
representing entities from the IT sector in numerous administrative proceedings concerning so-called "carousel fraud”, both in front of tax authorities and during administrative court proceedings,
representing SPVs of Investment Funds in numerous court disputes concerning lease agreements and real estate recovery,
representing a large company from the FMCG and IT sector during bankruptcy proceedings,
legal consulting and preparation of documentation connected with an acquisition of a company from the textile sector,
legal consulting and preparation of documentation connected with an acquisition of an equity company from the telecommunications sector,
legal consulting and preparation of documentation connected with an acquisition of a company from the SRM processing sector,
defence counsel in penal tax proceedings concerning taxation incongruences,
legal consulting within the scope of issue of registered commercial bonds and preparation of documentation connected with those transactions for clients from the metallurgy and telecommunications sectors,
legal consulting and preparation of documentation connected with own shares purchase programme for further resale, the so called buy back, performed by a company from the metallurgy sector,
legal consulting within the scope of own shares purchase programme for redemption, the so-called buy back, performed by a company from the metallurgy sector,
legal consulting within the scope of capital restructuring of a company from the mobile technology sector.

Michał Tarkowski gained his experience in international and national law firms.

Michał Tarkowski completed advocate internship at the Warsaw Bar Association. He graduated from the Law and Administration Faculty of University of Warsaw. He has also completed doctoral studies at the Law and Administration Faculty of University of Warsaw.

He is fluent in English.

Karolina Stefańska
Advocate

Specialises in: court proceedings, arbitration, mediation

Karolina Stefańska is an advocate entered on the list of advocates kept by the District Bar Council in Warsaw.

She has been working for the Maniewski & Tarkowski Law Firm since 2016. She specialises primarily in comprehensive Clients’ service in the course of proceedings before common courts, with particular emphasis on commercial disputes. She conducts proceedings within the scope of commercial law, bankruptcy law, copyright law, capital market law and protection of personal rights. She also represents the law firm’s Clients in commercial penal cases, as well as in administrative and court-administrative proceedings. Her experience includes ongoing legal advice for Clients from various sectors of the economy, preparation and evaluation of contracts and participation in negotiations.

Her professional interests include the law of obligations and property law.

She gained her experience in the Student Legal Clinic and in various law and counselling firms based in Warsaw.

Karolina Stefańska completed her advocate apprenticeship at the Warsaw Bar Association. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.