Paweł Michalak

Paweł Michalak, co-founder and Managing Partner at MKZPartnerzy, is a Attorney-at-Law with extensive experience in corporate law, focusing on delivering effective and efficient legal strategies for clients.

• Certified Change Manager (Prosci, Silfra methodology)

• Warsaw Bar Association

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Law and Administration, field of study: law

• Legal advisory to a global leader in household-appliance manufacturing on securing the acquisition of intellectual property rights in connection with a complex promotional project for premium-segment products.
• Comprehensive counsel to an e-commerce entity on the launch of an online marketplace/platform.
• Legal support to a state-owned legal entity (Fund) regarding the implementation of an enterprise management IT platform.
• Advisory to startup founders on designing the capital and corporate structure of a startup venture.
• Service on corporate bodies – currently Member of the Supervisory Board of a company operating in the new technologies sector.
• End-to-end advisory to a leading international big-box retail company (foreign investor) regarding its investment in Poland, including real-estate acquisition matters.
• Representation of a holding in securing a capital investment transaction in real estate.
• Legal assistance to a state bank on procurement procedures under public procurement law.
• Advisory to a state-owned legal entity (Fund) on the lawful spending of funds, including EU funds.
• Counsel to Poland’s largest and the EU’s second-largest rail freight operator on railway infrastructure matters.
• Representation of one of Poland’s largest construction-sector manufacturers in disputes arising from the construction process.
• Legal support to a participant in a road investment (motorway construction) in disputes with the general contractor and subcontractors.
• Representation of a contracting authority (public finance sector entity) before the National Appeals Chamber (KIO) in contentious proceedings.
• Support for individual clients in successfully resolved disputes with a bank arising from loan agreements.

• Dziennik Gazeta Prawna:
  • An end to payment orders without examining the facts
  • Insurance under tighter scrutiny: what has the new legislation changed?
• eGospodarka.pl:
  • Big Data: benefits and risks