Legal assistance for individuals living abroad

Due to the fact that I can speak English, German and Italian, assistance provided to individuals who live abroad, both Poles and foreigners, is an important part of my professional practice. This assistance relates to numerous areas of law:

In many of those cases, due to the right strategy, trips to Poland to attend hearings become unnecessary. Frequently, in cases involving individuals living abroad there is a choice as to in which of two different countries you should lodge your case. I will be happy to help you to make the right decision in that respect.

Examples of cases where I can offer my assistance:

Family matters

Including:

divorce,
child abduction cases,
providing opinions on developer agreements, lease agreements, real estate purchase agreements (including preliminary agreements),
child abduction cases – I have experience handling child abduction cases, in which I offer representation both to individuals requesting that the child be returned and to those who have brought the child to Poland. Child abduction cases are of a very complex and highly specific nature, they often entail the involvement of a public prosecutor in Poland, and are quickly accompanied by other proceedings. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the right strategy as early in the case as possible to ensure maximum protection of child’s interests,
parental authority and child maintenance cases,
property division cases – these are currently one of the most complex cases wherein it is necessary to continuously refer to the up-to-date case law. The fair settlement of joint property following a divorce, taking account of expenditures, loans or business activities conducted by the spouses, is undoubtedly a procedure that calls for legal assistance.

Inheritance law

I have experience with respect to various aspects of the inheritance law. As regards clients from abroad, I mostly handle cases involving confirmation of the acquisition of inheritance, e.g. real property, located in Poland, or entry of heirs in land and mortgage registers. Moreover, I represent my clients in cases relating to the payment of the reserved portion of the estate (Polish: zachowek), contesting the last will and testament, etc.

Criminal cases

checking whether criminal proceedings are pending against a person, whether preventative measures, such as a pre-trial detention, have been applied, whether an arrest warrant has been issued. Having confirmed that the proceedings are indeed pending, I often negotiate conditions for appearance before Polish authorities conducting criminal proceedings or, if the client so wishes, the principles of their submission to penalty.
cases relating to European Arrest Warrants – both when the warrant is issued in Poland and the arrest is made abroad, and when a person is arrested in Poland based on an arrest warrant issued abroad. Such cases usually require the co-operation of two attorneys (an attorney from the country of issue and from the country of arrest).
representation of parties injured as a result of offences committed in Poland.
I also offer comprehensive criminal defence services in various proceedings (e.g. in fraud cases, traffic accidents, economic crimes, etc.), also to those individuals who, for various reasons, cannot or do not want to come to Poland. In such a case it is possible to arrange meetings at the client’s place of residence.
Please contact me to find out if I can help you with your case.

Real estate

I offer the following assistance:

providing opinions on developer agreements, lease agreements, real estate purchase agreements (including preliminary agreements),
disputes with tenants (eviction disputes; claims for the payment of outstanding rent),
disputes regarding council properties, e.g. when the municipal office refuses to sign a tenancy agreement with respect to the flat wherein you have lived. I also handle cases relating to the succession of tenancy.

Obywatelstwo i poszukiwanie dokumentacji w polskich archiwach

Citizenship and searching for documents in Polish archives I handle cases to establish whether a person is a Polish citizen. They are usually complicated and require searches to be made across various archives, especially in the case of individuals whose parents or grandparents left Poland a long time ago.

Recovery of claims in Poland

I handle numerous cases relating to the recovery of claims awarded by final judgments of foreign courts (where the debtor resides or has their registered office in Poland, or has any property in Poland).

Insurance disputes

I have experience handling disputes with insurers over low compensation, payment of compensation for traffic accidents, damage to property, etc. I also have experience with respect to disputes relating to the so-called underinsurance.

Providing opinions on contracts and agreements

Providing opinions on contracts and agreements and offering support in negotiations is one of the key services that I offer. As part of my professional practice, I have dealt with contracts and agreements relating to numerous areas of law, e.g.:

developer agreements
lease agreements
construction contracts
abolition of joint ownership and inheritance division agreements
loan agreements
inheritance-related agreements
business contracts and agreements

I can draft a contract or agreement for you from scratch, following your guidelines and ensuring the protection of your interests, or make changes to an existing contract or agreement.

The mission of my team is to provide comprehensive legal assistance in multiple areas of law using state-of-the-art technology. My team attaches great importance to due diligence in negotiations using advanced word processing and spreadsheet functionalities, as well as the screen sharing function so that all participants in the negotiations are kept fully abreast of any changes made to an agreement or contract.

Examples of cases where I can offer my assistance:

child abduction from Germany,
cases regarding a reserved portion of the estate handled on behalf of a child of a person who died in Poland,
cases for the restitution of real property expropriated in Communist Poland and payment of compensation for its use or destruction,
criminal defence services provided to individuals who live abroad but are aware that criminal proceedings are pending against them in Poland,
representation of a person living abroad whose parent may have been a Polish citizen,
representation of lenders in loan repayment cases,
representation in cases relating to the succession of tenancy with respect to a council property,
eviction disputes and claims for the payment of rent against the tenant,
disputes regarding the payment of remuneration for the carriage of goods,
confirmation of the acquisition of inheritance by a child born abroad in a situation where one of the child’s parents was Polish (also if the parent dies before the child is born),
Attorney-at-Law from Wrocław