Law office · Poznań, PolandPolish attorney-at-law – Marcin Butkiewicz Law Office
Legal help in Poland, explained clearly in English.
Marcin Butkiewicz is a Polish attorney-at-law (radca prawny) based in Poznań. The office advises individuals, entrepreneurs and companies in matters of Polish law, and supports English-speaking clients whose case has a connection to Poland – from a first assessment to representation before Polish courts, including the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
Constitutional TribunalSupreme CourtSupreme Administrative CourtArbitration CourtsEuropean Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
About the office
A law office built on trust and legal craft.
Attorney-at-law
MarcinButkiewicz
Office
Solna 27 · Poznań
Practice
over 20 years
Languages
PL · EN · DE · FR
The law office of Marcin Butkiewicz grew from the conviction that good legal work cannot be separated from an attentive relationship with the client. Every case needs its own approach – a different litigation strategy, a different pace, a different language when speaking to a court, a counterparty or an authority. That is why we do not work from templates.
We advise entrepreneurs, public institutions and individuals. We handle cases comprehensively, from the pre-litigation stage, through contentious and non-contentious proceedings, to interim protection and enforcement. Experience in disputes with complex facts and in precedent-setting proceedings – including a matter covered by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights – lets us see a case more broadly than the bare provision.
For larger or unusual instructions we assemble teams of attorneys-at-law and advocates cooperating with the office – the choice of counsel is always matched to the nature of the case. The client receives competence exactly where it is needed: from criminal and commercial law to narrow specialisations such as new technologies or public procurement.
Practice also covers advice in public procurement procedures, the deployment of new technologies, projects financed from EU funds, and opinions on draft directive amendments commissioned by the European Commission. We serve clients in Polish, English, German and French.
Marcin Butkiewicz combines office practice with teaching – he has given law lectures and training at industry conferences. He is the author of a monograph and of many articles published in the legal, business, tax-and-accounting and technology press. The blend of litigation, teaching and writing translates into a craft the client feels in a precisely drafted pleading.
01 – TransparencyClear terms
From the first conversation we define the scope of work, the schedule and the fee model precisely. The client gets no surprises.
02 – CommitmentFull commitment
We treat every new case like the first – with attention, with thorough analysis and with day-to-day availability throughout the engagement.
03 – DiscretionConfidentiality
Professional secrecy is the foundation. It matters especially in family, property and corporate matters.
04 – EffectivenessMeasurable results
We work so a case ends with a result – a settlement, a judgment, effective enforcement, a safe transaction. Not so it drags on.
Scope of practice
A full range of legal help.
We run two parallel streams of practice – advice for individual clients and ongoing support for companies. In both we are available for single matters and for long-term cooperation. In matters that need particular specialisation we work together with advocates and attorneys-at-law from Poznań and the region.
Individual clients
Matters of individuals – family, property, inheritance, compensation and criminal. We handle them with regard for the human dimension, not only the legal one.
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Divorce, separation, maintenance
Divorce with or without a finding of fault, maintenance, division of property, contact with children – with full discretion.
Incorporation and transformation of companies, investment agreements, articles, resolutions, protection of shareholders, supervisory boards and management.
Drafting, negotiating and reviewing commercial and investment contracts – from distribution and licensing to capital transactions, joint ventures and shareholder agreements.
The value of an office is decided by the cases it runs. Below are selected areas of practice that built the craft and standing over the years – from proceedings before the highest courts to advice on the making of European law. Many cases were run together with advocates from Poznań and the region – in the model that best serves the client's interest.
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Precedent-setting proceedings
Advice in a matter covered by the precedent-cases programme of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Highest national courts
Representation of clients before the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, administrative courts and arbitration courts.
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European advisory
Opinions on regulatory assumptions at the European Union level, including on directives and the legal environment.
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New technologies
Deployment of technological solutions – from biotech to civil aviation – together with advice in projects financed from EU funds.
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Teaching & lectures
Law lectures, talks at industry conferences and professional training for entrepreneurs and public-sector representatives.
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Specialist publications
Author of a monograph and many specialist articles published in the leading titles of the Polish legal, business, tax-and-accounting and technology press.
A selected editorial choice of publications and selected places of publication
Rzeczpospolita · Dobra FirmaGazeta PrawnaPuls BiznesuPrzegląd Prawa HandlowegoPrawo EuropejskieBiuletyn BankowyMonitor KsięgowegoVademecum Podatkowo-KsięgoweGazeta-ITPalestra
Fees
Transparent rules, flexible models.
The rate should fit the nature of the case, not the other way round. That is why we work in several billing models and each time choose the one most favourable to the client.
The fee is agreed individually with the client before work begins, in line with the Code of Ethics of Attorneys-at-Law – taking into account the necessary workload, the required specialist knowledge, the difficulty and complexity of the case, and its importance to the client. Minimum rates for advocates and attorneys-at-law in Poland are set in uniform regulations, so the cost of legal help does not depend on the counsel's professional title.
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Fixed fee per case
A single agreed fee covering the conduct of a case within a defined scope – the model preferred in proceedings with a predictable cost structure.
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Hourly rate
Billing based on actual time worked – it suits ongoing advice, transactions and matters whose course is hard to predict.
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Retainer for companies
A monthly flat fee for ongoing legal support – with an agreed scope, priority response time and a fixed price for any excess hours.
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Mixed fee
A base part plus a success fee – used in debt-recovery and compensation matters and wherever the result has a measurable monetary value.
Contact
A case begins with a conversation.
If you are looking for a Polish attorney-at-law in Poznań, the first conversation serves to understand the matter and to assess how we can help. Call – we'll take care of the rest.
