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New shale gas regulations

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New shale gas regulations  On April 24, 2014 new shale gas regulations were presented to the Polish Parliament under governmental draft of the law amending the geological and mining law and some other laws (“Draft”). The Draft includes the regulations on prospecting and exploitation of carbohydrates, including shale gas and oil. It retains majority of proposals, originally included in the previous drafts of […]


Izabela Bartman

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Izabela Bartman is a legal associate in the firm`s Wrocław office. She graduated from Wrocław University, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economy, in 2002. She worked in the real estate broker’s agency where she gained experience in legal issues related to real estate. She also acquired experience working in IN CORPORE law firm in Wrocław. […]


Wojciech Babicki

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Wojciech Babicki is a licensed attorney (adwokat) and the managing partner of Miller Canfield’s Polish offices and co-founder of the firm’s offices in Poland. He received his law degree from the University of Gdańsk in 1981, followed by the studies at the faculty of English. He speaks fluent English. Prior to joining the firm, Wojciech […]


Dr. Andrzej Chełchowski

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Dr. Andrzej Chełchowski is a licensed Polish legal advisor (radca prawny), partner and the managing director of the firm’s Warsaw office. He received his law degree in 1992, and subsequently a doctorate degree in legal science, from Warsaw University, where for 8 years parallel with his legal practice at Miller Canfield he also served as […]


Andrzej Czopski

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Andrzej Czopski is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) and the partner and has been with Miller Canfield’s Gdynia office for over ten years. He graduated from Gdańsk University in 1992. He specializes in business and labor law, including legal issues related to the status of foreign nationals in Poland. Mr. Czopski has been involved […]


Dr. Konrad B. Marciniuk

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Dr. Konrad B. Marciniuk is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) and partner in the firm’s Warsaw office. He received his law degree in 1994, and subsequently a doctorate in legal science, from Warsaw University. Since 1995 Mr. Marciniuk has been a lecturer of law at the University of Warsaw. He is experienced in property […]


Richard A. Walawender

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Richard A. Walawender is a principal of the firm and co-founder of the firm’s offices in Poland. He speaks Polish fluently and has extensive experience in public and private finance, commercial law, corporate governance and banking law. He is the head of the firm’s International Business Practice Group. While finishing his degree in Russian and […]


Karolina Figura

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Karolina Figura is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny), resident director of the firm’s Wrocław office. She graduated from Wrocław University, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economy in 2006. She has broad experience in providing legal assistance to companies. She provides legal advice to Miller Canfield’s Polish and foreign clients in matters relating to their business activities, […]


Krzysztof Kałłaur

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Krzysztof Kałłaur is a licensed attorney (adwokat) in the firm’s Warsaw office. He graduated from Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration in 2008. In 2009 he completed a course in English and European Union Law organized by the University of Cambridge in co-operation with Warsaw University. Krzysztof Kałłaur specializes in real estate and issues […]


Dr. Andrzej Kiedrzyn

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Dr. Andrzej Kiedrzyn is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) in the firm’s Warsaw office. He graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow in 1982. He obtained his doctorate degree in law at Jagiellonian University in 1990. From 1990-1991 Andrzej Kiedrzyn served as Vice-Consul at the Polish Consulate in New York and from 1991-1994 as First […]


Anna Kowalczyk-Pogorzelska

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Anna Kowalczyk-Pogorzelska is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) in the firm’s Warsaw office. She graduated from Warsaw University in 1998. In the same year she completed the studies on English and European Law organized by the University of Cambridge. Anna Kowalczyk-Pogorzelska specializes in real estate, commercial and administration law. Her experience includes advising a […]


Wojciech Langowski

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Wojciech Langowski is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) and the partner in the firm’s Warsaw office. He specializes primarily in real estate but his practice covers corporate and commercial matters as well. He was involved in several hundred diverse property related projects, including many quite unique and complex transactions, advising clients representing all types of […]


Tomasz Milewski

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Tomasz Milewski is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) in the firm’s Warsaw office. He graduated from Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration, in 2003. In the academic year 2001/2002, as the European Union scholarship holder, Mr. Milewski studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Gerona (Universitat de Girona, Spain). Tomasz […]


Karolina Niemirska-Fido

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Karolina Niemirska-Fido is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) in the firm’s Warsaw office. She graduated from Warsaw University in 1998. In 1997 she also completed a specialized program in French Graduate Studies on commercial law, in the French language, organized by the University of Poitiers. Karolina Niemirska-Fido specializes in all aspects of real estate and property law […]


Magdalena Pilarska

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Magdalena Pilarska is a licensed attorney (adwokat) in the firm’s Gdynia office. She graduated from Gdańsk University, Faculty of Law and Administration, in 2005. In the same year she completed European Special Studies at the Technical University of Gdańsk, focusing on such issues as economic system and legal regulations of the European Union. She has […]


Piotr Rusin

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Piotr Rusin is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) in the firm’s Warsaw office. He graduated with distinction from the Warsaw University, Faculty of Law and Administration, in 2007. In the same year he also obtained a degree at the Centre for American Law Studies organized by Florida University, Levin College of Law. He specializes […]


Katarzyna Sasiak

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Katarzyna Sasiak is a licensed attorney in the firm’s Warsaw office. She graduated from European School of Law and Administration, Faculty of Law, in 2007. In the academic year 2005/2006 she studied at the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis in the Peace and Development Law Institute where she obtained master degree in European and […]


New possibilities for renewable energy sources

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New possibilities for renewable energy sources New possibilities for renewable energy sources creates, adopted this week by the Polish Government, the draft of the law on renewable energy sources (“RES Law”). The draft of the Ministry of Economy, consulted, reviewed and amended several times, was finally, on April 8, 014 adopted by Council of Ministers. […]