LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Miller Canfield Law Firm provides legal assistance in the field of representing clients in court proceedings, administrative court proceedings, security (injuction) and enforcement proceedings. The Firm’s team dealing with these issues includes lawyers from three offices in Poland and legal experts from the firm’s offices abroad. The lawyers of the Firm’s litigation team combine solid theoretical knowledge with many years of practice before courts and administrative authorities, which enables comprehensive representation in various proceedings to the best interest of our clients. Miller Canfield’s lawyers also have extensive experience in representing clients at the pre-litigation stage, in conciliation and mediation proceedings, as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Through our contacts with legal offices in Europe and USA we are able to coordinate proceedings before foreign courts, and thanks to the support of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C. headquartered in Detroit we are able to provide legal assistance in proceedings before state and federal courts in both the USA and Canada.
Our law Firm provides legal assistance in particular in disputes in the fields of: real estate transactions, debt collection, labor law with particular emphasis on the representation of employers, as well as in disputes arising from the current business operations of our clients.
We offer legal services in the following areas:
- supporting clients at the stage preceding litigation, e.g. in exchanging correspondence with the other party to the dispute or representing clients in this respect;
- representing clients in negotiations with the other party to the dispute regarding the conclusion of both court and pre-litigation settlements, with particular emphasis on enabling the dispute to be resolved before going to court;
- representing clients in court proceedings before common courts, with particular emphasis on commercial courts;
- representing clients in administrative proceedings and in proceedings before administrative courts;
- representing clients in court proceedings concerning the so-called difficult receivables – also at the stage of enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings;
- representing clients in security (injunction) and enforcement proceedings;
- representing clients in restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings;
- conducting legal audits of planned and ongoing court proceedings.
Our specialization includes among others:
- civil proceedings related to acquisition of real properties, protection of legal title to real property, establishment of property rights, including disputes arising from preliminary sale agreements, infringements of ownership of real property, proceedings regarding establishment or enjoyment of easements including rights of way;
- administrative proceedings connected with property development process, including representation in the administrative proceedings, as well as further representation in the administrative courts;
- civil disputes connected with development of the real properties, including in particular disputes concerning performance of the construction contracts and other agreements related to development of real properties;
- various disputes concerning maintenance of the real property, including proceedings concerning challenging increase of perpetual usufruct fees;
- proceedings concerning restructuring or bankruptcy of construction contractors;
- disputes arising from lease and ground lease agreements, in particular concerning lease of premises in shopping centers and logistic centers.
The clients represented in Poland by Miller Canfield’s litigation team include, in particular: entities operating in the real estate industry, including in particular supermarket chains, industrial, warehouse and residential space developers, shopping centers’ operators, banks and financial institutions, including in particular investment funds, automotive industry manufacturers and importers, manufacturers of automotive parts, insurance companies, manufacturing companies, individual investors.