FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz and its lawyers highly recommended by Legal 500 EMEA 2015 in eight categories
The Legal 500 EMEA 2015 had published a ranking of the best law firms, based on data from 2014.
In the 2015 edition FKA has been recommended in as many as 8 practice areas, six lawyers are recommended, including Mariusz Aleksandrowicz listed in elite “Leading Lawyers” list in the field of tax law.
FKA is recommended in the following practices areas:
Dispute resolution – tier 3, Marek Furtek and Leszek Rydzewski are recommended
FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz’s work includes acting for mBank and Millennium Bank in relation to toxic fx options. Marek Furtek and Leszek Rydzewski are joint heads of the team, with the latter leading in banking and finance disputes.
Tax – tier 3, Mariusz Aleksandrowicz, recommended as a leading individual
Mariusz Aleksandrowicz of FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz is ‘a top-class specialist who takes a comprehensive approach’. Clients include Poczta Polska.
Restructuring and insolvency – tier 3, Leszek Rydzewski is recommended
FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz’s ‘proactive’ team provides ‘fully professional services, deep knowledge and the ability to explain complex legal issues’. Primarily it advises financial institutions as creditors and its work includes the renegotiation of credit facilities, the sale of assets and obtaining support from shareholders and investors. The ‘experienced’ Leszek Rydzewski heads the practice.
Competition and antitrust – tier 3, Agnieszka Skrok is recommended
Senior associate Agnieszka Skrok at FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz represented Bank Handlowy in eight court proceedings before the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection and the Court of Appeal. VIA SMS is another client, which the firm defended against allegations of abusive clauses in its loan agreement templates, and violation of collective consumer interests.
Corporate and M&A – tier 4, Tadeusz Komosa and Edyta Jusiel are recommended
Lawyers at FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz have ‘excellent project management skills and very good legal knowledge’. Edyta Jusiel ‘has great communication skills and gets good results’. Tadeusz Komosa heads the team, which routinely advises very high-profile clients on matters such as domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, equity investments and demergers. Banking and telecoms are areas of significant activity.
Banking and finance – tier 5, Marek Furtek and Leszek Rydzewski are recommended
The ‘effective’ FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz is praised for its quick response times and communication. Leszek Rydzewski’s team acts for such clients as Bank Millennium, PKO Bank Polski and mBank in a mixture of contentious and non-contentious matters. Marek Furtek – the firm’s head of dispute resolution and arbitration – is active in this sector.
Capital markets: debt and employment.
More information about FKA’s recommendations can be found here.