CRIDO LEGAL‘s team handles private client matters for owners and managers of large corporations. The scope of the practice includes succession planning and securing assets on both a domestic and cross-border level, and the group also undertakes tax-related issues for high-net-worth individuals. Corporate lawyer Mateusz Baran leads the team and advises clients on restructurings and transactions. Counsel Katarzyna Żółcińska is skilled in dealing with cross-border business structures, and senior associates Marzena Lau and Michał Klimowicz are also of note.

Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka’s private client team has a broad-ranging client base, including entrepreneurs, families, family businesses, private organisations and family trust funds. The practice’s offering extends across areas ranging from day-to-day legal and tax advice and succession planning, to restructuring projects and corporate mandates. Leadership of the team is split between Poznań-based duo Piotr Andrzejczak and Jakub Wieszczeczyński, and Joanna Wierzejska and Marek Swiatkowski, both in Warsaw. Damian Szczygielski was promoted to partner in July 2022 and counsel Grzegorz Sprawka is also of note.

GWW‘s private client department is praised for its ‘strong focus on HNWI-related tax issues’; it is also highly adept at advising Polish business founders and domestic family-owned enterprises on a range of mandates, including establishment of asset protection structures and succession planning. The practice also extends to cross-border matters. Tax advisor Aldona Leszczyńska-Mikulska leads the team and assists clients on family, inheritance and immigration matters. Tomasz Krzywański was promoted to partner in early 2022 and is skilled in structuring estates, in particular by using private foundations. Senior associate Tomasz Piejak is also a key team member, praised as ‘thorough and good technically'.

Boutique firm PATH Law LLP has a ‘great team of professionals’ and is praised for its ‘incredible roster of important Polish HNWIs’ who have international and domestic assets. The group assists these clients with complex investments, asset protection and structuring mandates, tax projects, and succession planning. The team is jointly led by ‘truly exceptional’ co-founder Tomasz Hatylak, co-founder and private wealth law specialist Piotr Augustyniak, and Dominika Mizielińska, whose practice focuses on commercial, corporate and civil law. Senior associate Kinga Romanovska is also a core team member, specialising in international tax and private wealth law.

SSW Pragmatic Solutions’ private wealth team counts high-net-worth individuals, families, and investors amongst its client base. The group assists them with regulatory matters, safeguarding of assets, and investment growth, and is particularly strong in tax-related mandates, both domestically and internationally. Succession planning, business restructuring, and litigation are also core areas of skill for the practice. Additionally, it has a family office dedicated to assisting clients with cash and data management, fiduciary duties, and accounting services. Tax expert Patrycja Goździowska, the ‘highly respected’ Wojciech Szczepaniak and the ‘excellent’ Tomasz Wickel jointly lead the practice. Legal advisor Paweł Chyb assists private clients with commercial and company mandates as well as transactions, and Beata Krokos is also a notable team member.

The private client group at Wardynski & Partners has a strong property restitution and tax practice, and it also advises on estate and asset planning, wealth management, and investment planning for high-net-worth individuals and their families. In addition, it is highly adept at business succession planning, as well as handling immigration and citizenship matters. Its family law practice assists clients with domestic and cross-border issues concerning custody disputes, marital property agreements, and international relocation. ‘Knowledgable tax advisor’ Dariusz Wasylkowski and managing partner Stefan Jacyno jointly head up the department. Senior counsel Krzysztof Wiktor is a lawyer of note for real estate-related mandates, while Michał Nowacki leads the tax offering.

Clifford Chance’s private client team sits within the firm’s corporate and M&A department, advising high-net-worth individuals in the manufacturing, media, healthcare, retail and telecoms sectors on their private investments, tax issues, and employment mandates. Managing partner Agnieszka Janicka chairs the practice, with support from key names Bartosz Krużewski and Marcin Ciemiński.

Deloitte Legal, Ostrowski, Gizicki i Wspólnicy sp.k.’s private client practice is particularly strong in assisting family-owned businesses with their succession planning and reorganisations. The team also advises private entrepreneurs on corporate issues, litigation, and M&A transactions. Robert Uhl leads the team from Kraków with strengths in the corporate and commercial arenas, and senior managing associate Łukasz Żuławiński is also an active member of the team.

Kieltyka Gladkowski KG Legal‘s private client team has been increasingly handling cross-border mandates for high-net-worth individuals, including mandates involving the relocation of private financial structures. The team also advises on restitution rights and immigration, as well as international family cases concerning guardianship and international child abduction issues. Other core areas for the practice include wealth management, succession planning, estate administration and tax assistance. The team is led by Jakub Gładkowski and Małgorzata Kiełtyka, who is praised for her ‘outstanding’ knowledge of international law.

The private client practice at RKKW – Kwasnicki, Wrobel & Partners handles transactional and advisory work for Polish entrepreneurs and international clients, as well as day-to-day matters. Private wealth, asset management, inheritance and family law are also strong focuses for the department. The team is co-led by founder of the firm and corporate law expert Radosław Kwaśnicki, and ‘energetic’ managing partner Karol Szymański, who specialises in private equity and M&A transactions.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak is praised for having ‘very deep understanding’, and advises private investors and entrepreneurs on tax issues; planning, family and inheritance law; and business succession mandates. Asset and investment management matters are also areas of strength for the group. Practice head Sławomir Łuczak is an international tax law expert, as is Jarosław Bieroński. Tomasz Kanski advises clients on succession planning matters and associate Karolina Gotfryd is also a lawyer of note.

Boutique firm Wojarska Aleksiejuk & Wspólnicy Kancelaria Adwokatów i Radców Prawnych specialises in private client work, with three offices situated across Poland. The team has a wide-ranging practice, which includes handling succession planning, tax issues, family law matters, and disputes. ‘Solution-orientated’ Piotr Aleksiejuk leads the group alongside Katarzyna Wojarska-Aleksiejuk. They are supported by tax expert Mateusz Majewski, who also handles restructurings and ownership structure matters.

The private client team at Wozniak Legal supports clients with their wealth planning, asset management, inheritance, immigration and restitution of property mandates. Managing partner Grzegorz Woźniak leads the practice, and is supported by a team that includes Filip Kowalczyk, who handles inheritance cases with cross-border elements, and 'outstanding' Grzegorz Dudek, who is strong in restitution claims.