International groups with a Polish subsidiary
For headquarters that need dependable senior legal support for a company already operating in Poland.
Poland Legal Desk
One senior legal contact for your Polish business
Entering Poland, running a Polish subsidiary, or expanding your local operations? I give international companies senior legal support — corporate governance, commercial contracts, employment, data protection and compliance — without the cost and delay of building a legal function in Poland.
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FactsPolish attorney-at-law · 16+ years in practice
Five years leading legal for a group across 10+ jurisdictions
LL.M. in International Commercial Law
Working languages: English and Polish
Your legal point of contact in Poland
Running a company in another jurisdiction creates a recurring, low-grade problem. Corporate matters sit with one adviser, contracts with another, data protection with a third — and headquarters spends its own time holding the pieces together.
Poland Legal Desk replaces that with one senior lawyer responsible for your Polish legal matters, reporting to you the way an in-house lawyer would.
I work directly with management boards, General Counsel, CFOs and international legal teams — helping them implement decisions locally and keep legal risk visible, without adding another layer of coordination.
Who I work with
Companies entering the Polish market
From choosing and incorporating the entity through governance, contracts, employment and data protection to the legal setup you need before you can trade.
Group legal and finance teams
For General Counsel and regional legal departments that need a Polish lawyer who works independently, reports in English and does not need managing.
Three levels of support
Corporate — keeping the Polish entity in good standing.
Governance and board matters, shareholder and management resolutions, powers of attorney, registry and beneficial ownership filings, corporate housekeeping, and coordination with notaries and corporate service providers.
Operations — the legal work a running business generates.
Everything above, plus commercial and supplier contracts, customer agreements and NDAs, technology and SaaS terms, employment and B2B arrangements, data protection and internal policies, consumer and marketing matters, and first-line handling of claims.
Lead — senior legal ownership, without hiring a department.
Everything above, plus direct work with your Group General Counsel, CFO or CEO: identifying and prioritising legal risk, negotiating the agreements that matter, implementing group policies in Poland, supervising disputes and specialist counsel, building legal processes and templates, and reporting into headquarters.
Most companies start at Operations and move up or down as the business changes. Scope and a fixed monthly fee are agreed in writing before we begin. Transactions, litigation and major projects are quoted separately, in advance.
Transactions and special projects
Work outside the ordinary run of the business, taken on project by project.
M&A and due diligence
Acquisitions, disposals, investment transactions and post-closing integration.
Corporate restructuring
Ownership and capital changes, reorganisations, mergers and liquidations.
Strategic commercial projects
The contracts and negotiations a business only runs once or twice: key suppliers, distribution, long-term cooperation.
Regulated and technology businesses
FinTech, payments, SaaS and digital products, AI, intellectual property, privacy and EU regulatory compliance.
Senior work, not delegated work
You work with me, not with a team you never meet.
I am a Polish attorney-at-law with more than sixteen years in practice. For nearly five of them I was Head of Legal & Compliance of an international technology group — building the function from nothing, running it with a multinational team, and handling legal matters across more than ten jurisdictions, including Poland, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania and Switzerland.
Which means I have already sat on your side of this arrangement. At group level I was the one instructing local counsel abroad, chasing them for answers, and deciding whether what came back was usable. I know what headquarters needs from a local lawyer, because I needed it myself.
I also litigate. More than a hundred court, arbitration and public procurement proceedings, including a contractual penalty dispute of nearly PLN 19 million resolved by settlement. Contracts drafted by someone who has watched his own clauses tested under cross-examination allocate risk differently.
My work does not stop at identifying legal issues. I help management decide what to do, and then make sure the decision is actually implemented.
You can see my full professional record on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/marcinwasiklegal. If you would rather simply meet, a thirty-minute call is the fastest way.
How we start
1. Introductory call — 30 minutes, no charge
We go through your Polish operations, how legal is handled today, and what level of support the business actually needs.
2. Legal Setup Review — two weeks, fixed fee agreed in advance
I go through your corporate documentation, contracts, employment arrangements, data protection and compliance position, and give you a written picture of what is in order, what is exposed, and what needs attention first. It stands on its own — nothing beyond it is committed.
3. Agreed scope
We put in writing which areas I cover, how we communicate, response times, and the monthly fee.
4. Ongoing work
I become the legal contact for your Polish operations, working directly with your management or your international legal team.
How I work
Response times
Urgent matters get an answer the same business day. Everything else within two business days.
Continuity
I work in standing cooperation with two Polish law firms, so holidays, illness and workload peaks are covered and your matters do not stop.
Specialists
Where a matter needs a tax adviser, a notary, an IP litigator or counsel in another country, I bring them in and manage them. You still deal with one person.
Capacity
I take on a limited number of retained clients, so each one gets senior attention rather than a place in a queue.
Confidentiality
I do not publish client names or describe identifiable matters — including yours.
Languages
Work runs in English and Polish, in writing and in negotiation.
Let's talk about your Polish operations
Thirty minutes is usually enough to tell whether this is a fit. If it is not, I will say so and point you to someone better placed.