Summary of 2017 Makuliński Moczydłowski Rostafiński Włodawiec Kancelaria Radców Prawnych i Adwokatów Prokurent sp.p. 1
Our clients receive comprehensive advice across a range of different branches of law which include civil, commercial, criminal, tax offence, employment, cooperative, property, building, public procurement, capital markets, agricultural, insurance, copyrights and industrial property law. We have extensive experience in litigation and arbitration as well as in handling settlement, insolvency, administrative, and enforcement and debt collection proceedings. Our clients operate in diverse sectors such as trade, services, construction, media, energy, automotive and transportation, IT, pharmaceutical and foodstuffs. When a reliable partner matters 2
Since its founding in 1989 at Warsaw, Prokurent has been providing professional legal services for many different clients mainly businesses, individuals and NGos. Thanks to the multidisciplinary and long-term expertise of our lawyers, our firm can provide full-service legal advice to Polish and international corporate clients, having a firm grasp of the market realities and rapidly changing business environment. We offer best-in-class services and enjoy what we do. 3
People are our most valuable assets. We are not only lawyers, we are professional advisors able to obtain insight into clients needs. We keep developing ourselves and improving our skills. An individual approach to our clients and cases lies at the core of what we do. We build long-standing relationships based on trust, respect and transparency. We have nurtured these values and today, after nearly three decades of the firm s uninterrupted market presence, we can be proud of the trust our clients have placed in us. 4
We provide our clients with onestop-shop advice across a range of different legal disciplines: civil law, cooperative law, property law, employment and social insurance law, company law, business law, agricultural and food law, environmental law, unfair competition law, copyrights law, intellectual and industrial property law, advertising law, M&A, criminal law, tax offence law, insolvency and bankruptcy law, administrative law, civil procedure. 5
Last year, the clients entrusted us with handling nearly a thousand cases, on which we worked for more than 30,000 hours. Throughout 2017, we took care of our clients interests in cases worth 28 million zloty. One of the following slides shows our firm s statistical imprint summing up the year 2017. These figures are proof of our commitment, effectiveness and potential. 6
We work nationally and beyond. We assist clients from all over Poland. We have provided services to businesses and individuals across different locations. We have extended our international outreach, representing clients from Spain, Denmark, Cyprus, Israel and Canada. We would like to thank all our clients for their trust. Szczecin Ostróda Olsztyn Bydgoszcz Białystok Bielsk Podlaski Warszawa Pruszków Sokołów Podlaski Mińsk Mazowiecki Siedlce Łódź Radom Lublin Poznań Włoszczowa Wrocław Opole Katowice Kraków Nowy Sącz 7
One contract in two days 170 contracts in a year On average, in 2017 we drafted a contract on every second day. We prepared more than 170 contracts in total. PLN 28,000,000 Aggregate value of the cases we took on. The above amount include cases concerning the payment of pecuniary claims, inheritance proceedings, employee proceedings, settlements and mediation. PLN 102,000,000 Total value of M&A transactions and conducted investment processes. 8
Types of conducted cases 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 3% 1% 2% 1% The majority of the cases that we conducted in 2017 were court proceedings for the payment of pecuniary claims, which amounted to approx. 87% of all cases we took on. The second most frequently conducted proceedings were cases involving the confirmation of the acquisition of the estate, followed by cases related to the determination of annual rent for perpetual usufruct, criminal and family law cases, mediation proceedings, settlements and arrangements and eviction cases. 86% Payment of claims Mediation Settlements / arrangements Insolvency / bankruptcy Eviction Confirmation of inheritance Determination of annual rent for perpetual usufruct Employee Criminal Family 9
2% 5% 7% Common and administrative courts 26% We represented our clients in disputes adjudicated by Common Courts, Administrative Courts (including the Supreme Administrative Court) and the Supreme Court. First instance 60% Second instance Administrative courts Supreme Court Supreme Administrative Court 10
Our team comprises responsible and reliable people who are driven by a passion for work and constantly feel the need to learn new things. We are flexible and easily reachable we always call back and respond to emails. We have adopted an individualised approach to our clients cases and recommend the best possible solution to a given problem. We realise that nowadays, in the age of standardisation, such an approach may seem somewhat archaic. For us and our clients alike, the quality matters and the price is merely one of the criteria. There are lots of benefits our clients may obtain thanks to the firm s 29-yearlong track record of professional excellence. Over that period, we have grown together with our clients, hiring new attorneys and articling students. Together, we create reality, expand our services and remain competitive in the market. Prokurent is a law firm with 29 years worth of experience. We deeply care about our clients interests. Since 1989, we have continuously excelled in professionalism, effectiveness and consistent development of our legal skills. We don t make promises we cannot keep. We take responsibility for our words. We step ahead, confidently looking at future challenges. 11
Makuliński Moczydłowski Rostafiński Włodawiec Kancelaria Radców Prawnych i Adwokatów Prokurent sp.p. ul. Puławska 39 lok. 50; 02-508 Warszawa NIP 521-27-64-029 REGON 012923876 KRS 272941 WE LooK FoRWARD To WoRKING WITH You kacelaria@prokurent.com www.prokurent.com +48 22 854 06 57 +48 22 854 06 59 +48 22 646 07 96 12