STANEK Legal Hrymak-Stanek sp.k.
STANEK Legal Hrymak-Stanek sp.k., headquartered in Warsaw (ul. Adama Naruszewicza 9), is a law firm registered in the Polish National Court Register under KRS 0001041317 in June 2023; its principal activity according to the KRS is legal activities. The firm describes itself as a boutique practice specialising in tax disputes, white-collar criminal cases with a particular focus on fiscal criminal matters, civil disputes, and administrative and administrative-court proceedings. Alongside litigation, it provides businesses with day-to-day legal advice, representation in commercial negotiations and support in share deal and asset deal transactions.
The practice covers, among other things, representation in tax and customs-and-tax audits and before the regional administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court, corporate and transactional advice (M&A, due diligence), employment law for employers, proceedings before the competition, energy and financial supervision authorities (UOKiK, URE, KNF), and legislative advice provided in cooperation with academics. The German desk serves clients from the German-speaking business area – Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein – and Polish businesses operating in Germany; matters are handled directly in German, including cross-border disputes and insolvency and restructuring proceedings.
A significant part of the practice concerns environmental law, especially waste management: permits for waste collection and treatment, inspections by the environmental protection inspectorates (WIOŚ and GIOŚ), administrative environmental sanctions and defence in criminal cases involving offences against the environment. The firm cites experience in representing recycling businesses in tax proceedings and in cross-border disputes with German insolvency administrators, as well as a client from the cable processing market in insolvency proceedings in Germany. As an IGMNiR member, STANEK Legal represents legal expertise in tax, environmental law and waste management relevant to companies in the non-ferrous metals and recycling sector.