Karniol MaŁecki i WspÓlnicy Sp. k

Tel. +48 (22)828 14 60
Fax. +48 (22)827 04 63
e-mail: rmalecki@skm.pl

Robert Małecki was born in 1960 and has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Warsaw (1985). He became a Member of the Bar of Warsaw in 1990. In 1992, he had an internship in France which was organised by the Paris Bar. Since 1995, he has participated in the works of the Bar in Warsaw.

In 1990 he took part in the parliamentary commission elaborating the Copyright Act.

Robert Małecki has a general business law practice. A substantial part of his activity is devoted to the legal assistance of foreign investment in Poland, in particular operations involving British, American, French and Polish capital. The principal areas of his activity are Commercial Law, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance Law, Intellectual and Industrial Property, and Competition Law. He has wide experience in Media Law and Telecommunications Law.

His native language is Polish, but he also speaks English fluently, and knows French and  Russian.

Robert Małecki is a member of  the Board of Directors of the Commercial Law Center Foundation. He is also a member of the Competition Law Association, which belongs to the International League of Competition Law as well as an Honorary member of the Center of International Legal Studies (CLS) in Salzburg.

Publications:

“The Civil and Legal Aspects of State Responsibility in the illegal Deprivation of Liberty” (published by Palestra in 1989).
“La protection juridique des logiciels en droit polonais” (“The legal protection of software in the Polish Law system”), Cahiers juridiques et fiscaux de l'exportation No  2/1994, CFCE
“The criminal protection of  creditors during  bankruptcy and similar proceedings” - Seminar organized by the Bar of Paris and the Bar of Warsaw, 26 May 1995
”Licensing in the light of Polish antimonopoly law” – Conference organised by the Center of International Legal Studies in Kaprun, 3-9 May 1998
”Licensing of intellectual and industrial property rights in Poland” – Conference organised by the Center of International Legal Studies in Kitzbühel, 19-25 March 2000
“Délais de paiement dans les relations avec les petites entreprises” (“Payment terms in the relations among small enterprises”) KMW in Le Courrier de Varsovie, No 130, March 2002 CCIFP
“Le contrôle des concentrations dans la nouvelle loi relative à la protection de la concurrence et des consommateurs” (“The supervision of concentrations in the new Act on Protection of Competition and Consumers”) BBC Newsletter No 2/01
«New economic activity legislation »
BBC Newsletter No 3/00
„Duties Related to Transactions with Non-Residents and Linked Subjects” Newsletter of the Eastern European Forum of the Section on Business Law, Vol. 13, No1, June 2003
The „Karniol Małecki i Wspólnicy” law office was founded in 1993 and since the year 2000, it has acquired a new partner, the Belgium law firm Monard-D’Hulst Advocatenvennootschap, which has offices in Brussels, Hasselt and Kortrijk.

The law firm provides services particularly in the following fields:

1. Representation in Judicial and Arbitration Courts,
2. Commercial and Civil Law, including particularly:
• Corporate Law,
• Contract Law,
• Property Law,
3. Intellectual Property Law
4. Industrial Property Law
5. Competition Law,
6. Monopoly Law,
7. Insurance Law (property and life),
8. Financial Law,
9. Labour and Social Insurance Law,
10. Privatisation and Reprivatisation Law.