Dentons has strong capabilities in a wide range of services including transaction support, tax reviews, transfer pricing and advice on tax incentives for investors.
The department is headed by Karina Furga-Dąbrowska who is based in Warsaw and leads ...
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Dentons has strong capabilities in a wide range of services including transaction support, tax reviews, transfer pricing and advice on tax incentives for investors.
The department is headed by Karina Furga-Dąbrowska who is based in Warsaw and leads a team of two partners and 10 fee earners. Furga-Dąbrowska also co-heads the Central and Eastern Europe life sciences practice.
"It is my distinguished pleasure to work with the Polish team of Dentons," said one client. "The overall appreciation goes to the team of Karina Furga, where we cooperate on Polish pharma law. In addition we are in the intensive cooperation on litigation, although the case is not solved yet I am positive about the court case strategy and current wording used to limit negative impact of the case on our business in Poland."
The firm expanded its practice this year with three new hires. Borys Podgórny was appointed as counsel from PwC in May 2012. Michał Bernat joined as senior associate joining from Wardyński & Partners in April 2012 and Rafał Mikulski as counsel from MDDP in October 2011. Bernat is highlighted by peers as a prominent specialist in the area of cross-border structuring.
In notable deals this year, Furga-Dąbrowska and Cezary Przygodzki advised Neinver/Heitman in relation to mapping intra-group transactions and preparing transfer pricing documentation. The project was complex and required full-scope tax and financial expertise.
Other work led by Furga-Dąbrowska and Dariusz Stolarek includes a tax structuring of the acquisition of Nycomed and structuring of Bracco's business in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The transaction involved advice on covered tax law, corporate law and pharmaceutical regulations.
"We have used Dentons since 1997, and the firm has continued to show us professional excellence in both legal and tax advice. Being a large financial institution, we are exposed to all of the law firms operating in Poland, and none have come close to the services we have received at Dentons," said another client.
"The people at Dentons who have stood out as exceptional in my opinion are Karina Furga-Dabrowska, Tomasz Dabrowski and Marcin Tofel," the client added.
Dentons also has capabilities in Katowice where it collaborates closely with its associated office, Krupa Srokosz Patryas.
The firm has a strong industry expertise across the energy, life sciences, real estate, technology and communications, financial and infrastructure sectors.
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