On October 10, 2023, Guozun Law Firm’s Poland Office completed registration in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and officially commenced operations.
Throughout the entire process of the office’s preliminary preparation, qualification and compliance handling, localization system construction, and formal establishment, it received careful guidance and strong support from the relevant departments of the Chinese Embassy in Poland. The relevant sections of the Embassy provided comprehensive policy guidance, compliance guidance, and resource connection support regarding such core matters as the compliant establishment of Chinese-funded legal service institutions in Poland, protection of the lawful rights and interests of Chinese-funded enterprises, and connection with the legal service needs arising from China-Poland bilateral economic and trade cooperation. This provided the core principles for the office’s smooth establishment, standardized operation, and subsequent service direction, and laid a solid foundation.
As a core economy in Central and Eastern Europe, Poland is an important hub for China-Europe economic and trade exchanges and also a key pivot for Belt and Road construction in Europe. In recent years, bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and Poland has continued to deepen, the scale of two-way investment and trade has grown steadily, and the demand for Chinese-funded enterprises to invest and establish factories in Poland and carry out cross-border economic and trade activities has continued to rise. The market’s demand has become increasingly urgent for cross-border legal services that combine professional practice capability in Chinese law, Polish law, and EU law and can achieve localized implementation. The establishment of Guozun Poland Office is an important strategic measure by Guozun Law Firm to improve its global legal service layout, serve China-Poland economic and trade exchanges, and provide full-cycle localized legal protection for Chinese-funded enterprises in cross-border operations.
Overview of Guozun Poland Office
Guozun Poland Office is located in the core business district of Warsaw, based in Poland and radiating across the whole Central and Eastern European region. The office has formed a composite professional lawyer team. Core members all possess qualifications to practice Chinese law, Polish law, or EU law, are proficient in Chinese and Polish, have cultivated the Polish and Central and Eastern European legal service market for many years, deeply understand local judicial practice, regulatory systems, policy developments, and business rules, and possess localized service resources covering all of Poland. It can completely break through the connection barrier between the cross-border needs of Chinese enterprises and European local legal services, and provide Chinese and foreign clients with full-process, practical, and barrier-free professional legal services.
Core Business Scope
With China-Poland two-way cross-border legal services as its core, Guozun Poland Office strictly follows the relevant laws and regulations of China, Poland, and the European Union, and fully covers the entire life cycle of cross-border operations from market access and operational implementation to risk handling. The core business is divided into six major sectors, and the specific service contents are clearly defined as follows:
I. Full-Process Legal Services for Cross-Border Investment and Mergers and Acquisitions
Core Positioning
To provide full-chain and full-cycle legal support for Chinese-funded enterprises investing in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, and for Polish and Central and Eastern European enterprises investing in China, covering the whole process before, during, and after investment, and resolving the core compliance and implementation issues of cross-border investment.
Specific Service Contents
Investment access services: investment target screening and legal due diligence, compliant investment structure design, consultation on Polish market access policies, supporting legal services for ODI outbound investment filing, and response to Polish foreign direct investment screening
Investment implementation services: full-process services for greenfield investment, equity or asset mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture establishment, including legal and commercial due diligence, drafting and revision of transaction documents, legal support for commercial negotiations, registration with the Polish commercial court KRS, foreign investment approval and filing, and full-process legal services for foreign exchange registration
Post-investment and exit services: post-investment compliant operation and management, equity structure adjustment, supporting legal services for cross-border investment, financing, and listing, and design and implementation of investment exit plans
Two-way investment services: full-process legal support for market access, structure establishment, compliant operation, and investment and financing connection for Polish and Central and Eastern European enterprises investing in China
II. Full-System Legal Services for Corporate Compliance and Regulation
Core Positioning
To adapt to the dual regulatory systems of Poland and the European Union, build a full-dimensional compliance and risk-control system for enterprises, prevent systemic cross-border operational risks in advance, and respond throughout the whole process to various regulatory investigations.
Specific Service Contents
EU special compliance: GDPR data compliance, cross-border data flow compliance, antitrust and anti-unfair competition compliance, EU export control and economic sanctions compliance, construction, implementation, and daily maintenance of anti-corruption and anti-commercial bribery compliance systems
Polish local compliance: compliance audits, compliance system construction, and company-wide compliance training in labor and employment, environmental safety, taxation, and industry regulation
Regulatory response services: full-process representation and legal support for regulatory investigations, hearing procedures, defense against penalties, and compliance rectification
III. Full-Scenario Legal Services for Commercial Dispute Resolution
Core Positioning
Relying on local Polish judicial practice experience, to handle various types of cross-border commercial disputes for clients and provide full-scenario dispute resolution solutions through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, so as to maximize the protection of clients’ lawful rights and interests.
Specific Service Contents
Litigation representation: full-process representation in first instance, second instance, and retrial civil and commercial litigation before courts at all levels in Poland
Arbitration services: representation in commercial arbitration before major arbitration institutions in Poland and the European Union, and cross-border recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
Non-litigation dispute resolution: mediation of cross-border commercial disputes, connection with China-Poland bilateral judicial assistance, and cross-border recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments
Special dispute handling: special dispute resolution for cross-border investment disputes, international trade contract disputes, intellectual property infringement disputes, labor disputes, shareholder rights disputes, bankruptcy and restructuring-related disputes, cross-border guarantee disputes, and similar matters
IV. Full-Chain Legal Services for Intellectual Property
Core Positioning
To cover all types of intellectual property rights at the levels of Poland and the European Union, and provide enterprises with one-stop intellectual property legal services from layout, rights confirmation, and use of rights to rights protection.
Specific Service Contents
Layout and rights confirmation: cross-border layout planning for trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and integrated circuit layout designs, and registration applications, filing, and title confirmation services in Poland and the European Union
Operation and transactions: drafting, negotiation, and implementation of transaction documents related to intellectual property licensing, transfer, and investment and financing, and construction of enterprise brand protection systems
Rights protection and response: full-process services for investigation of intellectual property infringement, administrative complaints, civil litigation, and criminal rights protection, response to EU customs protection of intellectual property, and full-process handling of cross-border intellectual property disputes
V. Specialized Legal Services for Taxation and Labor and Personnel
Core Positioning
To align with Polish local law and practical rules, and provide full-cycle specialized legal services in taxation and labor and personnel for enterprises’ daily operations in Poland, resolving the core legal needs of enterprises’ routine operations.
Specific Service Contents
Tax specialized services: Polish local tax planning, optimization of cross-border investment tax structures, transfer pricing compliance, tax declaration agency, response to tax inspections, tax administrative reconsideration and litigation, compliance in EU tariffs and value-added tax, and legal services related to the application of the China-Poland bilateral tax treaty
Labor and personnel specialized services: construction of enterprise employment systems, drafting and review of labor contracts and employee handbooks, collective consultation and union negotiation, compliant design of remuneration and benefits and non-compete restriction systems, formulation of employee placement and economic layoff plans, mediation and litigation representation in labor disputes, social security and employment compliance audits, and supporting legal services for work and residence permits for foreign employees
VI. Customized Legal Services for Key Industries
Core Positioning
In combination with the key fields of China-Poland economic and trade cooperation, and according to the regulatory requirements and business characteristics of different industries, to provide customized and exclusive industry legal service solutions.
Specific Industries and Directions
New energy sector: full-process legal services for the investment and construction, compliant operation, project mergers and acquisitions, and dispute resolution of photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage, and new energy vehicle industry chains
Manufacturing and trade sector: legal services for compliant operations, cross-border transactions, and supply chain risk prevention and control in high-end equipment manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, agriculture and food trade, international logistics, and China-Europe railway services
Infrastructure and finance sector: legal services for project compliance, transaction structure design, and risk prevention and control in infrastructure construction, cross-border investment and financing, and banking and insurance business
Other key fields: specialized legal services for market access, compliant operation, and intellectual property protection in industries such as biomedicine, digital economy, and cultural media
The establishment of Guozun Poland Office has built a localized professional legal service platform for Chinese-funded enterprises’ investment and operations in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, and has precisely matched the core legal service needs in China-Poland bilateral economic and trade cooperation. In the future, Guozun Poland Office will always uphold the service philosophy of professionalism, rigor, and compliance, strictly comply with the relevant laws and regulations of China, Poland, and the European Union, continue to cultivate the Central and Eastern European legal service market under the continued guidance and support of the Chinese Embassy in Poland, continuously improve its professional service capabilities, effectively safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Chinese-funded enterprises in Poland, and provide solid legal support for the high-quality development of China-Poland bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
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