Jakub Brzeski
Senior Associate
Advocate
He specializes in litigation and bankruptcy and restructuring, bringing to bear the legal skills of a qualified lawyer and the specialised toolkit of a licensed restructuring consultant.
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Represents clients in civil and commercial litigation and advises on bankruptcy and restructuring.
Jakub assists in formulation of optimum litigation strategies and in the construction of solutions safeguarding the interests of clients in the event of the materialization of risks resulting in the need to engage in litigation.
He represents clients in, among other matters, transactional and corporate disputes and in proceedings involving acts of unfair competition, liability of members of management boards of commercial companies, and ineffectiveness of legal actions. He also has experience in disputes concerning insurance and bank guarantees, bank contracts, construction disputes, processes concerning IT implementation contracts, as well as in appeal procedures against decisions of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and other regulatory bodies.
Supports transactional and corporate client services.
As a licensed restructuring advisor, he is empowered to act as a court supervisor or administrator and receiver under Polish restructuring and bankruptcy laws.
Experience
Selected projects
- Represented a client in a corporate dispute involving shares in a manufacturing company worth nearly PLN 200 mln
- Represented a listed food company in a multimillion-dollar compensation dispute against a former management board member
- Represented a food company in a lawsuit brought by the administrator of a body of restructuring assets to declare a seven-figure mortgage ineffective
- Represented shareholders in disputes over the exclusion of stock subscription rights in a public IT company
- Represented a client in litigation concerning settlement of the acquisition of shares in a manufacturing company worth nearly PLN 300 mln
- Represented one of the leaders in the non-bank lending industry in proceedings before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and in subsequent appeals concerning practices violating the collective interests of consumers
- Represented the railroad infrastructure manager in appeals against decisions of the railway transport authority
- Represented a listed IT company in a lawsuit over the performance of an implementation contract with the State Treasury
- Represented an automotive company in a dispute over unfair competition acts
- Advised insurance companies and represented clients in litigation from claims by beneficiaries of insurance guarantees
- Represented a client in a precedent-setting pre-pack bankruptcy proceeding in which the subject of the transaction was an organized part of an enterprise valued at over PLN 30 mln
- Advised financial institutions as creditors in restructuring proceedings, represented clients in the course of restructuring proceedings
- Represented members of management boards in proceedings aimed at barring them from business and in personal liability proceedings
- Worked with the bankruptcy trustee in long-term bankruptcy proceedings
- Represented banks in disputes over CHF denominated and indexed loans
- Represents clients in tax proceedings conducted by tax administration authorities and in administrative court proceedings
- Represented management board members of commercial companies in criminal proceedings
Education and achievements
- Licensed restructuring advisor (2022)
- Admitted to practice as an advocate (2018)
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (2013)
- Sociology, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw (2012)
