Start-ups

We advise on:

  • early-stage companies on their day-to-day operations (with respect to regulatory matters, drafting corporate rules and regulations etc.), as well as in connection with obtaining financing for development, and external investments;
  • industry and financial investors in relation to start-up investments and exits;
  • start-up founders, owners and managers on the process of obtaining investors, negotiating investment agreements and ESOP (employee share option plan) terms, and exiting investments;
  • in every aspect of creating, implementing and financing innovations in business.

Our competitive advantage:

  • we provide comprehensive legal services for this innovative sector of the economy;
  • we help to design legal solutions to protect know-how and intellectual property rights;
  • we advise on state aid in research and development (R&D) projects and the commercialisation of research results;
  • our transaction team, backed by experts in other disciplines (such as IP/TMT, labour, competition, life sciences and tax law), provides comprehensive advice on investments connected with the functioning of start-ups, and exiting such investments.

Practice managers

Practice Areas
  • Intellectual Property
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Data Protection
  • Start-ups
  • Private Equity
  • Media, Entertainment & Telecommunications
  • Life Sciences
  • Private Clients
managing partner
Agnieszka
Wiercińska-Krużewska
Practice Areas
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Private Equity
  • Banking & Finance
  • Start-ups
  • Capital Markets
  • ESG Group
partner
Jakub
Jędrzejak

News

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Mergers & Acquisitions
04.12.2024
WKB Lawyers supported Lisner Holding in acquiring 100% of shares in Greenwich Investments, a company controlling the Graal Group
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Banking & Finance
23.10.2024
WKB Lawyers makes its mark in IFLR1000 2024
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Mergers & Acquisitions
25.09.2024
WKB Lawyers advised on the sale of FixMap to Arcus Infrastructure
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Mergers & Acquisitions
14.08.2024
WKB acted as legal advisor to LCM Partners
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02.07.2024
UGIVI in Poland for the first time
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Real Estate
30.04.2024
Anna Wyrzykowska shortlisted as the Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2024
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Selected experiences

Some of our recent clients include:

  • Naspers
  • Coders Center
  • WeGirls and Experior VC fund
  • the founders and initial stockholders of Perfect Gym Solutions
  • the shareholders, founders and managers of Domodi.pl
  • founders and managers of SiDLY
  • founders and managers of Pyszne.pl
  • shareholders and founders of NextWeb Media Group
  • private individuals with regard to their seed projects, such as: Arclura, Halo², VoiceWorks, BA Service, Executive&Friends, Cludo, Foam
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