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About
the Law firm

The Law firm SD Legal was established in 2002. Until 31 December 2023, it operated under the business name STSW Stoiński Świerczyński Zimnicka adwokaci i radcowie prawni sp.p. As of 1 January 2024, we operate under the new name SD Legal Stoiński Drzymała radcowie prawni sp.p.

The Firm specialises and has many years of extensive experience in providing comprehensive legal services to Polish and foreign entrepreneurs. In our Law firm, we strive to combine professional legal knowledge and many years of experience with an individual approach to our Clients’ business strategy. In the course of our cooperation with the Client, we strive to learn about the Client’s way of operating, needs and goals. This allows us to effectively advise and assist our Clients in realising their intentions while striving to provide them with maximum legal security.

Our Clients include companies with Polish and foreign capital, in particular companies with British, French, German and Austrian capital.

Within the framework of our Law firm, we offer legal services for international transactions based on cooperation with foreign law firms, in particular with those affiliated with SCHRADE INTERNATIONAL EWIV. Within its framework, we cooperate, among others, with law firms from Germany, Austria, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, as well as Switzerland. In addition, we cooperate with law firms from a number of other European countries.

News

NIS-2 Directive – implementing act signed by the President of the Republic of Poland

2026-02-23

In response to the significant increase in threats in cyberspace, the European Union adopted the so-called NIS 2 Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022). It is the successor to the 2016 NIS Directive, which aims to set higher and more consistent cybersecurity standards across the Union.

In Poland, the NIS-2 Directive is implemented through the Act of 23 January 2026 amending the Act on the National Cybersecurity System and certain other acts.

On 19 February 2026, the legislative process implementing the new law ended with the signing of the above-mentioned act by the President of the Republic of Poland. The document introduces numerous changes that adapt the Polish cybersecurity system to the requirements of NIS-2 and significantly expand the scope of duties and responsibilities of entities covered by the regulation.

The Act  will enter into force one month after its publication in the Journal of Laws.

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Energy cooperatives in cities: a key amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act from the end of 2025.

2026-02-16

On 16 October 2025, the Senate adopted the Act of 9 October 2025 amending the Act on the promotion of electricity generation in offshore wind farms and certain other acts. The Act was then signed by the President of the Republic of Poland. However, the Act has not yet been published in the Journal of Laws.

Among other things, this Act introduces a very important amendment to the Act on Renewable Energy Sources (Renewable Energy Sources Act, RES Act), allowing for the creation of energy cooperatives also in urban municipalities, instead of the previous possibility of creating such cooperatives only in rural or urban-rural municipalities. The amendment introduces a dual system for registering energy cooperatives (URE – for cities, KOWR – for rural and urban-rural municipalities).

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Ordinary meeting of members of the German-Polish Wind Energy Club

2025-12-01

On 27 November 2025, an ordinary meeting of members of the German-Polish Wind Energy Club was held in Poznań. The meeting was attended by Bartłomiej Stoiński, a partner at the Law Firm, who was appointed a member of the Club’s management board.

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Specializations

Legal advice on cybersecurity

The Law Firm provides services related to the legal aspects of cybersecurity, in particular those related to the NIS 2 Directive, other European regulations and the Act on the National Cybersecurity System (KSC). The services include, in particular:

 

  • classification of entities based on criteria for subjection to the KSC Act,
  • support in analysing and identifying areas requiring implementation of new requirements
  • selection of appropriate measures necessary to ensure compliance with the regulation – risk management and implementation of an Information Security Management System (SZBI)
  • verification of the supply chain
  • cybersecurity in contracts – verification and annexing of contracts concluded with ICT suppliers
  • preparation for submitting an application for entry on the list of key and important entities
  • consulting and training in the area of liability for breach of cybersecurity requirements
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Renewable energy sources

Analysis of the legal status of real estate designated for renewable energy projects (‘RES’).

Legal support of the Client in the conclusion of agreements for the acquisition or payable usage of real estate intended for RES, in particular tenancy agreements.

Legal support and representation of the Client before administrative authorities in proceedings related to obtaining approvals and permits necessary for the implementation of RES projects.

Support and representation of the Client vis-à-vis entities – media providers, power grid administrators, etc., in particular in relation to obtaining connection conditions and negotiating and concluding relevant grid connection agreements.

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Company law

An important part of our practice is advice on company law. We advise corporations and partnerships on matters such as:

  • company formation;
  • transactions concerning the capitalisation of companies;
  • changes in the composition of shareholders;
  • shareholder agreements;
  • transformations, divisions, liquidations of companies;
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A);
  • due diligence;
  • private equity funds;
  • corporate governance.

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Real estate and construction investments

We advise our clients on real estate law and real estate investment projects, including such matters as:

  • research and regulation of the legal status of real estate, including reprivatisation cases;
  • real estate contracts;
  • Lease and rental agreements, especially for commercial real estate;
  • advice on property management of commercial real estate;
  • advice on zoning and construction law;
  • contracts for the design, implementation and commissioning of construction projects;
  • advice on financing of real estate investments.

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Public procurement

For several years, we have continuously advised entrepreneurs competing for public procurement contracts, particularly in the rail infrastructure and mining industry. In particular, we specialise in representing our clients in appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber (Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza).

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Private international law

As international economic and population exchange increases, so does the demand for legal advice on private international law. We have considerable experience in this area, particularly in cases involving the preparation of contracts for international transactions, the assertion of claims and their enforcement abroad, and proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Poland.

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Contract law in business transactions

The Law firm has extensive and long-standing experience in drafting and negotiating contracts in business transactions. In particular, this applies to contracts such as sales contracts, supply contracts, construction work contracts, investment substitution or loan agreements. The Law firm also has extensive experience in drafting business cooperation agreements, including joint – venture or investment agreements.

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Administrative and court-administrative proceedings

Lawyers of the Law Firm represent and assist Clients in conducting all types of administrative procedures, including procedures related to spatial development, real estate development, obtaining water-law permits, or all types of administrative permits or approvals, including MIAA permits for the acquisition of real estate by a foreigner.

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Litigation

The Law firm has extensive experience in commercial litigation, including those related to the enforcement of claims for damages related to the non-performance or improper performance of contracts and civil litigation, in particular concerning real estate.

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Franc (CHF) litigation

The Law firm successfully represents Clients in so-called franking (CHF) credits cases, i.e. in cases for the annulment of a credit agreement or the de-franking of a credit. The advisory covers the analysis of the Client’s credit documentation in terms of assessing the legitimacy of a claim against the bank and representation of the Client at the pre-litigation stage, during court proceedings, as well as in contacts with the bank, including conclusion of a possible settlement with the bank.

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Schrade

In order to provide top quality services the law firms SCHRADE & Partner Rechtsanwälte PartmbB, TWP Thurnher Wittwer Pfefferkorn & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Judicia Conseils, Musto Brazzini Bruccoleri Cipolla Studio Legale, Pistár Ügyvédi Iroda, Advokátní Kancelář Navrátil, s.r.o, Mgr. Marcel Baker  Advokat and SD Legal Stoiński Drzymała radcowie prawni sp.p. cooperate within the framework of the SCHRADE INTERNATIONAL EWIV.

The members of SCHRADE INTERNATIONAL EWIV include over 60 advocates and attorneys-at-law practicing in German, Austrian, French, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, European and international commercial law. The EWIV members deal sucessfully with court and arbitration proceedings owing to the expertise gained by EWIV member practitioners.

As EWIV members, practicing in Germany (i.a. Berlin, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Singen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Tuttlingen), Austria (Vienna, Dornbirn), France (Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Lyon), Italy (Bolzano), in Hungary (Budapest), in the Czech Republic (Pilzno), in the Slovak Republik (Bratislawa) and in Poland (Kraków), are always available to counsel their European clients, they can quickly and effectively advise on issues of domestic and interational trade.

Through SCHRADE INTERNATIONAL EWIV our clients benefit from comprehensive legal services in Central Europe. SCHRADE INTERNATIONAL EWIV membership enables us to assemble larger legal teams whenever a client requires assistance with complex international mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Additionally, SCHRADE & Partner Rechtsanwälte PartmbB, a German law firm, practices in the health care and health service law (in particular, in respect of reorganising and financing medical businesses, including hospitals) in Germany. Another complementary practice inside EWIV is managing bankruptcy estate and counselling in respect of rehabilitation procedures offered by the SCHLEICH & KOLLEGEN law firm.

Contact

SD Legal Stoiński Drzymała radcowie prawni spółka partnerska
ul. Urzędnicza 26/1
30-051 Kraków

Entered in the register of entrepreneurs by the District Court for Kraków-Śródmieście in Kraków, XI Commercial Division under KRS number: 0000330558.


E-mail: biuro@sdlegal.com.pl

  Tel: +48 538 582 829


NIP: 677-21-99-223
REGON: 356569454

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