WILIŃSKI LEGAL
In business, a lawyer is most valuable not when they know the greatest number of rules, but when they can translate them into a decision.
We support entrepreneurs, business owners and management-board members through a model that combines ongoing in-house support with litigation experience: from company law, restructuring and financial-organisational decisions to disputes, court proceedings and crisis situations.
Practice leadership
The practice combines two complementary working models: litigation and in-house support. Tomasz Wiliński is responsible for procedural strategy, commercial disputes, court proceedings and crisis situations. Magdalena Osińska-Wilińska is responsible for day-to-day legal support for businesses and boards, company law, restructuring, and accounting and financial-reporting issues. This gives clients support both for everyday business decisions and when a matter develops into a dispute or court case.
Litigation and disputes
Attorney and managing partner. He is responsible for procedural strategy, commercial disputes, court proceedings, management liability and handling matters in crisis situations. He becomes particularly involved when a business decision turns into a conflict, court proceedings or a risk of liability.
In-house, companies and restructuring
Practising lawyer responsible for ongoing in-house support for entrepreneurs and management boards. She specialises in company law, restructuring, and accounting and financial-reporting issues. She completed postgraduate studies in company law, restructuring, and accounting and financial reporting, allowing her to assess management decisions not only legally but also from an organisational and financial perspective.
When management needs a lawyer
When a business decision is necessary but may create liability for members of governing bodies or regulatory risk.
When a dispute begins to affect company management, information flows, resolutions or relations with counterparties.
When information emerges about irregularities, a conflict of interest, data exfiltration or potential criminal liability.
When decisions must be made quickly in dealings with authorities, employees, counterparties, the media or other stakeholders.
Day-to-day in-house support led by Magdalena Osińska-Wilińska includes company law, restructuring, accounting and financial-reporting issues, contracts, corporate decisions and relations with counterparties. When a matter develops into a dispute or court proceedings, Tomasz Wiliński takes responsibility for the litigation side.
Civil, criminal, corporate and tax risks affecting management-board members and people in leadership positions.
Fact-finding, securing documentation, interviews, risk analysis and recommendations on next steps.
Procedures, accountability, whistleblowing, conflicts of interest and solutions that reduce the organisation's legal risk.
Negotiations, mediation and court representation after first assessing the business rationale and cost of the dispute.
Coordination of legal action under time pressure, liability risk or disruption to business continuity.
Ongoing support for companies, governing bodies and shareholders, corporate documentation, resolutions, organisational changes, ownership relations and support for management in decision-making.
Assessment of the company's situation, preparation for remedial and restructuring measures, support for management in relations with creditors and in selecting the future operating model.
Legal analysis that also takes into account financial data, accounting records, reporting obligations and the economic consequences of management decisions — without replacing accounting or audit services.
Engagement models
One specific decision, problem or need for a second opinion.
Regular access to a lawyer and a predictable fee model for an organisation that wants legal input on decisions as they arise.
An internal investigation, dispute, compliance implementation or another situation requiring intensive work for a defined period.
A focused project ending with a risk map and recommendations on how to document the decision-making process.
An independent internal investigation into suspected misconduct or a breach of procedures.
Assessment of key procedures, responsibilities, escalation channels and areas requiring correction.
It should not. A time limit protects both sides organisationally, but what the client primarily buys is access to a lawyer, continuity of knowledge about the business and responsibility for the recommendation.
When there is a credible indication of misconduct, conflict of interest, breach of law, data exfiltration or conduct that may create liability for the organisation or management.
A lawyer does not replace management in making decisions. The lawyer should, however, identify risks, legal boundaries and the way the process should be documented so that the decision is made knowingly.
Insights
Management board
How to document decisions and prepare the organisation before a problem arises.
Compliance
How to establish facts without creating chaos or additional liability.
Disputes
How to assess a dispute also from the perspective of cost, time and impact on the business.