Member Profile

The founding partner of Woźniak Legal, Grzegorz's clients consist of businesses and private clients. He advises a diverse range of Polish and non-Polish enterprises on their investments and operations in Poland and abroad.

Grzegorz’s special areas of expertise are acquisitions, buy-outs, business start-ups, investments, SMEs, private equity and compliance issues as well as dispute resolution, in particular post-transactional litigation. Grzegorz was involved in many high-profile court cases, including some of the most significant bet-the-firm litigation and class action matters.

Grzegorz also has significant experience in property restitution claims. He represented foreign families in cases seeking compensation or the return of immovable properties and businesses nationalised by the Polish communist government just after World War II.

Grzegorz also advises private clients on a variety of matters, including cross-border succession, family governance, divorce, child custody and holding structures for multi-jurisdictional assets. He is named as a leading private client lawyer in Poland in Chambers HNW and the Legal 500 directories.

Woźniak Legal is a dynamic, rapidly expanding Polish law firm with international capabilities, focused on providing a complete legal service to individuals and companies in our core sectors. Private client practice is an important part of our firm.

Wozniak Legal’s private client team specializes in wealth planning, asset management, inheritance, family law and immigration. Affluent individuals and family businesses, both from Poland and abroad, form a substantial part of our client base. We make sure that our clients hold their enterprises closely in order to retain sufficient control to meet their long-term individual and professional goals. We are renowned for our discreet service and common sense, as well as our technical excellence.

We have also significant experience in property restitution claims. We represented successfully foreign families in cases seeking compensation or the return of immovable properties and businesses nationalised by the Polish communist government just after World War II.

We are the leading law firm in Poland for the fifth year running in the area of private client, according to the world’s most renowned legal guides Chambers and the Legal 500. Our lawyers are ranked Band 1 and Band 2 by the guides.

Recent examples of our private client work with cross-border issues:

• advising the family of a US national deceased in Poland on inheritance issues,

• advising Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center with over 6 million registered donors, on data protection matters,

• drawing up a Will for a British-Polish family and advising on tax planning,

• acting for a successful German-domiciled Indian entrepreneur in a divorce from his Polish wife and advising on child-custody arrangements,

• advising a Uruguayan national of Polish descent on citizenship confirmation procedures,

• advising an Argentinian national on matters related to real estate owned in Poland,

• acting for a Japanese entrepreneur in a divorce case in Poland and subsequently representing him in relation to division of marital property,

• advising the Polish branch of Rotary International on regulatory aspects.

Grzegorz speaks regularly on dispute resolution, law firm management and restitution of property in Poland.

In September 2017 Grzegorz was the main panelist at the seminar held in London by The Law Society of England and Wales "Doing legal business in the V4".

Grzegorz Wozniak is a member of the following organizations:

- International Bar Association (the law firm management committee),

- Anglo-Polish Law Association (President of the Association),

- Associazione Italo-Polacca degli Avvocati (President of the Association),

- New Circle Legal Network - a network of law firms which covers major European jurisdictions.

Top Trier in Private Client – The Legal 500 EMEA 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020;

Band 1 in Private Wealth – Chambers and Partners HNW 2017;

Band 2 in Private Wealth – Chambers and Partners HNW 2018 and 2019;

Highly Commended Award by The Law Society Of England And Wales For 'Excellence In International Legal Services' – The Law Society of England and Wales 2018;

Global Law Experts In Private Client Matters - Global Law Experts 2016.