Osborne Clarke opens office in Warsaw

Osborne Clarke in Poland brings together the legal services business of multi-professional services firm MDDP, strengthened by a number of lawyers joining from well-known national independent firms.   

Osborne Clarke’s Warsaw office will be led by co-managing partners Olgierd Swierzewski and Tomasz Olkiewicz, while the wider team will comprise a total of six partners, 24 lawyers and four business support staff.   

Previously managing partner at MDDP Law, Tomasz is a corporate M&A and tax lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience advising clients from the technology, media and communications, energy and utilities, real estate, and life sciences sectors.

Tomasz previously was a part of MDDP Tax, and prior to that was a senior manager at EY Tax.  

For his part, Olgierd was previously CEO and head of the technology transaction group in a well-known law firm, and vice president of the board at Lotos Paliwa, one of Poland’s largest oil companies.

He advises clients on technology transactions and transfers, fundraising and financing, joint ventures, technology procurement, outsourcing, data protection, as well as the regulatory aspects of digital business. Olgierd also spent eight years as GC for Accor Hotels.  

Osborne Clarke’s new Polish team will have a combined portfolio comprising international and national clients, initially targeting clients across Osborne ‘s key sectors including technology, media and communications, energy and utilities, and real estate and infrastructure, expanding to further areas as the team grows.

The new team will also maintain its mutual referral relationship with MDDP. 

“Poland is an important and strategic move for us, given it’s the fifth largest EU economy and very well positioned for targeting international businesses in central and eastern Europe,” Omar Al-Nuaimi, international CEO at Osborne Clarke, said.

“It’s also a market that’s increasingly under pressure given the rapidly evolving situation in the Ukraine and the broader geopolitical factors.” he added.