Practices

TAX AND LAW ADVISORY FOR HIGH-NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS

PATH provides advisory services to high-net-worth individuals with regard to sale of business assets, ownership structures, investment in real estate and in areas of expertise, including trust funds, foundations, financial and insurance products.

Our advisory services also apply to increasing the tax security of businesses and carrying out the process of relocation in Poland and abroad. Our law firm has valuable experience in tax advisory services for artists, athletes and individuals representing free professions. Our firm also has experience in designing tax structures for charities and non-profit organisations, and has dealt with tax issues related to the acquisition, storage and sales of cultural assets and works of art.

TAX ADVISORY IN THE AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW

PATH law firm advises on the tax structuring of foreign investments in Poland and Polish investments in international markets. Our services also include solving fiscal problems within the EU and providing customers with up-to-date information about new issues of tax law and their consequences.

CONDUCTING PROCEEDINGS AND CONTENTIOUS CASES IN THE AREA OF TAX LAW

PATH law firm deals with conducting comprehensive domestic and international tax disputes, proceedings in contentious matters and cases involving transfer pricing. The law firm also provides assistance in arbitration proceedings and the conclusion of both bilateral and multilateral agreements between Polish and foreign tax authorities.

CORPORATE LAW

PATH offers comprehensive corporate services to business entities with main focus on commercial law companies. We render services in the scope of establishment and liquidation of companies, branches, agencies, foundations and associations. We also provide legal assistance on an ongoing basis to companies and their bodies, including, among others, the organization of bodies’ meetings, capital increases, shares and stocks redemption, introduction of changes to corporate documents, drafting investment agreements. Our law office also advise in the transactions involving mergers, transformations and divisions, which often form part of a complex restructuring, where we advise on both legal and tax matters.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

PATH offers professional legal services in the scope of mergers and acquisitions, including the development of optimal legal and tax structures of a transaction, legal research and preparation of transaction documentation regarding sales of shares and stocks, assets and businesses, as well as divisions and mergers, including cross-border mergers. We also assist our clients during negotiations and represent them at offices and before courts during registration proceedings.

ADVISORY IN THE AREA OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX

PATH provides services that consist in designing the most efficient structures for the salaries of employees and board members – both Polish residents and foreigners. Our law firm provides analysis and advice, including the minimisation of the tax burden and social security contributions, which includes the rules applicable to severance pay.

COMPLIANCE

PATH has broad experience in performing legal audits, identifying legal risks, advisory relating to assuring compliance of internal regulations and agreements with currently applicable provisions of law, and developing and implementing ethical codes and signalling programmes.

CORPORATE SERVICES

If you are in need of professional services in the area of accounting and management accounting, we can recommend with pleasure our partner law firm, Awans Corporate Services – one of the longest-running tax and accounting offices in Poland. The firm has a team of experienced specialists, providing reliable and comprehensive support in the fields of accounting, payroll services and business consulting for small and medium-sized companies, corporations and individuals (especially those with free professions).