According to its client orientated approach EJSI ensures that the clients enjoy a close relationship with partners working for them within the different associated countries. EJSI has been present in Poland since 2001 adopting the form of a civil society, relying on its own office in Warsaw and composed of Polish-Spanish bilingual professionals who are specialized in providing legal advice for Spanish investment within many different sectors, such as: real-estate, industrial and distribution, implementation of societies and assistance of joint-venture operations, transport, complaints of withdrawal from contracts, litigation, etc...

Furthermore, because of the increasing presence of Polish companies in Spain, our office in Madrid imparts juridical assistance on a daily basis to all Polish companies and individuals who ask for our services in search of a resolution to their many enquiries and problems. Therefore, we advice and represent the Polish companies in sectors such as transport, construction and also temporary contracts for workers.

From the beginning, the presence of EJSI in Poland (Warsaw) was acknowledged as a priority, given the increasing importance of this country and its imminent entry as a complete member, to the European Union. In accordance to the client orientated approach, EJSI began its activities in Poland (Warsaw) in the year 2000, through the association with a local firm specialized in legal counsel in the business world. Since then, EJSI has increased its presence even more until it took the most definite step: initiating its own office composed of bilingual professionals, in July 2005. This allows EJSI to enhance the task of introducing Spanish companies and to consolidate the process of legal advice when investing in the polish market, due to its solid structure.

With a team of lawyers that is internationally regarded for its expertise our firm has developed a characteristic of broad disclosure, having participated as speakers in numerous conferences (Recoletos Group, Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, Chamber of Commerce of Guipúzcoa, Spanish Embassy in Poland, Intereconomía Group, PromoMadrid etc.) discussions, business conferences in Spain as well as Poland, to which we can establish that EJSI has become a Spanish reference in Poland.





The firm's core practice areas include the following:

• Real Estate Law: Comprehensive assistance is offered when determining the legal situation of the real estate, beginning with due diligence and proceeding to negotiation of contracts and preparing acquisition settlements, lease agreements, and all other type of contracts connected with real estate. Furthermore we offer help in the process of obtaining legal licences and in interventions before management bodies, in state operations, either residential or commercial ones, and up until the stages of writing up contracts and final assistance in project and building contracts and of sale or acquisition of real estate contracts as well. Our assistance is focused either on procedures regarding fiscal and legal person which means private property as well as on procedures regarding State owned land.

• Corporate Law: Legal advice and assistance in the formation of corporations, fusions, separations, joint ventures, holdings, etc…This activity is initiated during the preliminary phases of planning and determination of the fiscal strategy which is maintained during the full existence of the corporation (corporative agreements, contracts, etc…).

• Commercial/Trade Law: Legal advice and assistance in the discussion, stipulation and conclusion of contracts of acquisition or sale of good or services, franchising, agency, distribution, etc… Action is taken when matters of bankruptcy, suspension of payments, defence from competitors, etc…. arise

• International Corporate Finance: Advice and assistance provided when investing in new corporations or capital, creating financing contracts and taking international loans. Also in the opening of new bank accounts, subsidiaries, headquarters, agencies of institutions for collective investment, agencies for retirement funds, interventions with the national commission of the stock market and creation and establishment of service sector and investment companies.

• Administrative Law: Advice and assistance in matters concerning public administration, such as: authorisations, licences for commercial and economic activities, subsidies for corporations, participation in public contests and sales, matters concerning state administration. Impeachment of the administrative acts; actions in matter of Patrimonial Responsibilities of the State.

• Industrial and Intellectual Property Law: Legal advice, assistance and management of patents, brand names, know-how, industrial and intellectual property, copyrights.

• Employment Law: Legal advice and assistance in matters concerning employment contracts and solving issues arising due to trade union rights and concerning employment relations. Hiring of foreign labour and executives. Also legal advice and assistance is provided both in and outside courts in employment, trade union and autonomous relations.

• Tax Law: General tax consultancy concerning tax law. Tax audits, drafting of fiscal due diligences, assessment of corporate and personal tax liabilities. Business tax planning. Tax advisement on contracts. Consultancy on transfer costs. Value added tax. Legal representation on behalf of taxpayers before tax authorities and administrative in connection with tax litigation.