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The team is made up of advocates and associates experienced in matters across a range of fields of law. Every matter goes to the person whose experience and specialisation suit it, and the client stays in direct contact with the advocate conducting it.

Portrait of advocate Piotr Ćwiertnia
Admitted to the bar
September 2016
Advocate's training
January 2013 – December 2015
Jagiellonian University
Law, 2012
Jagiellonian University
Cultural Studies, 2013

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Piotr Ćwiertnia

Combines many years of litigation experience with practice in disciplinary matters and in construction law.

He has practised as an advocate in Kraków since 2016, principally representing clients in court and pre-trial proceedings and before public authorities and law-enforcement bodies. His practice covers matters in several fields of law, among them criminal, civil, administrative and construction law, with particular attention to disputes arising out of development projects and the carrying out of building works.

He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 2012. He then completed advocate's training at the Kraków Bar Association between 2013 and 2015, gaining professional experience alongside advocates' and legal advisers' firms.

In 2016, having passed the bar examination, he was admitted to the roll of advocates. He has developed his practice steadily since, representing clients both in court and pre-trial proceedings and before public authorities, law-enforcement bodies and other institutions.

He has experience in construction law matters, in particular those concerning development projects, the carrying out of building works and disputes between the parties to a construction project. He represents clients before the architectural-and-construction administration and the building inspectorate, and in court proceedings concerning the carrying out of a project and the liability of those involved in it.

Alongside his legal education he pursued an interest in the cultures and civilisations of Asia. In 2013 he completed a degree in Cultural Studies, specialising in Civilisations of the Far East, at the Faculty of Philology of the Jagiellonian University.

In his work he combines many years at the bar with an individual approach to every matter, concentrating on reading the client's situation correctly, settling on the right strategy and representing their interests effectively.

Languages

  • Polishnative
  • Englishfluent
  • Germanintermediate
  • Italianbasic
  • Japanesebasic
  • Chinesebasic
Portrait of advocate Andrzej Świetla
Admitted to the bar
June 2026
Advocate's training
January 2023 – December 2025
Kraków University of Economics
Law, 2022
Jagiellonian University
Contract law, postgraduate, 2025
ORCID
0000-0002-5634-5708

Adwokat

Andrzej Świetla

Combines legal training with practical experience of running a limited company and specialist knowledge of contract law.

He graduated in Law from the Institute of Law at the Kraków University of Economics, receiving the Rector's Scholarship for top students three times. In February 2025 he completed postgraduate studies at the Jagiellonian University in the law of consumer and commercial contracts. The programme was taught by leading figures from legal scholarship and practice, among them academics, advocates, judges of the Supreme Court and former judges of the Constitutional Tribunal.

In December 2025 he completed his advocate's training, deepening his experience of the law in practice — in particular in drafting pleadings and legal opinions and in representing clients.

He gained professional experience both in legal practice, working with advocates' and legal advisers' firms during his studies, and in management. From 2017 to 2021 he sat on the board of a limited company, gaining practical experience of running a business, of commercial decision-making and of how a company works organisationally and legally.

From 2019 to 2021 he was president of the “Schola Legem” student law society. He co-authored an academic legal publication and has organised and chaired academic conferences.

In his work he combines legal knowledge, litigation experience and a practical view of how businesses operate, concentrating on establishing precisely what the client needs and finding effective answers to their legal and commercial situation.

Languages

  • Polishnative
  • Englishfluent
  • Germanadvanced, DSD C1
  • Italianbasic