Grzegorz Ruszczyk
Grzegorz Ruszczyk is Partner of Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k.– a Polish boutique law firm which is exclusively specialized in providing Labor and Employment Law advice to national and international businesses. He is the head of the litigation practice.
Grzegorz specializes in representing clients in court disputes in all areas of employment and labor law, including in the scope of terminating employment contracts and related claims, bullying/mobbing, discrimination, overtime and additional benefits. He has vast experience in representing clients in proceedings before the Polish Supreme Court. He participated in many anti-discrimination committees involved in resolving intra-organizational disputes and employees’ claims.
Grzegorz also advises clients on internal regulations and policies, TUPE transfers as well as relations with trade unions and other employees’ representations.
Specific skills:
- Employment Litigation
- Discrimination
- Reorganizations & Restructuring
- Trade Union Negotiations
Languages:
Professional memberships:
- IBA – International Bar Association
- Warsaw Bar Association, 2010
Education:
- Warsaw University, Faculty of Law, 2005
Patrycja Zawirska
Patrycja Zawirska is Partner – Founder of Zawirska Ruszczyk sp.k. – a Polish boutique law firm which is exclusively specialized in providing Labor and Employment Law advice to national and international businesses.
Patrycja specializes in complex reorganization and restructuring processes, managing relations with employee representatives and in working time matters. She has a vast experience in ‘sensitive’ disputes with employees (work accidents, discrimination, bullying/mobbing, breach of enterprise secrets and ethical rules). She represents clients in court disputes in the scope of, e.g. terminating employment contracts and related claims, bullying/mobbing, discrimination, overtime, bonuses, etc.
Over the past ten years Patrycja has been consistently ranked in Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence. In 2022 she was ranked as “Band 3”. The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 recognized Patrycja Zawirska as a leading lawyer in Poland (Leading Individual).
Specific skills:
- Reorganizations & Restructuring
- Human Resources Policies
- Trade Union Negotiations
- Discrimination & Sensitive Ethics Matters
- Accidents at Work and Occupational H&S
- Employment Disputes
Languages:
Professional memberships:
- Warsaw Bar Association, 2011
Education:
- Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law – PhD, 2011
- European University of Law and Administration in Warsaw, Faculty of Law, 2005
