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About us
Tomasz Darkowski Law Firm provides legal services to individual and business clients.
The founder of the firm, Attorney Tomasz Darkowski, has extensive professional experience, particularly in the field of international law. He gained his expertise through a series of expert missions organized by the European Commission – TAIEX – in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a co-author of the “Impact Assessment” prepared for the Ministry of Justice of Serbia, analyzing the obligations arising from EU accession in the area of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, as well as numerous other publications, including:
- “This is not a law against entrepreneurs” – interview in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, January 8, 2019.
- “The Austrian Model of Corporate Criminal Liability” – published in Prokuratura i Prawo, issue 6/2018.
- “Corporate Liability – Searching for a New Model” – published in Na Wokandzie, 2017.
- “Conditional Suspension of Sentence – An Attempt to Assess the Potential Impact of the Amendment on Criminal Policy” – in Conditional Suspension of Imprisonment in the Light of Criminal Law Reform, edited by A. Adamski, M. Berent, and M. Leciak, Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2016.
- “Selected Issues Concerning Agreements Concluded by the European Union and the European Communities” – in Agreements Concluded by the European Communities in the Case Law of the Member States’ Courts, edited by A. Gubrynowicz, Studies and Analyses of Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, 2008.
- “The Abolition of Exequatur for Foreign Judicial Decisions within the Common Judicial Area – A Comparison of Existing Instruments” – in Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Criminal Matters, edited by Prof. Andrzej Wróbel and Prof. Władysław Czapliński, C.H. Beck, 2007.
- T. Darkowski, D. Jasińska, “Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters,” in The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice of the European Union: Origins, Current State and Development Prospects, edited by F. Jasiński and K. Smoter, Warsaw, 2005.
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Services
The firm provides legal support to both individuals and businesses. Our assistance is comprehensive and covers a wide range of matters across various areas of law.
We invite you to explore the detailed list of the firm’s services.
Legal fee
The firm provides legal services based on long-term retainer agreements as well as one-time engagements.
As part of ongoing cooperation, the firm provides comprehensive legal support for the client’s business activities, including legal consultations, drafting and reviewing letters, contracts, and other documents, participation in legal negotiations, and representation in court proceedings.
For individual clients, we provide legal assistance on a one-time basis. Our services include legal advice, preparation of legal opinions, and representation in court proceedings.
Depending on the case, we apply different billing methods:
- Hourly billing, calculated as the product of the time spent on the case and the agreed hourly rate,
- Flat-rate billing, with a predetermined fee agreed for a specified scope of work,
- Success fee – a percentage of the compensation, damages, or other amount obtained for the client.
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