How can we help you?
We assist our clients before courts of all types and degrees, administrative and prosecuting authorities, in arbitration proceedings,
disciplinary proceedings,mediations, and negotiations.
We offer both ongoing legal services and one-time assistance in solving legal issues.
What sets us apart is our individual approach to each case. Our legal knowledge and professional experience guarantee effective
and comprehensive legal support – for private individuals and entrepreneurs, mainly from Poland, Germany, Austria
and countries of the former Eastern Bloc.
Our areas of expertise
Intangible Assets and Industrial Property | Press Law and Advertising | IT and New Technologies | Data Protection
Labour Law | Criminal Law | Support for Foreigners | Disciplinary Proceedings
- formations, mergers, acquisitions, transformation, and liquidations of companies
- support for corporate bodies, including drafting internal regulations
- advisory services for ongoing company operations
- bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings
- debt recovery cases
- property law (adverse possession, easements, dissolution of co-ownership)
- inheritance matters (inheritance acquisition, estate division, reserved shares, wills)
- drafting and reviewing contracts
- cooperation with bailiffs and notaries
- cases concerning loans indexed to foreign currencies (CHF, EUR, JPY)
- comprehensive service from contract review, through filing a lawsuit, to obtaining payment and mortgage deletion
- support in mediation and settlement negotiations
- divorces, separations, annulments
- alimony
- property division
- child contact arrangements
- parental authority
- incapacitation
- family mediation
- parental child abduction
- protection of personal rights of individuals and legal entities
- trademark registration
- transfer of industrial property rights
- protection of copyright and related rights
- press corrections
- press title registration
- advertising of sensitive products
- online advertising campaigns
- management of internet forums
- drafting, reviewing, and negotiating license agreements, implementation, maintenance, service, and outsourcing contracts
- comprehensive legal support for transactions involving software, including creation and commercialization of IT products
- preparation of regulations, privacy policies, and other compliance documents
- advice on e-commerce projects, including agreements related to online trade
- preparing and reviewing integration agreements involving cooperation between IT system providers, data processors, and subcontractors
- support in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud-based solutions, and SaaS/IaaS data processing projects
- assistance in managing legal risks in IT projects, including sector-specific regulations
- implementation of GDPR provisions and other personal data processing regulations (e.g., sector-specific EDPB, UODO, GIODO, NIS2 guidelines)
- ongoing advice on ensuring business operations comply with data protection laws, including data collection, storage, profiling, and sharing
- preparation and updating of complete GDPR documentation, security policies, data protection impact assessments (DPIA), records of processing activities, and risk analyses
- conducting GDPR and ISO compliance audits
- advice on personal data protection in digital environments, including cloud tools, mobile apps, social media, and monitoring systems
- representing clients before the President of the Polish Data Protection Office (UODO) and in court proceedings related to data breaches
- advice on projects where privacy by design and privacy by default are key, integrating legal, technological, and organizational requirements
- representation before the court in employment cases
- work regulations, remuneration regulations, social benefits fund regulations, and other labour law acts
- employment contracts, management contracts, non-compete and confidentiality agreements
- cases against the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)
- offences against property, reputation, economic turnover, and document credibility
- fiscal crimes
- workplace and traffic accidents
- permits for acquiring real estate in Poland
- cross-border family matters
- residence legalization procedure
- sworn translators
- lawyers, legal advisers, tax advisers, notaries, bailiffs
- doctors, dentists, pharmacists
- architects, construction engineers, statutory auditors
Team
Maciej Sierota
Attorney‑at‑law, Partner
- legal support for IT contracts (implementation, maintenance, licensing agreements, cooperation in IT projects, service agreements related to IT systems integration, and more)
- investment agreements
- mergers, divisions, and transformations of commercial law companies
- legal due diligence
- servicing corporate bodies, including drafting internal regulations
- matters related to the provision of electronic services, including drafting terms and conditions of service
- matters related to legal support for advertising campaigns conducted via the Internet
- employment-related matters
- a graduate of the Faculty of Secular and Canon Law at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
- a member of the Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors (since 2004)
- a participant in numerous complex M&A projects, including those carried out by public companies
- a practitioner fluent in English, focused on finding optimal solutions for clients, ensuring a good working atmosphere and the highest quality of cooperation
- Phone:+48 600 409 611
- Email:maciej.sierota@sglegal.pl
PhD Dominika Wójcik
Attorney‑at‑law
- I conduct cases before common courts in the field of civil law, family and guardianship law, as well as intangible assets and press law.
- I provide ongoing corporate legal services for clients.
- I provide advice on the implementation and application of personal data protection regulations
- I have a PhD in Law (specializing in civil procedure) – Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
- I have a MA in Psychology – Faculty of Social Sciences at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
- a Graduate of postgraduate studies in Law of New Technologies at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- a Member of the Warsaw Bar Association
- the Secretary of the Civil Law and Civil Procedure Section of the Warsaw Bar Council
- a Certified mediator
- Phone:+48 669 363 474
- Email:dominika.wojcik@sglegal.pl
Paweł Gugała
Attorney‑at‑law, Partner
- I have extensive litigation experience gained from handling several hundred cases before common courts in the fields of civil, commercial, family, and white-collar criminal law
- for many years I have been assisting consumers in Foreign currency loan issues (primarily on Swiss franc-denominated loans)
- I specialize in conducting cross-border disputes
- I advise numerous translation agencies and translators, acting, among others, as defence counsel in several dozen cases before the Professional Liability Commission of Sworn Translators
- a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Institute of German Studies at the University of Warsaw, the German Law School of the University of Warsaw and the University of Bonn, as well as postgraduate Consumer Protection Law studies at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- a member of the Warsaw Bar Association since 2010)
- an attorney listed among the lawyers recommended by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Warsaw
- a sworn translator of the German language since 1999
- a lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Translation Studies Program at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw
- Phone:+48 606 644 562
- Email:pawel.gugala@sglegal.pl
Contact
Our law firm is located in Praga Południe, Warsaw.
Depending on the client’s preference, we provide legal advice at our office, online, by phone, by email or at the client’s location.
Address
Marii Rodziewiczówny Street 1/ 808, 04-187 Warsaw, (staircase G, 2nd floor)
Phone
+48 22 370 23 20
SG LEGAL SIEROTA GUGAŁA Spółka jawna z siedzibą w Warszawie (04-187) przy ul. Marii Rodziewiczówny 1 lok. 808, wpisana do Rejestru Przedsiębiorców Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego przez Sąd Rejonowy dla M. St. Warszawy w Warszawie, XIII Wydział Gospodarczy – Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego pod numerem KRS 0000543273, NIP 1132885183