This year’s Legal 500 results for Poland saw significant changes over a range of practice areas. The most active practice areas were Real Estate and Commercial, Corporate and M&A with 9% and 8.6% of the overall moves, respectively. Another interesting fact about these results was that 85% of the moves were positive. Out of the 254 overall moves, 216 were firms and individuals that either moved up or were newly added. To put this into perspective, there are jurisdictions which we tracked, in which there were more negative movements than positive.
Firm Rankings:
The Legal 500 Poland results saw 175 moves across the board with 80 firms added to various practice areas. The practice area with the most moves was Commercial, Corporate and M&A, with 20 moves. Interestingly, the vast majority of those moves were positive, with 11 firms going up and 8 new firms added. The practice area that saw the least amount of change was Investment Funds, which stayed the same.
Furthermore, this year saw some practice areas removing or adding tiers to their rankings list. Insurance added a Firms to Watch category but, removed Tier 3 along with the two firms previously listed in this category. Private Client, Public Procurement and Restructuring and Insolvency also all added a Firms to Watch category.
This year 11 firms moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1 or were added to Tier 1. The best performing firms this year, like with Chambers Global, were Baker McKenzie and SSW Pragmatic Solutions. The former saw eight positive moves, two of which were to tier 1. Meanwhile, SSW saw seven positive moves and one move to Tier 1. Interestingly, SSW was also one of the best-performing firms in Chambers.
Individual Rankings:
The Legal 500 individual results saw 75 total moves, where Real Estate had the most changes with 8 moves and Banking & Finance was at a close second with 7 moves.
Alternatively, the practice areas that saw the least change were Investment Funds,with no changes, and Restructuring & Insolvency, with one move.
This year 29 lawyers moved into the leading lawyers table. The most improved firm with 11 of its lawyers with positive moves, two of which were newly added to leading lawyers, was Dentons. It is also interesting to note that Dentons was the most improved firm in the individual category for Chambers as well.
Congratulations to all the firms who participated! Whether you and your firm had positive or negative results, remember that there is always next year as the Legal 500 EMEA submissions deadline for 2024 will be announced in late May.
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