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Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal is a radczyni prawna (PL attorney-at-law) and successfully supports international companies (especially from the DACH region) in entering the Polish market, strategic development and ongoing business operations. Since the beginning of her professional career, she has worked in an international environment in smaller law firms in Poznan, where she advised clients (mainly German-speaking manufacturing companies from various industries) on the Polish market. She is the initiator of the renewable energy sector in our law firm. The focus of her professional and personal attention has always been on people and the environment, hence her specialization in labour law and human resources as well as advice in the field of renewable energies, among others.

Karolina is pragmatic and takes a pragmatic approach to solving legal issues. She looks for solutions and shows how to implement them effectively. She also enjoys passing on her knowledge and therefore frequently conducts training sessions for the firm's clients on employment law, with a particular focus on European legislation for an equal working environment. Karolina is the initiator and co-organiser of the conference on this topic (www.praktycydlahr.pl) and a lecturer of the postgraduate course ‘ESG compliance in a company’ at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

Karolina is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. In order to pursue her professional interests, she also completed postgraduate studies at the same university: studies in German law and environmental management. To get to know the language and culture better, Karolina spent a year in Germany as part of an international exchange programme during her time at secondary school.

Memberships

  • Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych in Poznań
  • Deutsch Polnischer Wirtschaftskreis in Poznań
  • Lions Club Patria
  • Youth For Understanding

Publications

  • Read Karolina's publications in our blog and find out more about the latest trends and analyses in the labour law and HR sector.

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal 

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal

Partner
Attorney at law in Poland

Expertise
Labour law and HR, Settlement of corporate disputes, Court and administrative proceedings , Production and industry, Investments in renewable energies

Languages
Polish, German, English

+0048 61 85 82 55 0
baralkiewicz@vonzanthier.pl
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