Lukasz Burakowski

Lukasz Burakowski

Managing Associate, Employment, Warsaw

"I am an employment lawyer having strong corporate background with over 10 years of experience. I advise the leading Polish and international entities on standalone labour law matters as well as on all labour issues within the framework of M&A transactions."

Overview

Education and qualifications

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Overview

Łukasz Burakowski is a Polish qualified lawyer (radca prawny) specialising in labour law. He has over 10 years’ experience covering a broad spectrum of labour law issues including, among others, employee transfer issues, preparation, negotiation and termination of key management agreements and other labour law documents, implementation of HR regulations and policies and establishment of Employee Pension Schemes and Employee Capital Plans. He also provides day-to-day employment advice and has extensive experience in due diligence processes regarding the analysis of all types of legal and employment documents. His experience spans a number of sectors, including FMCG, IT, medical, financial services and real estate.

Work highlights

Łukasz’ recent highlights includes advising on employment- and pensions-related issues for:

  • Unilever, in connection with internal reorganisation and separation of its tea business;
  • Unilever, in connection with separation and sale of its spreads business;
  • BNP Paribas, in connection with the strategic partnership and contribution of part of its business to Allfunds;
  • CRH, in connection with a number of transactions;
  • a global leader in financial services offering solutions to the world's most important corporations, governments and institutions, in connection with the establishment of the Employment Pension Schemes in Polish entities from the group;
  • entities from banking, financial services, IT and real estate sectors in matters relating to employment and termination of contracts with employees, including key employees;
  • a variety of Clients in day-to-day employment issues, including hiring of employees, drafting internal regulations, bonus and remuneration schemes, terms of employment and their change, employee relations management.

Education and qualifications

Łukasz studied law at the University of Warsaw. He also attended Center for American Law Studies organised by University of Florida Levin College of Law. 

He was awarded twice with the scholarship for the outstanding academic achievements by the Minister of Science and Higher Education.

He speaks Polish and English.

Published works