Lawful alliance

Brockhuis Schnell Jurczak Prusak (BSJP), which has offices in many major Polish cities, has merged with the Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati (CHSH) Austrian law firms' network. CHSH operates out of Vienna, Brussels, Bucharest and Budapest. The CHSH-BSJO group now employs 130 lawyers, which makes it the biggest German-speaking law firm in Poland.

"Thanks to this merger we'll be able to offer package services to our customers - we'll provide legal support to them in all CEE countries just like other international chains. In the future we're planning to open offices in Kiev and Sofia," said Christian Schnell, a partner in BSJP.

The group specializes in legal and tax services for companies especially in the real estate, finance and energy sectors. BSJP has recently advised companies such as Siemens VAI, Kaufland, OBI and Hypo Real Estate.

"We'll now be the only international law firm with offices in the most attractive investment regions in Poland. Other international legal advisers usually opt only for the capital city," Schnell added.

Until the end of this year both company names will be used, and later the BSJP name will be replaced with CHSH.