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Wieczorek Stępień sp.p.

New-technology law

Law for those who build technology.

We guide founders and investors through financing, technology protection and transactions — from the first round to the investor exit.

First consultation is confidential and without obligation. If we are not the right firm for your matter, we will say so plainly.

practice areas
4
bilingual service
PL / EN
year founded
2018

Practice areas

Four areas. One market — technology.

  • Transactions & Financing

    „We’re closing a round or selling the company — and I don’t know whether the wording in the documents will surprise me two years from now.”

    Term sheets, investment agreements, due diligence on the company and investor side, round structure, founder vesting, investor exit and M&A transactions.

  • IP & Technology

    „Our value is the technology — but I’m not sure the rights to it are really inside the company.”

    Cleaning up the IP rights chain, agreements with creators and contractors, licences, open source, data and AI, trademarks and trade secrets.

  • Corporate & Contracts

    „We’re growing faster than our contracts. I want a structure that survives the next round and doesn’t get in the way.”

    Group structure, corporate governance, shareholders’ agreements, board rules, commercial and SaaS contracts, and day-to-day corporate support.

  • Employment & Compliance

    „New obligations are coming in — NIS2, pay transparency, the AI Act — and I don’t know whether or how they apply to us.”

    ESOPs and incentive plans, hiring and B2B, NIS2 compliance, pay transparency, the AI Act and GDPR in a technology product.

Who we work for

Three types of client. Each with a different question.

A page has 5 seconds for the right client to recognise it is for them. So we say plainly who we guide.

  • Founder spółki technologicznej

    Tech-company founder · PL

    Before a round or just after it

    Trigger: a term sheet from a fund they cannot read. Looking for a lawyer who "gets startups", not a do-everything firm.

  • Zarząd / dział prawny

    Board / legal department

    Tidying up before an investment

    Vetting the team’s publications and experience. Trigger: a new area — compliance, IP — or getting the company ready for a round.

  • Inwestor zagraniczny

    Foreign investor · EN

    Entering the Polish market

    Needs a local adviser for a specific transaction. Requires EN service and bilingual documents. Higher value, lower volume.

Experience

Selected matters. Anonymised.

All matters
  • B2B SaaS · Series A

    A round without losing control

    The founder was closing a round with a fund that put forward an aggressive term sheet — with a path to losing operational control.

    Outcome: round closed on time, the founder kept operational majority.

  • Deep-tech · Due diligence

    IP that is genuinely inside the company

    The investor halted the process on a red flag: part of the core technology was created before the company was formed, outside it.

    Outcome: chain of rights cleaned up, red flag cleared before closing.

  • Marketplace · ESOP

    An option plan for the team

    The company wanted to tie in key people before a round, but feared the tax consequences and founder dilution.

    Outcome: ESOP implemented, pool and vesting agreed with the investor up front.

Insights

Regulatory hooks, before they become a problem.

All insights

How we work

Three principles we do not negotiate.

  • Technology only

    We decline matters outside the sector to keep our depth. This is not a limitation — it is an edge: we know your market better than a firm that takes everything.

  • The language of business, not statutes

    Every document has to be clear to a founder without a legal translator. We turn risk into decisions you can actually make.

  • Predictability

    You know the scope and the cost up front. A fixed quote and a clear scope — no hidden hours, no invoices that surprise you.

First step

The first step is a 30-minute call.

No strings and no jargon. Tell us where you stand — we will say whether and how we can help.

Booking a call or filling in the form does not create a lawyer–client relationship.