State aid.
Project controls and repayment of funding.
Administrative proceedings.
Legal advice to businesses on the implementation and financial settlement of publicly funded projects and in disputes with funding authorities. Support includes project controls, financial corrections, repayment of funding, termination of grant agreements, and administrative, administrative court, and civil proceedings concerning public funding.
Warsaw
Experience
Nearly 20 years of experience gained in public administration, funding institutions, and law firms.
Expert Knowledge
Legal expertise combined with in-depth knowledge of procedures and institutional practice.
Commitment
Direct personal involvement, efficient communication and a clear course of action.
Trust
Confidentiality, clear terms of cooperation, and transparent billing.
Dr Anna Kulińska
I am an attorney-at-law with a doctoral degree in law. I specialize in State aid law, European Union law, and administrative proceedings.
For nearly 20 years, I have worked on matters at the intersection of business, public administration and public funding. I gained experience in public administration, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), as well as leading law firms.
My practice covers project controls, financial corrections, repayment of funding, project sustainability, SME status, ownership changes affecting funding recipients, and the liability of management board members for the repayment of public funds.
I also represent and advise businesses in administrative proceedings and proceedings before administrative courts.
Experience gained from the perspective of institutions assessing projects and allocating public funds.
Understanding the impact of institutional decisions on business.
Experience in proceedings before appellate authorities and administrative courts.
Services
The Law Firm specializes in State aid, public funding, administrative proceedings, and proceedings before administrative courts.
Project controls, audits, and repayment of funding
When a funding institution carries out a project control, imposes a financial correction, or demands repayment of funding.
Proceedings before administrative authorities, administrative courts, and ordinary courts
We support businesses in administrative proceedings, proceedings before administrative courts, and civil proceedings concerning public funding.
Project modifications. Project indicators.
Project settlement.
We provide ongoing legal support to funding recipients in the implementation and financial settlement of publicly funded projects.
experience
The Law Firm has experience in matters where entrepreneurs must respond to actions taken by funding institutions, administrative authorities, or entities performing public tasks. These include project controls and repayment of funding, disputes concerning an entrepreneur’s status, and administrative decisions.
Project Controls and Repayment of Funding
Cases involving post-control reports, objections to control findings, financial corrections, demands for repayment, and decisions determining the amount of funding to be repaid.
Sustainability and Indicators
Cases involving breaches of project sustainability requirements, failure to achieve indicators, ineligible expenditure, project changes, and disputes with funding institutions after project completion.
Ownership Changes Affecting Funding Recipients
Cases involving the risk of losing SME status, assessment of capital and personal links, sale of shares, restructuring of corporate groups, and the impact of transactions on support already received.
Liability of Management Board Members
Cases involving proceedings to hold management board members jointly and severally liable, to the full extent of their personal assets, for the company’s obligations relating to repayment of funding.
Unlawful State Aid
Cases involving the risk of distortion of competition caused by unlawful State aid, assessment of whether support complies with EU law, and aid granted to competitors operating in the same market.
Letters, Appeals, and Complaints
Cases involving responses to letters from authorities, explanations, procedural submissions, appeals against decisions, requests for reconsideration, and complaints filed with administrative courts.
Cost Eligibility
Cases involving expenditure declared ineligible following a project control during the sustainability period. The authority found that the expenditure had been incurred contrary to the project schedule.
Who we advise
The Law Firm advises clients whose matters require specialized expertise in State aid law, public funding, and administrative and court proceedings.
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contact
If your matter requires legal assessment, please send a brief description and the key documents relating to the matter.
+48 603 342 610