Bartłomiej Jarco specialises in energy law, commercial company law and civil law.
He focuses his interests mainly on litigation and arbitration, in particular on energy law and corporate disputes. He has extensive experience in conducting and coordinating complex litigation and arbitration proceedings in various sectors, including those taking place in various jurisdictions. He has several years of experience in disputes involving proceedings related to the determination of rights to shares in companies. He has represented Polish and foreign entities in numerous court and arbitration proceedings related to the annulment and revocation of shareholders' resolutions, exclusion of shareholders from the company and determination of the non-existence of resolutions.
He also specialises in energy law, in particular issues related to renewable energy sources, including connection fees. He is experienced in negotiating and concluding contracts for the sale of electricity and property rights.
Expert in the field of compensation litigation, including disputes over the damage caused to the creditors of a subsidiary company by the actions of a shareholder.
As part of his practice, he has also advised on numerous unfair competition disputes including disputes concerning the operation of stem cell banks.
He has represented numerous clients in processes related to real estate transactions and investment and infrastructure projects. He also has extensive experience in representing clients in mediation proceedings.
As part of his practice, he supports clients not only at the litigation stage, but also at the stage preceding it (the trial preparation stage), as well as during mediations and negotiations aimed at an amicable conclusion.
He has also represented investors in numerous administrative court disputes related to decisions on the construction of wind farms.
Winner in the competition of "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" Rising Stars Lawyers - leaders of tomorrow (2014).
In particular, has advised:
Wind farm owners
in a number of disputes with major Polish energy companies over the termination and refusal to perform long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and contracts for the sale of property rights arising from certificates of origin, which are confirmation of the generation of energy in a renewable source (CPA)
Wind farm owner
in precedent-setting litigation over the refund of an improperly charged and collected fee for connecting a wind farm to the power grid
Polish and Swedish shareholders
in disputes with a minority shareholder over the acquisition of control of a company operating a hotel investment in Poland, including disputes over exclusion from the company, bankruptcy proceedings and settlement discussions in respect of the settlement of the implementation of the investment
Stone Harbor Holdings B.V.
in court and arbitration proceedings concerning an attempted hostile takeover by a Finnish investment fund of its shares in a company that is one of the EU's leading suppliers of promotional products, and in settlement talks ending the dispute
ZUE S.A. and Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Komunikacyjnych in Kraków S.A.
in the merger of those enterprises
T-Mobile Polska S.A.
in the merger of the T-Mobile group entities and transformation of T-Mobile Polska S.A.
Martifer Renewables
on the sale of wind farm projects in northern Poland and in a dispute on the basis of a contract for the sale of shares in the company owning the wind farm
Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa S.A. and T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
in Poland's largest corporate dispute with an international media conglomerate (and its subsidiaries) over shares in Poland's leading telecoms operator, a dispute that involved numerous litigation and non-litigation proceedings, followed by settlement talks on the matter
Socrates Investment S.A. and Secus Investment Sp. z o.o.
in disputes concerning challenges to resolutions of general meetings of joint-stock companies, in proceedings concerning compulsory repurchase and buy-back of shares and in disputes concerning claims related to share swaps in the process of consolidation of companies in the electricity sector
Gerium Group
in disputes (including for reconciliation of land and mortgage registers and for deprivation of enforceability of enforcement titles) against the background of settlements of the preliminary agreement for the sale of real estate
TC Dębica S.A.
in corporate disputes, including disputes regarding the appeal against the resolutions of the general meetings and the appointment of the expert auditor
Key shareholder of Gerda Sp. z o.o.
in corporate disputes, including disputes regarding the right to shares in the company, the exclusion of partners, the return of dividends and the appeal against the resolutions of the general meetings
