Legal services for public administration units

What is the scope of legal service for public administration entities?

Service for public administration units includes ongoing legal advice and support in issuing and applying legal acts. We support municipalities, organisational units, and institutions in the area of administrative, local government, and civil law.

As part of the service we provide, among other things:

• reviewing draft resolutions and ordinances,
• preparing and reviewing administrative decisions,
• advice on the entity's employment and property matters,
• representation in court and administrative disputes.

To institutions from Pomerania we offer service tailored to the specifics of the public sector and public finance discipline.

How do we assist in issuing administrative decisions and applying the KPA?

We advise authorities on issuing administrative decisions in compliance with the Code of Administrative Procedure (KPA). We help conduct proceedings correctly - from initiation and the gathering of evidence, through ensuring the parties' active participation, to the proper justification and service of the decision.

We review draft decisions for compliance with substantive and procedural law, which reduces the risk of a decision being overturned on appeal. We also assist administrative authorities in Gdańsk and Gdynia in appeal proceedings and in matters concerning the declaration of invalidity and the reopening of proceedings.

How do we help in public procurement matters?

We support contracting authorities at every stage of public procurement proceedings. We advise on the preparation of documentation, including the terms of reference, and on the evaluation of tenders and the selection of the contractor in accordance with the Public Procurement Law.

We represent entities in appeal proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber (KIO) and advise on the performance and amendment of public procurement contracts. We help institutions from the Tri-City conduct proceedings in a way that limits the risk of breaching public finance discipline.

How do you represent entities before administrative courts?

We represent public administration bodies before the voivodeship administrative courts (WSA) and the Supreme Administrative Court (NSA). We prepare responses to complaints, draft cassation appeals and take part in hearings on behalf of the authority.

We also advise on matters concerning access to public information - from the proper handling of requests to defending the authority's position in the event of a complaint of inaction. To municipalities and institutions from Gdańsk, Gdynia and across Poland we provide full procedural support in administrative cases.