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Anna Szermach

Dr. ANNA SZERMACH

Partner, Advocate

Regional representative of the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (PPCC) Lower Silesia,

Lecturer

Dr. Anna Szermach is an Advocate, holder of a PhD degree in legal sciences, and a graduate of doctoral studies at the University of Wrocław, specializing in commercial and civil law. She has participated as a speaker in many national and international conferences and training sessions. Additionally, Dr. Anna Szermach is the author of numerous articles, academic papers, and monographs on commercial, civil, and family law.

As a lecturer in the legal apprenticeship (advocate) program at the District Bar Council in Wrocław, Dr. Anna Szermach conducts classes on various topics, including the settlement of de facto relationships after partners separate and the drafting of wills. She has extensive experience in conducting educational activities at the Faculty of Law of the University of Wrocław and the Faculty of Law at the WSB University (Higher School of Banking).

For many years, Dr. Anna Szermach has also conducted training sessions for third parties and corporate clients. She specializes in providing legal opinions in her areas of expertise, including corporate law, economic law, commercial law, and family law.

Beyond her academic pursuits, Dr. Anna Szermach gladly contributes pro bono in various educational initiatives, advocating for the rule of law in Poland.

In her spare time, she commits herself to traveling and charitable activities.

 

Key areas of expertise:

  • Commercial law and corporate law
  • Transfer of general rights and obligations/shares/stocks of companies
  • Settlement of partners’ assets
  • Mergers, divisions, and transformations of companies
  • Protection of minority partners/shareholders
  • Drafting agreements and company statutes
  • Division of marital property upon termination of joint ownership
  • Real estate law
  • Inheritance law/estate divisions
  • Settlement of cohabitation (common-law marriage)
  • Settlement of same-sex partnerships
  • Inheritance and cohabitation (common-law marriage)
  • Division of marital community property

 

Positions/memberships:

  • Lecturer in the legal apprenticeship (advocate) program at the District Bar Council in Wroclaw
  • Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce
  • Western Chamber of Commerce

 

Foreign languages:

  • Italian
  • English

 

Sample publications:

  • Monograph “Shares in a limited liability company as subject to marital community property”, C.H. Beck 2019
  • “Determining the scope of participation and voting rights at a shareholders’ meeting in a limited liability company”, Rejent 2019
  • “Is it worth being a minority shareholder in a limited liability company?” Code of Commercial Partnerships and Companies after 15 years of enforcement edited by Prof. Józef Frąckowiak, Wolters Kluwer Polska 2018
  • “Transfer of shares in a limited liability company subject to marital community property”, PPiA 2015
  • “Fair or economically efficient, or what the law should be like”, Wrocław Legal Studies 2014
  • “Participation in a limited liability company in the context of statutory marital community property”, Palestra 2013