B2RLaw has launched a Cannabis practice, which will be co-led by Partner George Havaris and Counsel Malwina Niczke-Chmura.
According to B2RLaw, “the legal cannabis sector is a fast-expanding industry, with experts stating the market will grow to be worth USD 166 billion by 2025. The Polish medical cannabis market has set itself ahead of the game in Europe. As such the Polish medical cannabis market is becoming more and more open.” According to the firm, “the practice specializes in Cannabis law and regulation and provides unique insight into the complexities of Polish drug policy.”
George Havaris is a solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales and is a Corporate and Banking lawyer with experience on cross-border M&A and financing transactions. He began his career in 2004 at CMS Cameron McKenna in Warsaw before moving to Linklaters in 2005, where he spent another seven years. He joined B2RLaw legacy firm JSLegal in 2014, and he made Partner at the firm in 2020. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree at the University of Edinburgh in 2003, and a Graduate in Law degree at Nottingham Trent University in 2004.
Malwina Niczke-Chmura specializes in Life Sciences and Healthcare. "In particular," according to B2RLaw, "she focuses on creating distribution structures in the pharmaceutical market, including foreign markets.” Niczke-Chmura received her Master’s degree from the University in Warsaw in 2006.
“B2RLaw is committed to supporting companies in niche but fast-growing industry areas such as fintech and electric mobility,” Havaris commented. “Cannabis is one of those new industry areas where we, as a team, have been advising clients for quite some time. It was only natural for us to formally establish a practice which would clearly set out our experience and capabilities in a very exciting area."
Niczke-Chmura said that, “B2RLaw has a breadth of expertise and valuable specialism in a fast-growing area of the market. We have advised companies in the cannabis industry on regulatory aspects, such as bringing products to market, as well as on Corporate and M&A transactions. We look forward to supporting our existing clients, as well as new clients that value our knowledge and commercial understanding of a very specific market.”
