To help deal with the huge influx of Ukrainian refugees, the law firms of Globalaw, the international law network are joining forces to advise refugees how to best and most efficiently legalize their stay and complete all underlying formalities. Watch this space for information on the opening of help desks in Globalaw member firms.  

In Poland, with over 120,000 refugees already while 1 million expected, DeBenedetti Majewski Szcześniak has already started over past weekend. The contact points for Poland are Magdalena Małocha (mmalocha@dms-legal.com) and Anna Stasiewicz (astasiewicz@dms-legal.com).

Romania will be also helping refugees and Hammond Partnership will be providing legal aid and assistance. The contact point for Romania is Mihaela Lupu - mlupu@hplegal.ro.

Hammond Partnership can trace its origins back to 1990 when Nicholas Hammond became the first foreign lawyer to open an office in Romania after January 1990. Hammond Partnership brings the experience of lawyers from different legal disciplines to provide a full-service commercial law firm in Romania for foreign and Romanian clients. With international and Romanian lawyers, they are able to anticipate obstacles, seize opportunities, resolve the cases and complete the transactions. The senior lawyers of the firm have many years of combined legal experience in Romania and the United Kingdom which has been gained by being involved in transactions of all sizes and nature.

Globalaw aims to be recognized as a leading global network for providing the clients of its member firms excellent, personalized legal services. Its mission is to provide an effective platform to seamlessly address and meet global client needs thanks to a personal and collaborative relationship among selected and high quality firms throughout the world.