We have accompanied employees and entrepreneurs in matters related to foreign finance and international business for over 24 years. Since the beginning of mass movements abroad in the purpose of gained employment, we advised our clients on how to find themselves in the new political and economic reality in Europe as well as on how to make money during foreign travels. Assisting employees, entrepreneurs, investors and companies in various industries, we have gained enormous experience and valuable contacts all over the world. Over this period, entire generations of various nationalities have used our services and we have created an incredible history of the company and all its entities on an international arena. K&W Kanzlei, Kancelaria K&W, KOMMERZ and Football Invest – since the beginning operating in Germany and neighbouring countries, till their fast development in Poland and countries of Central Europe, through the southern, northern and eastern part of the European continent, till the intercontinental projects in America, Asia, Australia and Africa. Building the company from scratch, with titanic effort and care for every single element of development, in 2019 we achieved the level that by far exceeds our initial plans. Today the company is a rapidly developing business, highly successful on foreign markets, with a grounded position among its clients and excellent credentials.
1996 The beginning and creation of a scientific base
On 10th July 1996 during business conference taking place in Heidelberg – the city famous for one of the best and the oldest universities in Europe – a decision is made on establishing a professional company that would provide comprehensive assistance to the Polish population working in Germany, running business activity on the German market or conducting economic transactions with German trade partners. Different legal systems, different rules that govern finance, taxes, accounting and payroll abroad, other mentality of foreign business partners and changing economic conditions as well as new markets and new possibilities on foreign markets resulted in arising of our clients’ numerous needs for the support provided by competent, reliable and unfailing specialists, on whom one can fully rely – at all times and under all circumstances! Many years ago this became a basis for the establishment of our company as a business partner to foreign companies in Poland as well as a partner of Polish individuals and companies operating abroad.
1997 – 1999 Bringing the first foreign companies to Poland and assisting the Poles in Germany
Very good business contacts with German and Dutch enterprises, employers and employment agencies offering legal employment in Germany and the Netherlands result in the fact that thanks to our engagement the first branches of West-European employment agencies are established in Southern Poland. The assistance at transferring foreign businesses to the territory of Poland becomes priceless. Due to huge losses suffered by households in result of the great flood which in 1997 devastated Southern Poland, a number of people interested in undertaking gainful employment abroad suddenly increases in the territory of Upper and Lower Silesia and, first of all, in Opole Silesia. Market situation contributes to the fact that bringing foreign employers to Poland becomes one of the key tasks. A real boom for gainful employment abroad results in the fact that the individuals of German origin want to acquire German citizenship which would allow them to undertake legal work in the countries of the old European Union. Administrative support provided to the Polish people undertaking employment on the German construction and industry markets as well as to the agents organising the work abroad constitute the first stage of acquiring clients for services related to working abroad. Through acting for the largest groups of Polish employees in Germany, a period of brand building is started, which will constitute a permanent element of the stories of gainful employment undertaken in the countries of Western Europe. During this period professional researches concerning the activity of business entities and their functioning in the economic reality appear. Particular emphasis is put on the establishment and running of limited liability companies which operate in the territory of Poland and Germany.
2000 Establishing a tax centre in Cologne
In order to provide professional, competent and fast services to our customers a tax centre is opened in Cologne, which until the present day gathers outstanding German specialists in the field of finance, taxes, law and economics. The first German specialists in the field of international finance come to Poland in order to examine the Polish market from an angle of providing professional services for employees hired in Germany as well as for employers and companies operating on the German market. The preparations for opening the offices in Poland result in selecting places for their location and signing the first rental agreements. The city of Cologne has been an important centre in the company’s activity till the present day. All German tax reports are directed from Cologne to relevant tax institutions in Germany, which guarantees the highest quality of performed services. For years we have also supported charity campaigns helping children in this city.
2001 Opening of the first office in Poland and extending the activity to the Netherlands
On 2nd January 2001 the first office of the company is opened. Initially situated at Wrocławska street in Dobrzeń Wielki near Opole, over a short time it wins numerous satisfied clients, who make the company famous in the territory of Upper and Lower Silesia as well as in the Opole Silesia. The employees hired on contracts in Germany become the first individual clients of the company. Its first corporate clients are entrepreneurs establishing and running their businesses in Germany. In the same year the company’s activity is extended into the Dutch market, where close cooperation undertaken with numerous tax consultants, attorneys, banks and financial institutions in Venlo and Heerlen added to the company’s portfolio of services. Over the time, the company expanded its contacts by the largest Dutch cities, in which today – particularly in Amsterdam – it possesses a network of proven and effective collaborators. The Netherlands has been an important market since the very beginning. The first Dutch employment agencies were established in Poland at the end of 1990s; since 2001 their activity stretched to Southern Poland, and since 2007 to entire territory of Poland. A large number of Poles used to go to work in the Netherlands and they have been served on the Dutch market by Kancelaria K&W till the present day.
2002 Opening of the second and the third office in Poland and expanding the services to Czechia and Slovakia
On 1st February 2002 the second office of the company in Poland is opened. Situated in Olesno, at Pieloka street, the office becomes famous not only in Silesia, but all over Poland, which till the present day is proven by numerous clients not only from Southern and Central Poland but also from all the provinces of the country and from abroad. Still in February 2002 a scientific report is published in the Polish language constituting an over 100 pages long expert study on the German labour law regulations pertaining to the employment of Polish population in Germany. On 18th November 2002 in Strzelce Opolskie, in the historic tenement situated in the city market square a third office of the company in Poland is opened, which at an incredible pace becomes successful on regional, national and international market. The offices win new clients also beyond the so-far existing territorial scope of activity i.e. Germany, the Netherland and Poland, as the orders start to come also from Czechia and Slovakia, and after some time even from Hungary. The cooperation conducted with the offices located in the capital cities of the above countries: in Prague, Bratislava and Budapest allowed to open a department serving Czech, Slovak and Hungarian clients. After the enlargement of the European Union in 2004, the employees of K&W Kanzlei participated in seminars devoted to finance and in business meetings taking part in the centre of Prague. The contacts with international companies established in Czechia allowed us to win foreign investors, who – thanks to us – entered the Polish market. We started cooperation with dr Schaffer – management board member of AGN International, one of the largest consulting organisations in the world.
2003 Opening of the fourth and the fifth office in Poland and cooperation with DATEV Deutschland
On 1st April 2003 in Gliwice at Bohaterów Getta Warszawskiego street, the fourth office of the company in Poland is opened, which over the short period of time becomes the office visited by the largest number of clients. On 16th September 2003 the fifth office in Poland is opened – located at Ruska street in Wrocław. Still in 2003 the company is transformed into a joint-stock company and moves its main Polish headquarters from Dobrzeń Wielki near Opole to the capital of Lower Silesia, where a foreign investor serving centre is opened in the city centre of Wrocław, at Ruska street. In the same year the company starts official cooperation with DATEV Deutschland – a German association gathering tax consultants, official auditors and attorneys, seated in the south-western German city of Nuremberg. The cooperation has successfully lasted until today, which is confirmed with a tax advisor number (Beraternummer) granted to K&W Kanzlei by DATEV Deutschland in 2003.
2004 Increasing the company activeness on the markets of expanded European Union and Great Britain
On 2nd February 2004 at the border of Poland and Czechia a department is opened that deals with serving the customers from Czechia and Slovakia in scope of foreign tax settlements as well as with foreign family and employee benefits. On 22nd March 2004 the brand of the company becomes a reserved trademark. Accession of new member states to the European Union resulted in mass employee emigration to the countries of the old European Union, which resulted in further development of the company. On 4th May 2004 new services are introduced related to obtaining foreign family benefits and tax returns from Great Britain. The cooperation with tax offices in London is also commenced. The company has provided services for limited liability companies (Ltd) operating on the German market until the present day. On 1st June 2004 in Dobrzeń Wielki, at Opolska street a modern customer service centre is opened. On 1st July 2004 the office in Gliwice is joined with a foreign settlement department from Racibórz and at the same time becomes one of the strongest entities dealing with foreign taxes in Upper Silesia. Creating a network of agents further strengthens its leader’s position. Still in 2004 the company undertakes cooperation with the largest private school educating tax advisers in Germany, which brings fruit in a cycle of joint seminars organised at higher education institutions in Poland. In 2004 the company brings to Poland the largest manufacturer of recycling machines and organises its Polish enterprise followed by running its business, accounting, payroll and human resources. Poland’s accession to the European Union resulted in a huge interest of the Western companies in making investments on the eastern bank of the Odra river, which until today constitutes the foundations for the activity of the Wrocław branch of the company.
2005 Development of the foreign network in the EU and activity in France
In Germany the company develops its network of partners among German tax consulting offices whose number at the end of the year amounts to 250 cooperating parties. Excellent business contacts in Frankfurt on the Main bring fruit in form of cyclic trainings in the financial centre of Europe. From 2nd to 4th June 2005, members of the company’s management board participate in the European conference of Albo Group taking part in Prague, devoted to financial and tax issues and attended by outstanding and recognised specialist in the European tax law and finance management. During the Prague conference the city of Kraków is lobbied as the location for the subsequent conference. Kraków, winning with a single vote over Budapest, is selected as the location of 2007 conference. In July 2005 the company expands its activity by Switzerland, where in Zürich, Basel, Davos and Lugano it undertakes close cooperation with numerous bankers, tax consultants and attorneys as well as with banks and financial institutions. Cooperation with tax consulting offices in Strasbourg is established. Another very important city becomes connected with the company’s operations. At the border of France and Germany, not far from Karlsruhe, in March 2005 a centre serving the companies that enter the European markets is opened. Further expansion towards foreign business clients will bring fruit in the establishment on 18th January 2005 of a new business entity in the group – AW International Consulting Sp. z o.o. – an entity serving the investors. The company’s largest successes include bringing of reputable Western manufacturing companies to Poland and situating them in Special Economic Zones where they have operated till the present day. In the course of its development, the company was re-branded from AW International Consulting into KOMMERZ and has operated under this name till today.
2006 Expanding of the company’s activity to Austria and strengthening its position in Switzerland
The company’s position on the German market is already well-grounded. After inviting to Poland more and more investors from metal, automotive and machine industry as well as the companies operating in freight forwarding sector, the array of provided services is significantly increased – first of all by customs services. The company expands its activity to Austria where in Linz and Vienna it undertakes close cooperation with numerous tax advisors, attorneys and financial institutions. The catalogue of services is enriched with services for employees hired in Austria. AW International Consulting Sp. z o.o. invites to Poland a huge Austrian industrial corporation from the western part of the country which has conducted its activity all over Poland until the present day with support of KOMMERZ – a company belonging to our group. Numerous surveys are prepared concerning employment undertaken by the EU citizens in Switzerland as well as establishment and operation of Swiss commercial companies. The company intensifies its activity in the Swiss canton Zug which is very friendly for entrepreneurs.
2007 Conference and training activity and projects in Spain
The company organises a series of conferences devoted to finance and tax issues in the largest Polish cities, attended by numerous representatives of business and science from Poland and from abroad. In addition, the company conducts a cycle of trainings in scope of foreign finance for entrepreneurs interested in entering the European markets, where the lecturers are outstanding scientists from foreign universities. Until today trainings and consulting services constitute an important branch of the company’s activity. More and more frequent stays in Spain result in extending of the activity by developers’ services searching for both attractive areas for investment and attractive real estate for sale. This period is characterized by increased activeness of dynamic Spanish construction companies on the German market as well as huge interest of investors from Spain in commercial real estate in Poland. In Balearic Islands the prices of land, holiday mansions, houses and flats rise quickly and German investors are more and more interested in purchasing football clubs. Getting more acquainted with the Spanish market resulted in the expansion of the activity of KOMMERZ by construction, real property and sport investments. Spain has been an important market in sport activity until today. This is where Football Invest project addressed to football investors developed.
2008 Orders from Bundesliga and entering the sports facilities construction market specialising in stadiums and race tracks
In the beginning of 2008 the company receives an order from a professional club belonging to the German Bundesliga for searching for football players in central and eastern Europe. Hence, a sport division is developed which serves professional sportsmen; its clients are football players, handball players and hockey players as well as sports clubs. The combination of financial competence with passion for sport as well as great contacts contributed to acquiring many known brands and personalities from the world of football as both our partners and clients, e.g. Bundesliga clubs and a Champions League participant. On 1st July 2008, within the development of Football Invest project, an agreement is concluded with one of the largest companies specialising in construction and modernisation of sport infrastructure – Bundesliga stadiums and stands for the Formula One racing tracks. Being the representative in Poland we find ourselves in a great period of construction and development of stadiums before EURO2012 cup played on the pitches in Poland. Boom for stadium construction, renovation of stands and roofs contributes to the company’s expansion in the sport construction industry and we advise to investors, local governments and sports clubs in the issues related to design and construction of sports infrastructure.
2009 Commencement of intercontinental activity
In May 2009 the company AW International Consulting starts its intercontinental activity in the sport consulting industry. Established cooperation with Creative Talent contributes to the company’s operation on the South American market. Thanks to familiarity with the football market and the contacts won in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife in Brazil, in Buenos Aires and Cordoba, Argentina as well as in Montevideo in Uruguay, the company becomes an important player on the market of transfers. The so-far gained experience allows the company to establish contacts in the countries of North Africa: Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. On the 1st day of December 2009 a website of K&W Kanzlei is opened devoted to foreign finance and becomes the first Web portal of this type in the Polish language. The website becomes very popular among the Poles working or operating in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Thanks to very unique information included on the website it reaches a number of 2,500,000 visits annually. The portal revolutionizes the view of the Poles working in Germany on tax issues and enhances their awareness of the associated rights and obligations.
2010 Growing number of Premium sector customers
2010 was inscribed in the company’s history with a significant number of prominent clients widely known to the public. Sportsmen, coaches and managers known from the largest sports arenas have become our clients and partners; the orders we receive include very atypical ones e.g. and order placed by the world-wide known clothing company whose outfits are presented on the world fashion shows in Paris, Monte Carlo, Milan and New York. Thanks to business activeness in the sport industry a number of VIP clients increases, whom we represent in financial issues as well as at negotiating the contracts. The group of our reputable clients is increased by, among others, coaches of national football teams. In a segment of individual customers, Kancelaria K&W is very active in providing solutions for foreign labour market. On 1st February 2010 a website in the Polish language is launched devoted to work abroad which focuses on legal aspects of employment and professional activity in Germany as well as deals with the issue of Polish employees and employers on the German market. Huge activeness on international markets influences the expansion of the circle of cooperating entities. In October we are visited by a close colleague and cooperant of the coach of the Germany national football team (being a favourite for the role of the Germany national under-21 team coach) with whom we travel across Poland in order to check the sports infrastructure and accommodation before EURO2012.
2011 Opening of our office at the Market Square in Wrocław and activeness in nationwide Polish and foreign media
On 2nd January 2011 the company moves its main headquarters in Poland to the very heart of Wrocław – to the city’s market square. Until the present day the main seat of the company is situated at Rynek 7 in Wrocław. In 2011 the company establishes cooperation with Angora and Samo Życie magazines which republish the articles from the web portal Finanzamt.pl. In the same year Eurosport TV station publishes on its Polish website an article devoted to football, with references to the information coming from our website. The company becomes more and more active in media and increases the recognizability of its brand.
2012 Opening of the sixth office in Poland and expanding the activity to Luxembourg
On 17th September 2012 a new office of the company is opened, in Kluczbork at Skłodowskiej street, which – thinking of an individual customer – offers a comprehensive package of services related to employment in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In the same year, all the offices of the company introduce a new service addressed to individuals and related to obtaining family benefits.
2013 Thriving development of the enterprise and opening to the markets of the Persian Gulf region
In relation to a dynamic development of the company, the office space in Olesno is doubled, where staring from 1st October 2013, new rooms are opened: a room serving individual clients, a room for business client and e-commerce room with professional telephone info-line. Until today the company is the main tenant in the office building located in Olesno at Pieloka street. In the same year, number of the company employees increases by 100%. Still in 2013 a website is opened devoted to construction and services for construction industry, service exports, imports of goods and technology, employee and specialists transfer as well as logistics and distribution. Customs and logistics are the themes that accompany AW International Consulting and KOMMERZ in their further expansion to foreign markets. Business contacts are established in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The markets of the Persian Gulf countries are extremely important for the company due to the investors’ potential in this part of the globe. The Arab investors search for new business projects in Europe, in which they wish to invest their money, and Germany and Poland constitute an interesting business location for them.
2014 Company development and changes in the ownership structure of Kancelaria K&W
The office space in Strzelce Opolskie is tripled. On 2nd January 2014 a new part of the office is released for use with a new room serving individual clients, a new room serving business clients and a new conference section where professional business trainings for companies can be conducted. On 28th April 2014 another website is launched i.e. a portal devoted to foreign family benefits addressed mainly to parents receiving or wishing to receive foreign family benefits. On 7th July 2014 a majority shareholder (66.66%) of Kancelaria K&W Sp. z o.o. purchases the shares from a minority shareholder and thus becomes a single shareholder – possessing 100% of shares.
2015 Introducing an innovative solution in scope of increasing the income from work abroad and activity in Scandinavia
The company introduces innovative solutions onto the market in scope of accelerating the payment of the German family benefit which allows the applicants waiting for the payment of the benefit to quickly obtain the money and increase their financial benefits from work abroad. In result, the company acquires masses of clients for its services and further develops the stationary offices. On 5th January 2015 some offices of the company introduce new services addressed to individual clients related to work in Norway. Scandinavia soon becomes a destination of emigration for some of the Polish individuals staying in Great Britain, who, in face of the Brexit threat, look for new earning possibilities in Europe. Due to an increasing number of inquiries for specialist services in scope of foreign finance, on 7th January 2015 a second info-line addressed to individual customers is launched in Strzelce Opolskie.
2016: Opening to the Eastern markets: Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan
On 4th January 2016 a specialist department serving the Eastern client is opened which deals with foreign finance of the citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan and other countries of the Eastern Europe. The company is a pioneer in introducing a legal employment model in Germany for foreigners from beyond the EU. Business contacts with IWG established in the Eastern Europe result in the expansion of the network of cooperating parties abroad and Kiev – the capital of Ukraine becomes, next to Lviv, an important business centre for the company in this part of the continent. Supporting the Ukrainian companies in the organisation of business in Central Europe and preparation for entering the markets of the Western Europe constitutes an important development direction.
2017 Another stage of the company development and opening the office in the centre of Warsaw
Due to the execution of new tasks, in March 2017 the company creates new working positions and increases employment in regional branches. On the 1st day of August 2017 the company changed the location of the office in the centre of Gliwice. After more than 14 years at the Biprohut office building, the office is moved to a beautiful tenement house situated at the corner of Barlickiego and Zwycięstwa streets. At Barlickiego 9 a new customer service desk is opened. Thanks to its prestigious location, the office becomes gains strategic importance in this part of Poland. On 19th September 2017 a contract is signed for the lease of premises situated in Warsaw, at Rondo ONZ 1. A High-status location in the centre of Warsaw emphasises the company reputation with possessing a modern and comfortable office in the AAA class skyscraper in the most prestigious location in Central and Eastern Europe. On 6th November 2017 the company changes the location of its office in Kluczbork. After 5 years, the new location becomes a building situated just next to the market square of Kluczbork, at the corner of Zamkowa and Podwale streets. The Company also wins new contacts on the Russian market.
2018 Entering the markets of Romania and Portugal
The company has engaged in the expansion of its European activity and increased its activeness on the markets of Western, Northern and Eastern Europe. Intensive promotional activities conducted since the beginning of January brought fruit in the acquisition of new foreign clients as well as in the development of the business contacts network, among others in Croatia and Romania, but first of all on the British Isles and in Scandinavian countries, which resulted in signing of new partner agreements. In the Romanian city of Târgu Mures a division is opened which serves the Polish customers. The Company increases its interest in the Asian markets, in particular in the Chinese market and establishes valuable contacts in Shanghai. In stationary offices of Kancelaria K&W Sp. z o.o., a new facelift of customer serving desks is introduced. The company KOMMERZ Sp. z o.o. strengthens its position on the Portuguese market, expanding the cooperation in two crucial business centres in Portugal – Porto and Lisbon.
2019 Business expansion in America and entering the markets of Southeast Asia
The company has expanded its offer on the US market to include services for companies in Canada and Mexico. The expansion of the overseas network of contacts has allowed the introduction of new services targeted at investors, exporters, service contractors and employers posting employees to North America. In Southeast Asia, a network of contacts began to develop, where in the countries belonging to the ASEAN group (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia) the company explored new markets and business opportunities for investors from Europe. The offer for companies from the textile industry, supporting enterprises from the fashion and lifestyle segment aboard as well as established contacts with managers of well-known clothing brands have expanded.
2020- 2022 Development plan for the coming years
The company, since its very beginning, has systematically expanded international cooperation, every year acquiring new cooperating parties not only in Europe, but also on other continents. Constantly increased network of contacts all over the world significantly influences the development of the entire enterprise and its specific constituent companies. In 2018 continental cooperation reached from the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula to the countries of Eastern Europe including Ukraine and Russia. In this way, the company has gained partners all over Europe. In years 2019 – 2022 intercontinental cooperation will be developed, in particular in Asia and North America, which will further increase the company’s value on international markets and enhance the scale of conducted business. Particular attention is drawn to the Persian Gulf market, in particular the markets of the countries investing in infrastructure and emphasising promotion through sport such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. From among the Asian countries, Nepal is also of the company’s interest. Employees from this country come to Poland. This trend can have a huge impact on the development of the construction industry in Poland. The Nepali workers are known for their hard work, durability and reliability and they have proven their value at the largest construction sites in Qatar and Dubai. The Company has set the standards in the industry for years, which is why the new trends coming to Europe from Asia are not only observed with attention, but are also developed in form of new business projects.
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