Top Polish lawyer Stanislaw Soltysinski has confirmed he is to step down as partner from elite Warsaw firm Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak (SKS) – signaling the end of the commercial career of one of the legal pioneers of the post-Soviet legal community.

Soltysinski, name partner at the firm, will step down as a partner at the end of the year to focus on his academic career, although he will continue to practise with the firm on a part-time basis.