Jakob B. Krupski

Jakob B. Krupski is the Managing Partner of KKP LEGAL Partnerschaft mbB, a commercial law firm based in Berlin, and has been named Corporate Restructuring and Investment Law Expert of the Year in Germany at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025. An attorney-at-law admitted in both Germany and Poland, he has been a partner at the firm since 2010, combining German and Polish legal capability to guide domestic and cross-border clients through complex commercial and corporate matters.

KKP LEGAL positions itself as a Kanzlei für Wirtschaftsrecht, Baurecht und Vergaberecht — a practice for commercial law, construction law and public procurement law. Its competencies span trade and distribution, rail and public transport, construction and infrastructure, the energy sector and public procurement, alongside alternative dispute resolution. The firm sets out a clear set of values — quality, knowledge, expertise, teamwork and independence — and delivers its work through strategic advisory counsel, litigation and arbitration.

Within this framework, Mr Krupski's work centres on corporate restructuring and investment law, an area where legal, financial and commercial questions rarely sit apart. He advises on corporate structuring and reorganisation, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions and high-stakes litigation, helping companies address distress, reshape their operations and pursue new investment on a sound legal footing. His practice extends to insolvency and restructuring counsel, business mediation and reputation-sensitive matters, reflecting a rounded approach to situations in which a company's future may depend on decisive and well-judged advice.

Corporate restructuring and investment law calls for an adviser who can move between the boardroom, the negotiating table and, where necessary, the courtroom. Mr Krupski's dual German and Polish admission is a particular strength in this respect, allowing him to serve clients operating across the two jurisdictions and to manage the cross-border dimension that so often accompanies restructuring, refinancing and inbound or outbound investment. Clients benefit from a single point of contact who understands both legal systems and can coordinate the strategic, contractual and procedural strands of a transaction.

Beyond his day-to-day practice, Mr Krupski contributes to the wider legal community as a member of the Global Executive Board of the World Law Alliance, an international network of lawyers, underlining the international outlook that informs his advice. That perspective complements KKP LEGAL's emphasis on independence and specialised knowledge, and helps the firm act for clients whose interests reach well beyond Germany's borders.

The recognition from Corporate INTL reflects both the depth of Mr Krupski's restructuring and investment practice and his standing among peers as a trusted adviser in demanding commercial situations. For businesses, investors and stakeholders navigating reorganisation, distressed assets or new capital commitments, he offers considered, strategically minded counsel grounded in the disciplines of German and Polish commercial law and delivered with the firm's stated commitment to quality and expertise.