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Commercial-to-Defense Conversion: Legal Structures for Production Scale-Up

BY NIKOLETTA BIELUT · PUBLISHED 21 MARCH 2026 · 8 MINUTE READ · WARSAW

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Nikoletta Bielut

Founding Partner · Rzeszów

Nikoletta leads the firm's European practice and directs the Corporate Structuring, Cross-Border Commercial, and Defense Procurement Compliance disciplines.

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