advocate
Agata Ajs
advocate
Agata Ajs
Represents corporate and individual clients in criminal proceedings.
Advises entrepreneurs on the risks of criminal and criminal-criminal liability arising from business activities.
Designs and implements internal compliance systems, with a particular focus on tools dedicated to counteracting corruption and obtaining information on irregularities (whistleblowers).
She gained her professional experience at the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, as well as leading Polish and international law firms.
She is a member of the Prof. Zbigniew Holda Association, and she co-coordinates Constitutional Week,
Co-creator of the legal blog “Punkt Karny”.
Selected experiences
- Defence of former board members of a shipyard company accused of publishing untrue data.
- Defence of the president of the management board of a company in the automotive industry accused of embezzlement, fraud and tax fraud.
- Defence of board members of real estate companies accused of tax fraud.
- Defence of the former president of the management board of a real estate company accused of acting to its detriment and failing to file for the company’s bankruptcy.
- Representing a construction company as an aggrieved party in a fraud case (damage amounting to approximately PLN 50.000.000).
- Development of anti-corruption and tax policies, including in leading Polish and international entities from the pharmaceutical, technological and production sectors.
- Representation of a defendant (a public figure) in a case for the protection of personal rights brought by an organisation of a political nature.
- Representation of plaintiffs in a precedent-setting case in a matter of correcting a press material published in a national weekly newspaper dedicated to political and historical issues.