many years’ experience in handling criminal law cases (including those concerning white collar crime),
represents corporate and individual clients, both as aggrieved parties and defendants,
advises clients on cross-border criminal cases,
develops, implements and oversees the functioning of internal compliance procedures, carries out compliance audits, and supports clients in handling internal investigations,
assesses criminal liability risks relating to business decisions,
provides training on the criminal liability of managers, corporate liability for crimes committed within corporate structures, and internal compliance procedures (such as anti-corruption measures),
advises in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings regarding the risks of criminal liability and grounds for notifying about suspected criminal offences, e.g. of failure to file a bankruptcy petition on time, and fraudulent bankruptcy,
teaches seminars on criminal law, including in cooperation with the Academy of European Law in Trier,
a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (accredited by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics),
a member of both the Warsaw and Paris Bar Associations.
Selected experiences
- Representing a Polish business entity before a French criminal court (as a member of an international defence team)
- defending a management board member accused of bid rigging
- representing members of a management board in the preparatory stage of proceedings instigated by a trade union chairman
- representing a media company in a case where the former president of its management board was accused of acting to its detriment
- representing a company (as aggrieved party) in a private corruption case
- developing a comprehensive anti-corruption procedure for a capital group operating in the sales sectorm
- conducting an audit of a regulated company’s compliance with the provisions of the Act on Combating Money Laundering
- conducting a comprehensive audit of a businesses compliance with the law (criminal aspects) and developing internal anti-corruption, conflict of interest and dawn raid procedures, as well as procedures for reporting and investigating irregularities
- participating as amicus curiae in proceedings before the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in relation to the compliance of the criminal provisions of the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance with the Polish Constitution.
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