Commercial, Corporate, Litigation, Transactions

- Attorney, Managing Partner. - Practising lawyer since 2008. - Graduate of the School of American Law, Columbus School of Law in Washington – American Law Program (the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law). - Mediator at the Business Mediation Center of the National Chamber of Legal Counsels in Warsaw. - Legal studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. - English philology graduate at the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Cracow. - Legal training at the District Chamber of Legal Counsels in Cracow. - State bar exam in Cracow (2013) – the right of audience (legal representation) before all courts in Poland. - State Exam for a Certified Translator of English Language at the Polish Ministry of Justice – licence for court and litigation translations. - She participated and advised in a number of cross border projects for international clients. - Member of Ad Hoc Committee of BioLawEurope F.m.b.A.

Małgorzata Kiełtyka has 14 years of experience in handling cross border commercial cases, including litigation and non-contentious matters.

She represents mostly international clients operating in various sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, new technologies, IT, media, healthcare and life sciences; transport & logistics, telecom, financial institutions, including fintech and start-ups.

She deals with commercial law, formation of companies, handles M&A transactions, corporate restructuring, corporate governance and provides ongoing advice to corporate clients.

She extensively advises on life science and technology transactions and litigation. In that respect she has extensive experience in regulatory and commercial issues involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, foods, including novel foods and borderline products. She handles entry procedures, labelling, advertising matters (including competition aspects) and advises on sales models.

She has vast experience in technology transactions, including data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics, fin tech, blockchains, e-commerce, video games, e-sports, e-health, AR/VR, mobile, covering a variety of legal aspects of IP, regulatory, competition, contracts and financing.

She handled a number of bio-IT projects in such aspects as data storage and transport, AI for drug discovery, bioinformatics, emerging AI technologies, clinical research and translational informatics.

She assisted clients in a number of complex regulatory issues regarding data protection and data privacy, including implementation of the GDPR for multi-jurisdictional projects.

She has experience in insolvency and restructuring legal assistance rendered for companies with international shareholding structure.

She advises in cross border venture capital transactions, involving financing and M&A transactions, including public/private and private/private mergers, as well as acquisitions, strategic partnering transactions (i.e., licensing matters, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), reseller and value added reseller arrangements, technology development partnerships and other joint ventures). She has experience in representing clients in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

She coordinates Private Client desk services for HNW individuals and their businesses and Next Gen Wealth, including legal advice in wealth management, succession planning, assistance to private investors investing across different asset classes; legal support in creating trust funds and tax optimization.

At Kiełtyka Gładkowski Legal, as a founding partner, she manages the work and advisory services of lawyers in our law firm providing legal services for international Clients.

- Attorney - Member of Regional Bar Association Kraków - Unit of the National Bar Association. - HARVARD UNIVERSITY – CS50 for Lawyers Grade Certificate of Harvard Business School Online (2021 – 2022). - BioLawEurope F.m.b.A. - LIFESCIENCE CLUSTER (HUB) in Krakow (Key National Cluster). - Deutsch-Nordische Juristenvereinigung e.V. - Deutsch-Niederländische Rechtsanwaltsvereinigung e.V. - Reunite International. - TRUSTED LAWYERS (VERTRAUENSANWALT) OF ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA (INTERNATIONAL PART OF THE AUSTRIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE). - Netherlands-Polish Chamber of Commerce.

Founding Partner

- HARVARD UNIVERSITY – CS50 for Lawyers Grade Certificate of Harvard Business School Online (2021 – 2022). - Graduate of the School of American Law, Columbus School of Law in Washington – American Law Program (the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law). - Legal studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. - English philology graduate at the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Cracow. - Legal training at the District Chamber of Legal Counsels in Cracow. - State bar exam in Cracow (2013) – the right of audience (legal representation) before all courts in Poland. - State Exam for a Certified Translator of English Language at the Polish Ministry of Justice – licence for court and litigation translations.