Head of Dispute Resolution Department at the Kopeć & Zaborowski Law Firm (KKZ).
Advocate.
Aleksandra Pyrak-Pankiewicz - She owns a rich experience in litigations, having acted in the capacity of an attorney during hundreds of court sittings connected to both civil and criminal law. She specializes in executing compensations, including for violation of personal rights. She’s capable of acting as an attorney in terms of the liability of publishers, editors and journalists, as well as helping people whose rights were violated by press publications.
Her professional interests are mostly linked to media law, authorship law and advertisement law. She also deals with protection of one’s reputation on grounds of criminal law, dealing with cases of defamation. She advises clients on case strategy preparation on preparatory proceedings, court proceedings and execution proceedings.
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Head of the Economic Crime and Criminal Law Protection of Companies Practice in the Criminal Law and Compliance Department at the Kopeć & Zaborowski Law Firm (KKZ).
Advocate.
Daniel Pękala - In his professional activity, he focuses on substantive criminal law, and in particular economic criminal law and criminal procedure. He has many years of experience in dispute resolution and court and arbitration proceedings.
In his professional practice, he mainly defends clients in criminal cases involving white-collar crime. He participates in many multi-threaded and complex cases involving tax carousel frauds, Ponzi schemes, money laundering, fraud, and other property crimes. In addition, he has extensive experience in criminal mismanagement trials. In these trials, he both defended managers and represented companies harmed by their managers’ crimes.
Head of Employment Law Practice in the Business Law Department. at Kopec & Zaborowski (KKZ).
Attorney at law.
Izabela Dziubak-Napiórkowska - an expert in broadly defined employment law, with particular emphasis on individual and collective labor law and atypical and flexible forms of employment.
She is responsible for providing comprehensive services to employers within the scope of HR law, from establishing employment relationships, and ongoing advice on employers’ duties and rights, to support terminating employment relationships.
Head of the Business Law Department at Kopec & Zaborowski (KKZ). Attorney at law.
Joanna Czekaj specializes in transactions and corporate cases. She helps companies from the most important sectors of the economy, energy, shipbuilding and defense. Joanna conducted negotiations on key projects for Poland’s interests with foreign partners. Joanna is an advisor to the management board members and the managerial staff. She advises on the matter of purchasing and sale of shares and stocks, businesses and estates. She represents clients in the pre-litigation and court proceedings. Her areas of practice are: commercial law, corporate law, negotiations, investment processes, investment and real estate markets.
Head of the Tax Crime Practice in the Criminal Law and Compliance Department at the Kopeć & Zaborowski Law Firm (KKZ).
Attorney at law.
Kamil Białorucki - mostly specializes in economic criminal law, especially fiscal criminal law and, so-called, ,,white-collar-crimes’’.
He works on complicated and intricate cases by providing professional legal support for the legal team and the clients. He represents the clients during preparatory and court proceedings
Managing Partner at Kopeć & Zaborowski (KKZ), Judge at the State Tribunal, Advocate
Adv. Maciej Zaborowski specializes in criminal cases, press law and personal rights. He conducts litigation for leading politicians and journalists. He advises the presidents and supervisory boards of the largest Polish companies. Ministry of Justice expert in criminal law reforms. Judge of the State Tribunal. Co-author of numerous amendments to the law, including the amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
He gained his professional experience, among others, in several well-known Warsaw law firms, as well as in the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Rome, the Ministry of Justice and the Polish Parliament. Author of numerous legal opinions related to the legislative process, including those commissioned by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
Professional mediator of the Mediation Centre at the Supreme Bar Council registered on the list of mediators of the District Court in Warsaw and a lecturer for the advocate training at the Bar Association in Warsaw. Since December 2020, regular mediator of the Arbitration Court at The General Counsel to the Republic of Poland.
Ministry of Justice expert in criminal law reforms. Co-author of amendments to the Criminal Code, the Executive Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, including the so-called extended forfeiture, extended criminal liability of expert witnesses, the so-called crime of nonsupport and liability of collective entities for prohibited acts.
In February 2018 elected by the Sejm (Parliament) of the Republic of Poland as a judge of the State Tribunal – a body intended to judge the most important politicians in Poland, including the President and the Prime Minister. In November 2019, he was re-elected as a judge of the State Tribunal by the Sejm. In November 2023 re-elected for the third time.
Three times, in 2020, 2022 and 2023 Maciej Zaborowski, Managing Partner of KKZ, as one of few advocates, was awarded in the prestigious Ranking of “50 Most Influential Lawyers in Poland”, prepared by journalists of “Dziennik. Gazeta Prawna.” newspaper.
Winner of the prestigious “Rising Stars Lawyers – Leaders of Tomorrow” competition. Recommended as a lawyer in prestigious international and Polish rankings, i.a. in the ranking of the daily Rzeczpospolita as an expert in the fields of Criminal law for business and Technology, media, telecommunications.
In 2023, he was indicated as a leader in the Business Crime Defence: Individuals category, on the list of one of the most prestigious international industry rankings, i.e. “Who is Who Legal”. This proves the fact that his activities go far beyond the Polish legal market and are visible in other European countries.
He was also additionally awarded for his pro publico bono activity by the District Bar Council in Warsaw.
In 2019, he was awarded the Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence by President of the Republic of Poland for his social and professional activities, in particular for pro bono activities and education of young people.
Managing Partner at Kopec & Zaborowski (KKZ), Attorney at law.
Marta Kopeć specializes in labour law and commercial law. She is an outstanding expert in labour law, particularly in areas where labour law intertwines with commercial law.
She has extensive experience in conducting court cases. She is a member of the Labour Law Association (Stowarzyszenie Prawa Pracy – SPP). Marta Kopeć is a personal legal advisor to Members of Management Boards, Managing Directors as well as HR Directors of employers operating in Poland. Marta Kopeć is also the author of numerous legal opinions and articles on labour law. In the law firm she supervises the Department of Business Law.
Head of the Criminal Law and Compliance Department. Advocate.
She specializes in criminal law, in particular economic and tax crime. She participated in extensive and complex proceedings regarding the so-called manager crime. As part of such proceedings, she both defended managers and represented injured companies. She represents individual and institutional clients at every stage of proceedings, including before law enforcement authorities.
Head of the International Crime and Foreign Customer Service Practice in the Criminal Law and Compliance Department at the Kopeć & Zaborowski Law Firm (KKZ).
Attorney-at-law.
Paweł Gołębiewski - the primary area of expertise is criminal law. However, his main focus is commercial criminal law, including white-collar crime.
He is responsible for comprehensive customer service at every stage of proceedings. He supports his team with his professional knowledge and extensive experience. He also creates procedural documents necessary for the proper conduct of complex and multi-threaded cases.
Head of the Criminal and Drug Crime Practice in the Criminal Law and Compliance Department at the Kopeć & Zaborowski Law Firm (KKZ).
Advocate.
Urszula Piątkowska-Banach - has nearly 20 years of professional experience, gained while working for many renowned law firms. In 2017-2021, she served as a Substitute Judge of the Disciplinary Court of the District Bar Council in Warsaw.
Her main area of focus is criminal and drug crime as well as economic crime – the so-called white-collar crimes. She also specializes in criminal enforcement and disciplinary proceedings.