Bird & Bird LLP

Finance & Financial Regulation

Marta is a Counsel in the Finance & Financial Regulation team in Warsaw.

She has been advising clients since 2008, and specialises in advising financial institutions, particularly banks, FinTech sector entities and loan companies, both in regard to corporate governance, and products and services offered by those companies.

Marta supports financial sector players in adjusting their activities to changing legal requirements. In particular, she has been advising banks and other companies in the financial sector on the implementation of PSD2, AMLD and MiFID2 regulations as well as requirements of banking outsourcing and payment outsourcing. She is currently advising on the Polish API project.

She prepares legal opinions on the compliance of new business lines and innovative technological solutions implemented by financial institutions in order to meet legal requirements.

She advises new entities starting their business on the financial market in identifying regulatory requirements and obtaining the necessary licenses and permits.

She conducts trainings and workshops on the PSD2, AMLD and MiFID2 regulations.

She is co-author of the commentary to the Consumer Credit Act and the commentary to the Payment Services Act.

Before joining us, Marta worked at the Economic Division for Bankruptcy and Remedy at the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, and in several Warsaw law firms.

Marta works in Polish and English.

She has been a member of the Warsaw Bar since 2014.

Marta graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at University of Warsaw and Postgraduate Studies in History of Art at Collegium Civitas. She is an attorney-at-law at the Circuit Chamber of Legal Counsel in Warsaw.