Bird & Bird LLP

White Collar Crime

Paweł is a Partner in the White Collar Crime team of Bird & Bird’s Warsaw office.

He provides businesses with comprehensive advisory services, specialising in criminal law, including in particular white collar crime and criminal corporate law, litigation, internal investigations and compliance.

He has many years of experience in representing clients in litigation proceedings, including complex, multithreaded cases. He acts as defence counsel in criminal proceedings, representing, inter alia, victims, mainly companies and entities affected by fraud or other criminal abuse.

He assists private and public sector entities and international corporations with their internal inquiries into various abuse, including, inter alia, actions to the detriment of corporations, abuse of power, money laundering, corruption and misappropriation of assets.

Paweł has extensive experience in compliance advisory. He audits internal procedures and policies and conducts regulatory risk analyses. He prepares and implements internal procedures and advises on preventing abuse and cybersecurity matters. He implements internal reporting systems and assists clients with designing the best solutions protecting whistleblowers.

He has authored numerous press articles, and is a regular speaker at conferences and trainings, as well as a lecturer of post-graduate compliance programs and specialist trainings.

He is a co-founder and President of the Association of Compliance Practitioners (Praktycy Compliance Stowarzyszenie). He holds the following certificates: Approved Compliance Expert, Approved AML Compliance Officer, Approved Whistleblowing Officer (AWBO) and Approved E/S/G Officer.

Before joining Bird & Bird, Paweł gained his professional experience in several renowned Polish law firms. For the last four years he was head of criminal law and compliance practices.

He works in Polish and English.

Polish Bar Association

University of Warsaw, Law