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As the fintech and e-payments division of global internet and media company Naspers, PayU offers payment methods to over 350 million people worldwide. The in-house legal team led by Bartosz Berestecki is described by a nominating source as ‘one of the most innovative and results-driven’ in the Polish in-house legal market. Said to be capable of ‘thinking out of the box’ and concentrate ‘not on problems, but on solutions’, this Warsaw based team is responsible for legal, compliance, regulatory and public affairs matters in Poland, Czech, Romania, Turkey and Russia. The function has established efficient legal support processes for the business organisations as well as for its work in optimising legal budgets. Berestecki, PayU’s legal and compliance director, receives particular praise from sources in this year’s research process. One source says: ‘We have worked on a few projects and Berestecki repeatedly proved to understand thoroughly the fintech and banking and financial sectors both from a legal and business standpoint. He is swift in orchestrating public affairs and lobbying projects. He is energetic and passionate to make things happen in totally new business areas and he succeeds’. A professional with over 18 years of experience in providing advice to senior executives from international banking, lending and payments industries, Berestecki has forged a formidable legal unit whose role in PayU’s business in Central and Easter Europe cannot be disputed.