He builds the line of defence from the very first signs of potential criminal liability, on the premise that the worst option is complete inaction. He appears in criminal proceedings on behalf of both injured parties and suspects/defendants, at both the pre-trial and court stages.
He represents and supports clients in matters that precede criminal proceedings, including tax and customs-fiscal inspections, tax proceedings and proceedings before the administrative courts.
He advises clients on assessing the risk of potential criminal liability, co-creating guidelines and reviewing planned actions, and conducts internal investigations and audits.
He helps clients align the policies of the institutions they manage with the obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (the AML/CFT Act), including internal rules and procedures, assessing obligated-institution status and fulfilling reporting obligations.
He gained his experience from the early years of his studies, in a company’s legal department and at law firms focused on commercial law, criminal law and the law of obligations. His interest in these fields naturally led him to specialise in economic and fiscal criminal cases.
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Education
Advocate at the District Bar Council in Warsaw.
Member of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure section at the District Bar Council in Warsaw.
A graduate of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), where he defended a master’s thesis on the criminal liability of management board members for harming the company’s creditors.
Projects
Procedural support for clients in crisis situations such as pre-trial detention, police detention, searches of company premises and bail
Involvement in complex criminal proceedings such as multi-million EU-funds fraud and securities (stock-exchange) offences
Defending suspects accused of involvement in an organised criminal group dealing, among other things, in fuel trading, illegal waste disposal and drug offences
Defending clients against charges for the most serious criminal and fiscal-criminal offences, such as the so-called “VAT crime” (aggravated VAT fraud), VAT carousel fraud involving intra-Community acquisitions and supplies of goods, and international fuel-fraud rings
Involvement in cases against executives and public officials accused of, among other things, misappropriating private or public assets, including in amounts exceeding tens of millions of złoty
Representing clients in contentious disputes with the tax authorities concerning, among other things, undue VAT refunds, loss of the right to deduct VAT and income tax following the detection of sham (“empty”) invoices, and the liability of former managers for companies’ tax debts
Analyses of the criminal-liability risk of persons serving on company bodies, including in relation to planned investments and transactions
AML/CFT projects for obligated institutions in sectors such as real estate, cryptocurrencies and hospitality
