EXPERTISE

Tomasz is a Polish qualified lawyer (adwokat), specialising in white collar crime, related civil litigation (asset tracing, asset recovery), as well as internal and governmental investigations (including wider management of crisis situations), compliance programmes and regulatory procedures (AML, codes of conduct, etc.). He renders ongoing business advice to clients operating in highly regulated industries and provides legal support to entities facing the threat of criminal or administrative penalty. He mainly represents corporate clients, either as a defence counsel or as co-prosecutor. His experience includes both domestic proceedings and international criminal investigations conducted in cooperation with international law firms and governmental agencies (FCPA). 

Work highlights*

• One of the construction companies operating in Poland: conducting a 6-months long complex internal investigation into alleged corruption practices in procurement. 
• One of the Polish oil companies: representing in several proceedings concerning performance of the offshore infrastructure agreement by the Scottish construction company. 
• A debt management company: advising in a criminal investigation conducted by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, and as the subject of a regulatory investigation in front of the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) concerning multiple fraudulent activities of the former management board, and senior officers of the company – which led to its insolvency. 
• Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. (Polish Development Fund): representing as the aggrieved party in a criminal investigation conducted by a number of Regional Prosecutor’s Offices and police offices concerning suspicion of fraud aimed at wrongfully obtaining financial subsidy carried out by beneficiaries of the government programmes “Tarcza Finansowa Polskiego Funduszu Rozowoju dla Małych i Średnich Firm” and “Tarcza Finansowa Polskiego Funduszu Rozwoju dla Dużych Firm”.
• A leading supplier of financial services: representing in a criminal investigation concerning a hacking attack on branch of this bank.

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard