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Michalina is a Polish lawyer – advocate trainee (aplikant adwokacki) with over 6 years of experience specialising in administrative proceedings before the regulatory authorities, white collar crimes, and compliance, especially anti-corruption laws and AML. She advises Polish and international clients on criminal, administrative and civil law, including bankruptcy and restructuring matters and participates in client representation both before the administrative authorities and courts at every stage of the proceedings. She has provided legal advisory in the disputes concerning i.a. public aid law, banking law and regulatory enforcement. Michalina has gained her professional experienced as an external legal advisor working in Polish and international law firms, and as an in-house lawyer for an American IT company. Her academic interests revolve around financial markets and economic policy. 

Work highlights*

• Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. – advising and representing the Client acting as the aggrieved party in the criminal investigations 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 Rozwoju dla Małych i Średnich Firm” and “Tarcza Finansowa Polskiego Funduszu Rozwoju dla Dużych Firm” as well as the party to the administrative and civil proceedings initiated by the beneficiaries.
• Capitea (previously: GetBack) –  advisory and representation in the court and injunction proceedings against an investment fund company for payment of approx. PLN 135m based on claims related to an acquisition of overpriced shares as a result of fraudulent activities consisting of artificially inflating share price and possible offences at the valuation stage.
• One of the largest Polish banks – Client’s representation in the administrative and court administrative proceedings concerning alleged violations of AML identified by the regulatory authorities (General Inspector of Financial Information, the Ministry of Finance and the Polish Financial Supervision Authority) in the course of the inspection.
• Supervisory board members and the audit committee member of a public company – Clients’ representation in the proceedings conducted before the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority aimed at imposing financial penalties as a result of the company’s breaches of disclosure obligations relating to financial statements of a public company under the Polish law and non-compliance with MAR regulations. 
• One of the largest international manufacturing companies – compliance advisory regarding anti-corruption and AML laws, pre-litigation crisis management and risk mitigation associated with cooperation with the consultants and other contractors.

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard