dr Kinga Dziennik

Barrister, Counsel

Advisory Services for Financial Institutions, Transactions, and Corporate Law

Specializes in civil law, corporate law, and capital markets law;
managed numerous transactional projects, including those involving regulated entities, foreign structures, and investment funds;
advised financial institutions on matters such as internal regulatory compliance (MiFID II, PRIIP, AML), proceedings before authorities, and expanding operational scopes;
designed and negotiated innovative venture capital structures involving public funds, ASI/ZASI, and provided ongoing support for their operations;
provided counsel in merger control processes before the European Commission and the President of UOKiK, including implementing remedial measures;
supervised legal activities within multidisciplinary projects, coordinating legal and business teams comprising several dozen members;
negotiated and reviewed documentation related to obtaining financing and establishing securities;
participated in the issuance processes of securities (including on regulated markets);
author and co-author of publications on commercial law and capital markets; co-author of a commentary on the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments.

Education:

Graduate of Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań;
graduate of Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Management, Poznań University of Economics and Business;
PhD in Law (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) – dissertation: “Performance of Contracts Concluded in Organized Trading of Financial Instruments”;
admitted to the Bar as an attorney-at-law.

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Małgorzata Śledzińska

Attorney-at-Law, Department Director, Counsel

Corporate services, court disputes, including financial institutions

Specializes in civil law, commercial law, commercial law and procedural law;
has many years of experience in comprehensive legal services for business entities, including all types of companies, from various economic sectors (agricultural, industrial, and service industries);
has many years of experience in conducting court proceedings;
represents financial institutions and State Treasury companies in court disputes;
represents banks in court disputes with consumers regarding foreign currency loans (CHF).

Education:

graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan;
completed her attorney-at-law training at the Poznań Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (2016);
entered on the list of attorneys-at-law.

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Barrister, Department Director, Counsel

Law of New Technologies, AI, Technology, and Knowledge Transfer

Specializes in New Technologies Law, Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity regulations (NIS2, KSC, EU AI Act);
participates in the design and development of AI-based systems and advises on their compliance with regulatory requirements;
participated in the development of an information management system at Deutsche Bank AG, covering data architecture and security procedures;
advised on the design of communication systems, including legal requirements, data transmission security, and contractual structure;
provided legal support for a control and security project in an energy sector company, which included implementing risk management procedures and critical infrastructure protection;
supports organizations in negotiating IT and AI implementation agreements, as well as in projects requiring the settlement of licensing issues and intellectual property rights;
participates in the execution of comprehensive technological projects in the fields of data processing, technology transfer and critical infrastructure;
combines legal expertise with practical business experience – previously led a legal team in one of the largest IT companies in Poland.

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Attorney-at-Law, Department Director, Counsel

Counsel to financial institutions, regulatory proceedings, transactions, restructuring and insolvency

Specialised in banking law, civil law, commercial law and data protection issues;

has extensive experience in providing legal services to banks and other financial sector institutions;

participated, among others, in processes related to adjusting internal regulations of financial market entities to the changing national and EU law, including consumer credits, payment services and AML;

created the legal framework for the operation of new banking products and prepared structures for complex financing transactions;

associated with the firm since 2017, responsible for regulatory projects of one of the largest banks in Poland and advising a factoring institution.

Education:

graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University,

completed her attorney-at-law training at the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law,

completed postgraduate studies in personal data protection and information security and is a member of the Association of Personal Data Protection Practitioners;

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