Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland joined by Magdalena Bartosiewicz

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21-11-2019

Magdalena Bartosiewicz has joined the dispute resolution team at Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland. She is an attorney-at-law specializing in criminal law, compliance, and anti-money-laundering.

Magdalena has over a decade of experience providing legal advice to businesses. Before joining Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland she gained experience at law firms specializing in serving domestic clients, including Treasury-owned companies, as well as international corporations.

She advises Polish and international clients on regulatory issues involving the liability of key individuals in the business for unlawful practices. She supports clients in building and implementing compliance systems and procedures. She has participated in large projects involving compliance reviews in companies and internal investigations. She has also handled implementation of AML/CFT regulations in obligated institutions. Magdalena represents clients in judicial disputes and arbitration, and advises at the pre-litigation stage and in negotiations.

Magdalena has published numerous articles on implementation of the AML/CFT Act and combating abuses in companies, financial institutions, and entities from the FMCG sector. At the Warsaw Bar Association, she is a member of the Professional Promotion and Development Committee and Coordinator of Legal Education.

She completed postgraduate Compliance & AML Analyst studies at Koźmiński University in Warsaw.

“Our clients increasingly seek legal support in disputes of a criminal nature,” said Maciej Jóźwiak, head of the dispute resolution team at Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland. “Both global organizations and local businesses deal with events requiring notification of criminal offenses. To meet these expectations, we sought a specialist offering the highest level of legal support and ensuring that our clients’ matters are conducted with the utmost care. Magdalena Bartosiewicz provides us this certainty. It is also in our clients’ best interest to avoid situations that could give rise to criminal liability, so Magdalena’s experience advising clients on a whole range of compliance issues is also invaluable to us. I’m very pleased that we have begun working together.”

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