POLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Tomasz Konopka, Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska and Jakub Kocuba, Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak is an independ - ent Polish law firm with a team of over 180 law - yers, offering legal services to businesses in Po - land and abroad. The firm’s white-collar crime practice, covering defence work and investi - gations, has operated since 2008. The group is most noted for handling matters regarding corruption, fraud, tax fraud, actions to the detri - ment of companies and creditors, cybercrime, money laundering, construction, and labour law offences. This breadth and depth of experience
enables the team to perform comprehensive analyses of relevant business crime issues and the mitigation/prevention of the risk of criminal liability. The firm manages major projects, in - volving both internal investigations and imple - menting comprehensive compliance systems. It co-operates with market-leading forensic firms, reliable detective agencies and security experts, and professional business partners to provide its clients with full support in crisis man - agement situations.
Authors
Tomasz Konopka is a partner at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak where he has overseen the white-collar crime and
Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska is a partner in Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak’s white-collar crime and investigations department, with significant experience representing clients
investigations team since 2013. As well as providing advice to clients who are victims of abuse such as fraud, theft, actions against company interests, forgery, money laundering, and cybercrime, he assists clients at risk of criminal liability (as a result of corruption, for example). In addition to providing advice on planning and implementing compliance procedures, Tomasz offers solutions to improve the security of businesses. He also has hands-on experience representing clients before law enforcement authorities and courts, both in Poland and throughout the EU.
at all stages of criminal proceedings regarding, among other things, business crime, fraud, corruption, tax avoidance, money laundering, and accounting fraud. She manages teams on large and complex internal investigations, including those related to FCPA infringements, and supports clients in implementing compliance systems. Katarzyna is a member of the IBA, ECBA and AIJA, where she participates in the work of the Business Crime and Civil Fraud Commission, and is co-chair of the SCILL Board. She is visiting lecturer at the Warsaw School of Economics in forensic audit and internal investigations.
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