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Paweł Dziekański
LAWYER/PARTNER

Paweł Dziekański

Criminal law; Disciplinary matters; Civil law.

Paweł Dziekański (attorney-at-law) specialises in criminal law, conducting numerous cases in this area covering general, business and criminal tax offences. He has also dealt with cases concerning professional liability of advocates, attorneys-at-law, doctors, teachers, as well as the disciplinary liability of students.

He also specialises in civil law, having in-depth knowledge and experience in contractual obligations, liability for damages, personal rights, and selected cases in property law. He successfully advises on and creates commercial contracts. He has extensive experience in representing clients before courts of all levels.

Paweł graduated from Koźmiński University (2012), and then completed his legal training at the Warsaw Bar Association (2016).

From 2012 to 2018 he was a lecturer at Koźmiński University (subjects: Criminal Proceedings, Criminal Law, Street Law, Pleadings in Criminal Proceedings, as well as being supervisor of the criminal law section of the Student Legal Clinic). Currently, he is a research assistant at the Department of Criminal Law of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he works mainly on aspects of commercial criminal law, international commercial criminal law, e.g. issues related to the illicit trade of tobacco products (project: Controlling Illicit Trade of Tobacco in the Era of Fast Chang), organised commercial crime (project: Vertical and horizontal cooperation in combatting organised fraud in the EU — VeHoCoinCOF).

He has also authored publications on criminal law and criminal procedure.

Paweł has been involved in social activities since his junior high school days, which take the form of various projects, both in terms of outreach, legal education, as well as other matters involving charitable activities. Currently, he provides free legal advice, running “Street Law” classes, and assisting community organisations.

His interests include public transport, mainly railways, independent cinema, literature,
tennis and mountain biking.

Andrzej Chowaniec
LAWYER/PARTNER

Andrzej Chowaniec

Company law; Economic law; Civil law; Real estate.

Andrzej (attorney-at-law) specialises in civil law, commercial law and company law.

He provides comprehensive legal services for businesses and ongoing corporate services for commercial law companies. He has participated in the processes of mergers and transformations of commercial law companies, including a cross-border merger. He has experience in the legal aspects of commercial leases, in particular lease agreements in large shopping centres, real estate law.

He also deals with inheritance matters, including inheritances commenced before the entry into force of the current Civil Code.

Andrzej graduated from Koźmiński University, where he defended his master's thesis on international private law, supervised by Prof. Maksymilian Pazdan. He also completed postgraduate studies in commercial company law at the University of Warsaw.

He completed his legal training at the Warsaw Bar Association, gaining his experience, in, inter alia, international law firms and in the Civil Law Team of the Office of the Ombudsman.

His interests include history, mountain hiking and swimming.

Marcin Ajs
LAWYER/PARTNER

Marcin Ajs

White Collar Crimes; Criminal Compliance; EAW, INTERPOL cases.

Marcin Ajs (attorney-at-law) specializing in white-collar crime cases, fiscal criminal law, criminal compliance, and international criminal law.

Member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

He has been advising clients since 2014, particularly in matters concerning the criminal liability of entities and individuals operating within the business environment. He acts as both defense counsel and representative of victims in numerous complex white-collar and fiscal criminal proceedings. His experience includes numerous cases involving corruption, manipulation of financial instruments, money laundering, fraud, VAT fraud, and violations or misuse of trade secrets and acts of unfair competition. He is also involved in criminal proceedings related to organized crime and drug trafficking.

He has particular expertise in international criminal law, assisting international clients in proceedings involving the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), extradition, and INTERPOL-related matters.

He supports clients in minimizing liability risks through the implementation of compliance programs covering anti-corruption regulations, codes of ethics, whistleblowing procedures, and measures to counter money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).

Marcin also has experience in preparing legal risk analyses and providing ongoing legal services to business entities from various sectors, particularly in corporate and labor law. He advises organizations on the protection of trade secrets.

He has represented public figures in civil proceedings concerning the protection of personal rights and press law.

He graduated from the College of Law at Kozminski University in Warsaw and also studied at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Germany), where he participated in a program focused on international commercial and corporate law.

He currently serves as a member of the Higher Disciplinary Court of the Polish Bar. He is also a Delegate of the Warsaw Bar Association to the National Congress of the Polish Bar. He is the author of the commentary on the criminal provisions of the Payment Services Act, edited by Marta Stanisławska.

He lectures in the postgraduate program “Compliance & ESG Officer” at Lazarski University, where he teaches courses on legally protected secrets.

In his free time, he enjoys traveling. Sports enthusiast, particularly in running and cycling.

Paweł Wieczorek
LAWYER

Paweł Wieczorek

Criminal law; Labor law; Intellectual property

Paweł Wieczorek (attorney-at-law) specialises in criminal law cases, in particular business criminal law.

His practice covers issues related to contractual obligations arising from motor insurance, as well as intellectual property law, in particular trademark issues.
Paweł was a member of the team responsible for preparing and conducting court proceedings which were some of the largest bankruptcy proceedings in Poland to date. He has also worked in a leading Warsaw law firm in one of the largest criminal law departments in Poland.

He graduated from the Law Department at Kozminski University in Warsaw, and has also completed postgraduate studies in intellectual property law at the University of Warsaw, and labour law at Jagiellonian University. He completed his attorney-at-law training at the Warsaw Bar Association.

As a student, he assisted the Criminal Law section of the Student Law Clinic at Kozminski University, under the supervision of Paweł Dziekański (attorney-at-law). He gained his professional experience in Warsaw law firms.

His interests include cinema, theatre, running, and enjoying time with his family.

Piotr Śliwiński
JUNIOR LAWYER

Piotr Śliwiński

Criminal law; Business criminal law; Fiscal criminal law.

Piotr Śliwiński – Junior Lawyer

At DCA Law Firm, Piotr prepares drafts of pleadings, in particular related to criminal law, and analyses legal issues, case law and literature.

He is a fifth-year law student at Kozminski University in Warsaw.
In 2020-2022, he was President of the Kozminski Law Students Association, which included, organising academic seminars, study trips, conferences and speech competitions for students. He organised a "Law and politics" webinar with a lecture by the judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Prof. Marek Safjan. He also co-organised a study trip to Brussels, to familiarise students with the organisation and work of the European Parliament.

He specialises in criminal law, criminal tax law, administrative law, human rights protection,
anti-discrimination law, and the rhetoric and negotiation in the legal profession.

His interests include history, politics and kayaking.

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