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Agnieszka heads the Corporate crime & compliance team in Warsaw. She has unique expertise as a litigator and criminal defence counsel, having represented both companies and individuals in different types of proceedings, including criminal, administrative, civil or disciplinary cases.

She is one of the few lawyers on the market specialising in corporate liability issues and related risk management. Together with her team, she handles high-stakes, complex corporate projects (e.g. bribery, fraud, insider trading, mis-selling of financial instruments, asset stripping, money laundering, environmental or tax offences and many others).

Agnieszka regularly leads internal investigations into violations of law, compliance rules or ethics, handling all aspects of case strategy. She also supports clients in building and enhancing compliance frameworks, whistleblower programmes, and sanctions governance, including matters arising from the EU and Polish sanctions framework.

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Corporate crime & compliance
Compliance

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Automotive & mobility
Financial institutions & insurance

CV

Since 2026 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2025 – 2026 Of Counsel, Dentons
2022 – 2025 Partner, Dentons
2020 – 2021 General Counsel and Board Member, Kulczyk Holding, Luxembourg and Warsaw, Poland
2010 – 2020 Partner, Dentons (formerly Salans), Warsaw, Poland
2008 – 2009 Counsel, Salans, Warsaw, Poland
2007 – 2008 Senior Managing Associate, Salans, Warsaw, Poland
2005 – 2007 Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, Warsaw, Poland
2003 – 2005 Individual practice
2022 – 2023 Sopocka Akademia Nauk stosowanych - ESG postgraduate studies, Sopot, Poland
2005 Stockholm University, Intellectual property postgraduate studies, Sweden
2002 – 2003 Public Interest Law Initiative fellowship, Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, United States of America
1992 – 1998 Masters of Law, University Szczecin School of Law, Poland

Career

Since 2026 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2025 – 2026 Of Counsel, Dentons
2022 – 2025 Partner, Dentons
2020 – 2021 General Counsel and Board Member, Kulczyk Holding, Luxembourg and Warsaw, Poland
2010 – 2020 Partner, Dentons (formerly Salans), Warsaw, Poland
2008 – 2009 Counsel, Salans, Warsaw, Poland
2007 – 2008 Senior Managing Associate, Salans, Warsaw, Poland
2005 – 2007 Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, Warsaw, Poland
2003 – 2005 Individual practice

Education

2022 – 2023 Sopocka Akademia Nauk stosowanych - ESG postgraduate studies, Sopot, Poland
2005 Stockholm University, Intellectual property postgraduate studies, Sweden
2002 – 2003 Public Interest Law Initiative fellowship, Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School, United States of America
1992 – 1998 Masters of Law, University Szczecin School of Law, Poland

Memberships & Associations

Centrum Pro Bono – founding member

IBA Women's White Collar Defense Association - member


Additional languages

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Awards

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Leading individual - Recommended in White-Collar Crime (Poland)

Chambers Europe 2025

Ranked in White-Collar Crime in Poland (Band 3)

Legal 500 EMEA 2018-2020

Leading individual - Recommended in White-Collar Crime (Poland)

Ranked in White-Collar Crime in Poland (Band 3)

Recognized as "Best in White Collar Crime"

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