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Anna Rataj, Ph.D., LL.M.
Anna Rataj, Ph.D., LL.M.

Anna Rataj, Ph.D., LL.M.

Senior Associate

  • Warsaw Poland
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Anna Rataj specialises in all aspects of individual and collective employment and immigration law. Clients trust in her experience in drafting employment contracts, preparing policies and adjusting foreign law governed documents into documents that are compliant with Polish labour law. She also supports companies in establishing and terminating employment relationships, assessing risks of hiring independent contractors vs. employees and obtaining residence and work permits in Poland for non-EEA citizens.

Anna has an additional focus on advising national and international clients on day-to-day corporate law matters and M&A transactions (both share deals and asset deals). She has conducted and coordinated numerous due diligence analysis for M&A transactions of companies operating in different sectors. Her substantial know-how in corporate and project financing (e.g., establishing pledges, drafting loan agreements) as well as in the sale of financial assets is appreciated by clients. Moreover, she provides services to Israeli clients, using her knowledge of Hebrew.

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CV

Since 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2017 Associate, WKB Wierciński Kwieciński Baehr
2012 Trainee, The Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011 – 2012 Associate, Rödl & Partner, Krakow, Poland
2010 – 2011 Junior Associate, Rödl & Partner, Krakow, Poland
2008 Trainee, Stefan Hambura, Berlin, Germany
2007 – 2008 Trainee, Linklaters, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Trainee, Shearman & Sterling, Mannheim, Germany
2017 – 2018 Postgraduate studies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Warsaw School of Economics
2017 Admitted to the Bar, New York
2015 Admitted to the Bar, Poland
2013 – 2014 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2010 – 2015 Doctoral studies (PhD in Law), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland with research stays at the University of Haifa, Israel & Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
2010 – 2012 Legal advisor trainee programme, Krakow Chamber of Legal Advisors, Poland
2010 – 2011 Postgraduate studies in specialized translation in German, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2009 – 2010 Postgraduate studies in German Law (LL.M.), University Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Legal studies, School of Austrian Law, Krakow, Poland & Vienna, Austria
2008 – 2011 Jewish studies (BA), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2005 – 2006 Legal studies, School of German Law, Krakow, Poland & Heidelberg and Mainz, Germany
2005 International Business and Trade Summer Programme, Krakow, Poland & Washington DC, USA
2003 – 2009 Legal studies (M.A.), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland with research stays at the universities of Heidelberg and Bamberg, Germany

Career

Since 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2017 Associate, WKB Wierciński Kwieciński Baehr
2012 Trainee, The Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011 – 2012 Associate, Rödl & Partner, Krakow, Poland
2010 – 2011 Junior Associate, Rödl & Partner, Krakow, Poland
2008 Trainee, Stefan Hambura, Berlin, Germany
2007 – 2008 Trainee, Linklaters, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Trainee, Shearman & Sterling, Mannheim, Germany

Education

2017 – 2018 Postgraduate studies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Warsaw School of Economics
2017 Admitted to the Bar, New York
2015 Admitted to the Bar, Poland
2013 – 2014 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2010 – 2015 Doctoral studies (PhD in Law), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland with research stays at the University of Haifa, Israel & Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
2010 – 2012 Legal advisor trainee programme, Krakow Chamber of Legal Advisors, Poland
2010 – 2011 Postgraduate studies in specialized translation in German, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2009 – 2010 Postgraduate studies in German Law (LL.M.), University Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Legal studies, School of Austrian Law, Krakow, Poland & Vienna, Austria
2008 – 2011 Jewish studies (BA), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2005 – 2006 Legal studies, School of German Law, Krakow, Poland & Heidelberg and Mainz, Germany
2005 International Business and Trade Summer Programme, Krakow, Poland & Washington DC, USA
2003 – 2009 Legal studies (M.A.), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland with research stays at the universities of Heidelberg and Bamberg, Germany

Memberships & Associations

Krakow Bar Association

New York State Bar

Additional languages

English German Hebrew

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