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Maciej Kopczynski

Counsel

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm sp.k.
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69,
00-801 Warsaw
Poland
Languages Polish, English

Maciej Kópczyński is an advocate and a counsel in the Dispute Resolution Department.

Maciej specialises in advising clients from different sectors in compliance and criminal matters, in particular relating to white collar crimes. He is also an experienced litigator representing clients in complex civil disputes.

He has advised clients from the IT, pharmaceutical, consumer goods and oil & gas sectors on conducting internal investigations related to a suspicion of offences having been committed by their employees. He has also advised clients on the criminal liability of companies and criminal liability of management board members. He provides anti-bribery training and advises clients on the implementation of a compliance system and on anti-money laundering regulations. 

As regards commercial disputes, his experience includes advising in corporate disputes, in particular concerning claims for the annulment of resolutions of a company’s governing bodies, advising on the application of interim measures and enforcement proceedings, advising in disputes concerning guarantee and warranty claims, claims under insurance contracts, as well as product liability claims. In addition, he has supported clients in relation to public procurement proceedings.  

Maciej is recommended by The Legal 500 in the area of white-collar crime.

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Relevant experience

Corporate Crime, Compliance and Forensics 

  • A global IT company on a high-profile case involving corruption charges against former state officials, as well as country and international managers in connection with multi-million IT public procurement contracts.
  • A major petroleum company in an internal investigation concerning bribery charges against its employees.
  • An international pharmaceutical company in criminal proceedings conducted by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in relation to a suspicion of bribery of healthcare professionals.
  • An international pharmaceutical company in a precedential crime case in Poland concerning irregularities in the clinical trials in which our client and monitoring companies were the injured parties.
  • An international IT company in relation to alleged irregularities in IT contracts for the National Healthcare Fund.
  • Polish retailers’ banks in criminal investigations conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office relating to alleged fraud on the part of the bank’s representatives when granting foreign currency loans.
  • The President of the Management Board of an international retail bank who was charged by one of the borrowers of CHF-indexed loans with a minor offence under Article 138b of the Code of Minor Offences.
  • A major petroleum company in an internal investigation concerning bribery charges against its employees.
  • An American insurer on the recovery of funds fraudulently transferred from an American bank account pursuant to fraud committed by a person purporting to be the insured parties’ creditor. 
  • A British bank on the recovery of funds stolen from the bank account of one of its clients after it was hacked with the use of malware, and representing the bank before the prosecutor. 
  • A French company on the recovery of funds fraudulently transferred from a French bank account pursuant to fraud committed by a person purporting to be the bank’s employee and with the use of malware.
  • An insurance company in criminal proceedings regarding insurance fraud to the detriment of the client in connection with several hundred false claims for compensation submitted by the insured.
  • A construction company in criminal investigation concerning the death of an employee at a construction site.

Dispute Resolution

  • An international IT company in a PLN 71.5 million dispute with the President of the Public Procurement Office (UZP) regarding alleged infringement of public procurement law in relation to four contracts concluded with the Polish Ministry of the Interior for the supply and implementation of complex IT systems.
  • A construction company in relation to a claim concerning the disbursement of bank guarantees brought by an investor regarding a delay in the construction of the national stadium in Warsaw.
  • An international pharmaceutical company in a product liability dispute related to a pharmaceutical drug.
  • An office building owner in a dispute with a construction company regarding defects of outer walls.
  • A foreign bank in a dispute regarding unjustified payment from the bank guarantee.
  • A German company in relation to a dispute concerning alleged defects of leased property. 

 

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Memberships & Roles

  • Warsaw Bar of Advocates
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Education

  • Approved Compliance Officer (Instytut Compliance).
  • University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, M.A..
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