Dr Mateusz Blocher > Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak Offices
UL. JASNA 26
00-054 WARSAW
Poland
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Dr Mateusz Blocher
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Economic sanctions
Position
Senior Counsel, attorney-at-law
Career
Specialises in public and private banking law with a particular emphasis on payment services and AML. Acts as an advisor to banks and other financial sector institutions mainly on regulatory issues. Completed numerous deployment processes, including those related to PSD2, PAD, EMD2, CCD, and AMLD 3, 4, and 5. Advises on compliance. Regularly supports banking-sector in implementing various European law solutions in the area of financial market regulation. An author of academic publications on regulatory changes in banking. He has a civil law Ph.D. (University of Warsaw).
Languages
polish, english
Education
- Council of the Bar in Warsaw – attorney-at-law
- University of Warsaw – Ph.D. in law – 2020
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Officer (AML) – 2019
- District Bar Council in Warsaw – advocacy apprenticeship – 2015-2018
- University of Warsaw – MA in law – 2014
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Banking and finance
(Leading associates)For the banking and finance team at Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak, core areas of focus include financial regulatory work, with an emphasis on payment services mandates, and M&A transactions in the financial sector, covering acquisitions, reorganisations and sustainable energy financings. The practice is lauded for its ‘outstanding knowledge and experience‘ in acting for domestic and international borrowers and lenders, and managing partner and financial regulatory expert Marcin Olechowski sits at the helm of the department. He is ably supported by Wojciech Iwański, who boasts notable experience in representing clients before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, and Mateusz Blocher, for whom consumer credit is a key area of activity.