Mr Wojciech Baranski > DeBenedetti Majewski Szczesniak Kancelaria Prawnicza Sp. K. > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

DeBenedetti Majewski Szczesniak Kancelaria Prawnicza Sp. K.
SASKI CRESCENT
UL KRÓLEWSKA 16
00-103 WARSAW
Poland

Work Department

Financial law, banking law, bankruptcy law, litigation.

Position

Partner, Attorney-at-law

Career

Wojciech specializes in distressed assets transactions with restructuring and bankruptcy law
elements, litigation funding, financial transactions and M&A.

He has extensive experience in providing advisory services to banks. In the law firm, Wojciech Barański is responsible for numerous transactions related to syndicated loans and issues of bonds.

He also deals with particularly complicated procedures involving the enforcement of claims, and represents clients in restructuring and bankruptcy procedures. He represents clients in civil disputes in front of courts of all instances, including proceedings concerning the protection of personal rights and in class actions.

From 2000 to 2005, Wojciech Barański acted as attorney-at-law in the Legal Department of the Headquarters of BGŻ S.A. Between 2004 and 2007, he also acted as the president and subsequently the liquidator in a capital fund.

Wojciech Barański has conducted a series of workshops for the employees of commercial banks on the topic of securing loans, and has given foreign currency law training sessions for banks, the Ministry of Finance and other public administrative bodies.

He has been a legal expert in front of the Sejm Committee for Administration and Internal Affairs.

He has authored various publications in the field of banking law and bankruptcy law.

Languages

Polish (native), English, German

Memberships

Regional Bar Association

Education

Law Faculty at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. Attorney-at-law since 1999.

Leisure

Tennis, literature of fiction.

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Dispute resolution

Dariusz Szcześniak and Wojciech Barański jointly lead the litigation practice at DeBenedetti Majewski Szczesniak Kancelaria Prawnicza Sp. K., which represents clients throughout the entire lifecycle of contentious mandates and before a wide range of courts, including the Supreme Court. Its offering includes representation in civil and business disputes, especially those between capital and financial market entities. Counsel Piotr Frelak joined the team from RKKW – Kwasnicki, Wrobel & Partners in May 2023, alongside counsel Justyna Karsz from Drzewiecki, Tomaszek i Wspólnicy sp.j..