Ms Weronika Magdziak-Śliwa > Kochanski & Partners > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Kochanski & Partners
METROPOLITAN BUILDING
PL PILSUDSKIEGO 1
00-078 WARSAW
Poland

Work Department

Litigation Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Weronika has many years of extensive experience in representing individuals and corporations before common courts and law enforcement bodies.  She specialises in broadly understood civil law disputes. For several years, she has represented the largest banking sector entities in litigation involving foreign currency indexed/denominated loans and compensatory benefits. Weronika co-manages a team of specialists dedicated to handling claims under foreign currency credit and loan agreements, and compensatory benefits.   She has participated in the development and implementation of a business strategy concerning claims for compensatory benefits brought to a major commercial bank in Poland. She also worked on the development of a litigation strategy concerning claims under foreign currency credit agreements for the largest Polish state-owned bank.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association

Education

Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Faculty of Law and Administration (Master of Laws, 2011)

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Dispute resolution

Kochanski & Partners is highly adept at handling international disputes, commercial disputes, civil and media litigation, and disputes involving financial institutions. ‘Excellent strategic thinker’ Marek Jeżewski chairs the department with experience in investor-state disputes, while Dominika Durchowska boasts skills in international disputes, as does Markiyan Malskyy. Michal König leads the commercial arbitration and litigation team, while Mateusz Ostrowski heads up the media litigation group. Andrzej Pałys and  Weronika Magdziak-Śliwa co-chair the financial institutions arm. Agnieszka Chrzanowska left the firm in April 2023 to set up her own practice.