Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasinski Kancelaria Prawna sp. j.

Life Sciences

Partner | Attorney-at-Law

Michał Tracz specialises in pharmaceutical, food and chemicals law, including cosmetics law. He also advises on the legal aspects of manufacturing, importing, distribution and marketing of other regulated products, including borderline products.

In his career to date, he has advised more than 100 entities from various regulated industries, especially the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics industry, but also from sectors such as animal feed/pet food, veterinary medicinal products, hygiene products, household chemical products, biocidal products, fertilisers, plant protection products and large-scale retailing.

He has also dealt with aspects of product liability, including general product safety regulations, etc. He also advises on environmental communication, sustainability, and greenwashing. He has experience in compliance issues and business self-regulation.

He advises owners, board members and various departments within companies, such as the legal and compliance, regulatory, medical, quality assurance, R&D, public affairs, public relations, marketing and sales departments.

He represents clients before authorities, in particular, the Sanitary Inspectorate, the Trade Inspectorate and the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspectorate. He provides legal support in crisis situations (suspension/recall of products from the market, RASFF/Safety Gate), as well as advice on procedures and training.

He participated in the preparation of the Code of Good Marketing Practice of Dietary Supplements. I additionally have experience in coordinating legal support in various countries.

Before joining KRK, he worked for almost nine years in the Life Sciences team of one of Poland’s largest law firms.

He is recommended by international legal rankings – Legal500 and Chambers Europe in the field of Life Sciences.

Polish, English, German

Polish Council for Supplements and Nutritional Foods - Chair of the Ethics Committee