Ms Małgorzata Urbańska > CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Posniak i Bejm sp.k. > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Posniak i Bejm sp.k.
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69 St.
00-801 Warsaw
Poland

Work Department

Antitrust, Competition and Trade | Consumer Products

Position

Partner, Head of Antitrust, Competition and Trade Department in Poland
Partner, Head of CEE Consumer Products

Career

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Malgorzata Urbanska is the Head of the Competition and Public Procurement Group at CMS Poland and the Head of Consumer Products Sector Group in CEE.

She specialises in a wide range of Polish and EU competition law issues, including antitrust, merger control, state aid, public procurement, unfair competition and consumer protection.

She represented clients in numerous merger notifications to both Polish Competition Authority and the European Commission. She advises in cartel cases, including bid rigging, vertical restraints cases and on dominance issues. She works extensively on competition compliance and risk management, including internal investigations, setting compliance strategies and training for personnel of all levels.

She acts in front of competition authorities, but also successfully represents clients before competition courts, when appealing from adverse decisions and fines.

Malgorzata advises businesses from a range of industry sectors, but in particular consumer products, lifesciences, ICT and energy, oil and gas.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

The Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law

Competition Law Association

Public Procurement Law Association

Education

2005 – Post-graduate degree in European Community Law and Competition Law, King’s College, London, UK
2004 – Legal advisor training, admission to the Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors, Warsaw
1999 – Master’s degree, the Warsaw University, Warsaw

Personal

Practice areas:
– Antitrust, Competition and Trade
– Public procurement
– Consumer protection
– Unfair Competition
– State aid
– Merger Control
– Consumer Products

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Competition/antitrust

(Leading individuals)

Małgorzata UrbańskaCMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm sp.k.

The competition group at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Posniak i Bejm sp.k. sits within the firm’s global offering, and it handles the entire spectrum of potential mandates, from representation in antitrust compliance and litigation proceedings, and internal and competition authority investigations, to advice on merger control, consumer protection, state aid, and public procurement mandates. In addition to leading the competition practice in Poland, Małgorzata Urbańska heads up the firm’s consumer product sector focus group for Central and Eastern EuropeSenior associate Izabela Biernat-Sadlak is another notable name and specialises in antitrust, merger control, and unfair competition matters.

Poland > Public procurement

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Posniak i Bejm sp.k. remains a dominant force in the public procurement arena, frequently addressing the competition-related aspects of consortia formation, drafting public procurement contracts, and providing advice on public projects across various industries, including energy, infrastructure, telecoms and construction. The team excels in both domestic and EU law issues, collaborating closely with the firm’s energy and projects departments. Małgorzata Urbańska leads the group, focusing her practice on advising private and public corporates on all types of tenders in the Polish market. Marcin Bejm, who is also the head of the firm’s energy and infrastructure practice, concentrates on advising on projects concerning various types of infrastructure assets in Poland and the wider CEE region. Krzysztof Sikora is notable for representing clients before the National Appeals Chamber, while Angelika Szufel specialises in the organisation of infrastructure investment projects, particularly within the transport and energy sectors.