Ms Małgorzata Urbańska > CMS > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
CMS Offices
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69 St.
00-801 Warsaw
Poland
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Ms Małgorzata Urbańska
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 partners)‘With excellent knowledge of competition law in Central Europe’, the team at CMS is well-versed in the intricacies of merger control and antitrust compliance. Boasting high-profile clients – particularly those in the goods industry – the team provides advice on sales and pricing models, consumer contracts and marketing. Alongside its advisory offering, the firm also assists clients with both internal and competition authority investigations into alleged anti-competitive behaviour. Leading the practice is Małgorzata Urbańska, whose advisory portfolio of work covers state aid and unfair competition matters, while her contentious focus lies with cartel cases and dominance issues. Singled out for her assistance in dawn raids and internal investigations is Izabela Biernat-Sadlak, whose advisory service focuses on consumer products.
Poland > Public procurement
(Leading partners)CMS remains a force in the marketplace, bringing strength to advising on the competition aspects of public procurement, including bid-rigging and the forming of consortia. In addition, the firm assists with public finance law, general civil and commercial law and state aid. The firm’s robust client roster spans such sectors as energy, infrastructure and healthcare. Domestic and EU competition law expert Małgorzata Urbańska leads the department, drawing on considerable experience to assist with the competition aspects of tender procedures. Another key contact is Marcin Bejm, who focuses on public procurement and state aid, advising industry sponsors, contractors and institutional investors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Competition/antitrust Poland
- Leading partners Poland > Public procurement
- Leading partners Poland > Competition/antitrust
- Public procurement Poland
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- White-collar crime