Mr Tomasz Sancewicz > CMS > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

CMS
Varso Tower
Chmielna 69 St.
00-801 Warsaw
Poland

Work Department

Employment

Position

Counsel, Attorney-at-law

Career

Tomasz Sancewicz is a Counsel and highly experienced attorney-at-law in the CMS Employment Group. He has been co-operating with CMS since 2006

Tomasz specialises in labour law. On a day-to-day basis, he helps international and regional corporations stay compliant with Polish employment regulations. He advises clients on all employment-related issues, such as hiring structures, working time, salary structures, internal by-laws etc.

Tomasz advises on restructuring, redundancies, individual terminations, dismissal strategies and structures. He helps to negotiate and draft settlement packages and documentation. He assists clients in bullying cases, forensic investigations and other compliance-related employment issues. Moreover, his experience includes advising on staff matters in corporate deals and coordinating employment issues relating to transactional work.

Tomasz is co-author of the book on compliance „Systemy zarządzania zgodnością – compliance w praktyce”. He also frequently contributes legal articles to Poland’s daily newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” where he comments on various aspects of Polish and EU employment law. He is very active in mentoring young talents at CMS and helps to develop CMS Poland’s mentoring programme for all practices.

Legal 500 recommends Tomasz as a labour law specialist and a “Rising Star”.

Languages

Polish; English

Memberships

District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw

Education

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, M. A.
University of Cambridge & University of Warsaw
British and European School of Law

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Employment

(Rising stars)

Tomasz SancewiczCMS

The employment practice at CMS is well regarded for its expertise in handling negotiations with trade unions. Other strengths of the practice include immigration advice, internal investigations, and sensitive terminations of top management. The team is a popular choice among clients in the financial services, TMT, real estate, life sciences, manufacturing, retail and automotive sectors. Practice head Katarzyna Dulewicz benefits the team with her significant experience handling restructurings, executive terminations and incentive compensation programmes. Other notable names in the practice include Maciej Andrzejewski, Agnieszka Kałwa and Tomasz Sancewicz.