Ms Agnieszka Wardak > Dentons > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
UL. ZAJECZA 4
00-351 WARSZAWA
POLAND
Poland

Work Department

Criminal Litigation and Internal Investigation; Compliance

Position

Agnieszka Wardak is a partner in Dentons’ Warsaw office, where she leads the Criminal Litigation and Internal Investigation practice. She also specializes in antibribery compliance and international sanctions. She is a seasoned litigator and a criminal defense counsel.

With extensive experience in corporate crime matters, she represents companies and individuals in a wide range of white-collar crime cases, including fraud, bribery and corruption, insider trading, money laundering, liability for environmental damage, criminal bid rigging and other offenses.

In addition, Agnieszka conducts internal investigations including those arising from whistleblower complaints. She often assists in criminal cases arising from violations of health and safety regulations, usually in connection with serious workplace accidents.

Her practice also focuses on liability and risk mitigation issues. She has coordinated large-scale and multi-jurisdictional projects. Combining litigation and regulatory experience, she advises on corporate compliance matters.

Career

  • Partner at Dentons, 2022 to date
  • General Counsel and Board Member at Kulczyk Holding, 2020–2021
  • Partner at Dentons, 2010–2020

Languages

Polish, English, Spanish, Russian

Memberships

  • Centrum Pro Bono – founding member
  • IBA
  • Women’s White Collar Defense Association
  • Admitted to the Polish Bar Association (2002)

Education

  • Stockholm University, 2005, postgraduate studies, intellectual property
  • Columbia Law School, 2003, postgraduate studies
  • University of Szczecin, 1998, Master of Laws
  • Case Western Reserve University, 1993, visiting scholar, School of Law

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > White-collar crime

(Leading partners)

Agnieszka Wardak – Dentons

Dentons has ample experience representing clients in white-collar criminal proceedings before the Polish authorities regarding cybercrime, fraud, corruption and asset stripping. The group also advises on compliance, corporate liability, crisis management and sanctions. Agnieszka Wardak sits at the head of the practice and regularly acts in court trials regarding money laundering, theft of confidential data, criminal bid rigging and environmental damage. Joanna Kornaszewska is a key name who is active in white-collar crime litigation.

Poland > Dispute resolution

Dentons is lauded for its ‘experienced practitioners with extensive litigation and arbitration experience’, and sectors of activity include the manufacturing and automotive, energy, finance, construction and infrastructure, and transport industries, and it supports both local and international companies. Co-managing partner Anna Pukszto heads up the firm’s dispute resolution practice, as well as the restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy group with notable expertise in finance litigation. Michał Jochemczak chairs the arbitration team, while the construction practice is led by Agnieszka Wojciechowska and Agnieszka Wardak spearheads the white-collar crime department. Stanisław Sołtysik was elevated to the partnership in April 2024.