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As the leading short-term loans company in Poland, Wonga faces a plethora of different types of legal issues in its day-to-day operations related to banking and finance, competition law, consumer law, civil law, commercial law, data protection and many more. The legal team at the company is led by what nominators call ‘the very practical’ director of the legal and compliance department Zuzanna Kopaczyńska-Grabiec. She is known for her tremendous regulatory knowledge and practical experience in the financial services sector and is very active in the market by delivering speeches at many conferences and workshops, actively participating in the financial services industry associations. Characterised by a ‘can-do attitude’, Wonga’s legal team is capable of focusing on solving problems in the fastest and most proactive way possible, however always with respect to customers’ well-being. With practical understanding of how to deal with a great number of different legal and compliance issues spanning the consumer finance sector and in-depth knowledge of Wonga’s business, the team is highly valued by senior management. Besides being considered one of the top Polish legal departments in terms of compliance, in the last few years team has impressed nominators with its participation in innovative legal initiatives, such as the introduction of a new online postponed payments service into the Polish e-market, and a dedicated antitrust compliance programme enabling cooperation with competitors. They also took part in launching the educational platform “Kapitalni” which allows consumers to gain a practical financial education.