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Andrzej Kolwas

Legal director | Philip Morris International

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Andrzej Kolwas

Legal director | Philip Morris International

Career Biography

Andrzej is a qualified attorney with vast experience in both private practice, and in-house legal teams.

He currently is a legal director at Philip Morris International’s (PMI) Operations Law team.

Andrzej joined PMI in 2012 as Senior Counsel and since then had been responsible for legal support to the European Union, Latin America & Canada, and Eastern Europe Middle East & Africa regions within Illicit Trade Prevention legal team. He subsequently moved cross-functionally to lead one of PMI’s major External Affairs regulatory workstreams, to then assume his current role as an attorney supporting a major part of PMI’s Operations, including Sustainability, Global Security, Leaf, Manufacturing, and Engineering.

Before joining PMI, Andrzej worked in top US and UK law firms’ regulatory and litigation departments.

Andrzej holds LL.M. in Law, and Executive MBA (IMD) degrees, allowing him to provide business-centric legal advice.

He prefers to spend free time outdoors, in the Valais Alps with his family.

Andrzej Kolwas - Switzerland 2022

Senior sounsel, operations | Philip Morris International

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Andrzej Kolwas - Switzerland 2018

Senior counsel, global head of anti-illicit regulatory | Philip Morris International

Andrzej Kolwas comes from a private practice background before moving in-house, to PMI’s anti-illicit trade function, where he assumed the role of senior counsel for the EU region. While performing...

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