Paweł Matej

Senior Associate
Advocate
Warsaw
About

Paweł Matej has more than 10 years of experience in advising on international trade and the provision of cross-border services.

He supports clients in various customs issues, including classification, valuation and origin, as well as in matters related to non-tariff measures, including trade in dual-use items and military goods, product and environmental requirements, and sanctions. He has also assisted clients from the gambling and insurance sectors in providing their services across borders.

Paweł represents clients before common courts and administrative courts, the Polish customs authorities, and the European Commission, as well as advising them in penal-fiscal proceedings concerning violations of customs law and excise duty regulations.

Paweł has authored numerous articles in professional journals on subjects such as international trade and sanctions.

Areas of FocusComplianceBusiness and Commercial LitigationGlobal InvestigationsLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsRegulatory and Government AffairsWhite Collar and Corporate Crime
Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2017

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a client in proceedings before the European Commission related to expanding the application of anti-dumping customs duty.
  • Advising clients on the international trade of military equipment and dual-use items.
  • Advising clients in proceedings regarding customs classification and valuation.
  • Advising a client in civil and administrative proceedings concerning a refund of EU subsidies.
  • Representing an EU agency in precedential proceedings before common courts in connection with the enforcement of debts.
  • Representing a gambling operator in proceedings concerning the placing of an internet domain on the official blacklist (i.e. the register of internet domains offering gambling games in breach of the Polish Gambling Act).
  • Representing the president of the management board of an oil company in penal-fiscal proceedings concerning the diminishing of a tax receivable.
  • Advising clients on the impact of sanctions on the ability to import and export goods to and from Poland.
  • Representing clients in numerous proceedings regarding the seizure of goods at the European Union border.
  • Representing clients in criminal proceedings concerning the breach of export control regulations.
  • Advising several clients on the import of advanced military equipment into the European Union.
  • Advising several clients on the export of military equipment and dual-use items to Ukraine.
  • Representing clients in customs, administrative and criminal proceedings concerning breaches of CITES.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English

Awards

  • Recommended in White-Collar Crime – Legal 500 EMEA 2022-2024
  • “Paweł Matej is very professional, committed to the job, and provides legal advice in a timely and professional manner.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2023, White-Collar Crime
  • “Pawel Matej is highly professional and supportive partner.’” – Legal 500 EMEA 2022, White-Collar Crime
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2012

Publications

  • Restrictions on international trade of goods (Taxation and Customs Law Monitor 5/2021)
  • Violation of recommendations issued by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority as a basis for imposing sanctions pursuant to Article 362(1) of the Insurance and Reinsurance Activity Act of 11 September 2015 (Insurance Law 3/2021)
  • Territorial scope of application of the Polish Sanctions Act (Compliance Magazine 2/2022)
  • Prohibition on the import of Russian and Belarusian coal products into the territory of Poland (Taxation and Customs Law Monitor 12/2022)
  • Performance of insurance and reinsurance contracts under sanctions regime imposed on the Russian Federation (Insurance Law 4/2022)

Prior Experience

  • May 2019 – present, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2016 – April 2019, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • June 2013 – April 2016, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2017 

My latest insights

Publication

International Trade Webinars – nagrania

7 August 2025 .1 minute read

Past event

Unlocking opportunities: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Litigation in Europe’s...

20 January 2025 .3 minute read

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+48 22 540 74 10
(Work, Warsaw)