Magdalena Dec

Counsel

Attorney-at-law (radca prawny)

Magdalena Dec is engaged in all stages of the insolvency process, from negotiating company voluntary arrangements to administration and receivership.

— Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Emailmagdalena.dec@dlapiper.com

Call+48 22 540 74 29

Warsaw

About

Areas of FocusRestructuring Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations White Collar and Corporate Crime Business and Commercial Litigation Global Investigations Compliance

Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law (Radca prawny) Registered with the Lublin Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Lublinie), 2011

EXPERIENCE

Advising and representing a client (one of the creditors) in the complex bankruptcy proceedings of Cosmar Polska, the company that formerly owned the Regent Hotel in Warsaw.
Advising and representing a global supplier of household appliances (one of the creditors) in the restructuring proceedings of Komputronik.
Advising and representing a client (one of the creditors) in the complex bankruptcy proceedings of Elektrobudowa.
Advising and representing a client (one of the creditors) in the complex bankruptcy proceedings of Przedsiębiorstwo Napraw Infrastruktury sp. z o.o.
Advising and representing a client (one of the creditors) in highly innovative simplified restructuring proceedings for the approval of a partial arrangement of CRIST S.A.
Advising and representing a client, a leading operator of shopping centres in Poland, in the bankruptcy proceedings of a debtor in connection with claims arising from nine large-format DIY stores filed in the bankruptcy proceedings of Praktiker Polska.
Advising and representing a global investment fund (one of the creditors) in numerous restructuring proceedings of the tenants of premises in shopping centres and office buildings.
Conducting an internal investigation for a client from the construction sector concerning alleged corrupt practices. The investigation included an email review, an analysis of business policies, and interviews with key personnel, and also involved advice on employment contracts and a post-investigation review and redrafting of internal policies.
Conducting an internal investigation for a client from the energy sector concerning serious allegations of corruption and breaches of the Polish Accounting Act. The investigation included an email review, an analysis of business policies, and interviews with key personnel, and also involved advice on employment contracts, an analysis of specific provisions of Polish accounting law, Polish criminal law, and the FCPA, and a post-investigation compliance review.
Advising a leading American IT company on the following:
- an internal legal audit of its Polish subsidiary and the potential misconduct of business partners;
- an analysis of possible liability under the FCPA of a Polish limited liability company with respect to its parent corporation in the USA;
- an analysis of internal business policies in a Polish limited liability company;
- the termination of employment contracts due to the violation of a business policy;
- the preparation of draft agreements regulating relationships with business partners;
- a post-audit dispute with a former business partner concerning payment for a service which might have led to liability under the FCPA.
Assisting a client from the food sector in a compliance audit concerning corruption allegations. The advice concerned local anticorruption law, food and pharmaceutical law, and employment law.
Assisting a client from the pharmaceutical sector in a compliance audit.