Paweł Pogorzelski

EY Poland, EY Law, White-Collar Crime Advisory Leader, Advocate

Paweł is the Leader of White-Collar Crime Advisory at EY Law.

Areas of focus

Paweł is a qualified Polish advocate with over 17 years of professional experience in white-collar crime, internal investigations, compliance, sanctions, and commercial litigation.

He has conducted numerous investigations and related government inquiries, often cross-border in scope (including under the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act and Sapin II). 

Paweł regularly represents clients in law enforcement actions and criminal proceedings. He has extensive experience in representing companies in complex litigation spanning a variety of sectors, including healthcare, industrials, energy, corporate and finance.

Paweł advises corporations and their boards on matters involving white-collar crimes (including corruption, fraud, money laundering, tax crimes, cybercrime), economic sanctions and compliance. 

He supports organizations in crisis situations, including unannounced inspections, risk management, and security incident response. He advises on regulatory, economic sanctions and compliance issues, including the implementation and review of compliance systems, including as part of compliance due diligence.

He frequently lectures and publishes articles on anti-corruption, sanctions and compliance issues. Paweł is recommended for white-collar crime and internal investigations by Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and Who's Who Legal.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He also completed legal courses at the University of Cambridge and Universität Bonn. Since 2011, he has been entered on the list of advocates of the District Bar Council in Warsaw.

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