Magdalena Dec

Counsel

Attorney-at-law

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 FocusLitigation Arbitration and Investigations White Collar and Corporate Crime Business and Commercial Litigation Compliance Global Investigations Restructuring

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

EXPERIENCE

Advising and representing a client, as 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 client, a global supplier of household appliances, as one of the creditors, in the restructuring proceedings of Komputronik.
Advising and representing a client, as one of the creditors, in the complex bankruptcy proceedings of Elektrobudowa.
Advising and representing a client, as one of the creditors, in the complex bankruptcy proceedings of Przedsiębiorstwo Napraw Infrastruktury sp. z o.o.
Advising and representing a client, as one of the creditors, in highly innovative simplified restructuring proceedings for approval of a partial arrangement of CRIST S.A.
Advising and representing a client, a leading shopping center operator in Poland, in 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 client, one of the global investment funds, as one of the creditors, in numerous restructuring proceedings of the tenants of premises in shopping malls and office buildings.
Conducting an internal investigation for a client from the construction sector concerning alleged corrupt practices. The investgation included:
- email review;
- analysis of business policies;
- interviews with key personnel;
- advice on employment contracts;
- post-audit verification 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:
- email review;
- analysis of business policies;
- interviews with key personnel;
- advice on employment contracts;
- analysis of specific provisions of Polish accounting law and Polish criminal law as well as FCPA implications;
- post-audit compliance.
Advising a leading American IT company on the following:
- an internal legal audit of its Polish subsidiary and 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 a violation of business policy;
- the preparation of draft agreements regulating relationships with business partners;
- a post-audit dispute with a former business partner concerning the 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.