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adw. Damian Dechnik

About Me

Attorney (Final Bar Exams passed in 2017, Master of Law – equivalent of Juris Doctor - in 2010), working as a lawyer on daily basis since 2012, also a Mediator since 2021 included on the list of "permanent mediators" kept by the President of the District Court in Wroclaw. A graduate of the Doctoral Studies in Legal Sciences at the Institute of Civil Law of the WPAiE University of Wroclaw and author of the articles exploring the relationship between contract law and property law. A graduate of the Postgraduate Studies in Compliance Management and the Postgraduate Studies in Project Management at the University of Wroclaw. Student at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics - Postgraduate Studies in Banking.

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive

Certification

Total Certifications10

Member of the Wroclaw Bar Association (Adwokat - WRO/Adw/1907).

Triple E European Foundation Certificate in Banking EU (EFCB 3E).

Associate Chartered Banker UK (approx. in 8/2025).

Compliance Officer.

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA by the IIA) (approx. in 5/2025).

Internal Auditor for Compliance Management Systems in accordance with the ISO 37301:2021 standard.

Internal Auditor for Anti-Bribery Management Systems in accordance with the PN-ISO 37001:2017-05 standard.

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS by the ACAMS).

PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management.

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) (approx. in 6/2025).

Skills

Core skills47
Languages2

Skills

Risk identification and assessment
Solution-oriented problem-solving
Business acumen
Compliance
Project Management
Process Management
Civil Law
Contract Law
Corporate Law
Commercial Law
Administrative Law
Labor Law
GDPR
Insurance Law
Insolvency Law
Construction Law
Real Estate Law
Property Law
Financial Law
AML (Anti-Money Laundering)
MFiD2
MFiR2
PSD2
MiCA
WTR2
CBPR2
SEPA
EBA guidelines
Drafting corporate structures
Drafting internal regulations, policies, and procedures
Registering legal entities
Corporate transformations, divisions, and mergers
Drafting contracts (sales, license, development, lease, lending, loan, pledge, donation, leasing, insurance, service mandate, employment, cooperation, NDAs, non-competition, framework, civil partnership, specific work, construction works)
Contract negotiation and litigation
Litigation support and dispute resolution
Court representation (district, regional, appellate, Supreme, administrative courts, regulatory bodies)
Property law services
Legal-architectural analysis
Zoning decisions and building permits
Corporate legal audits
Legal due diligence
AML and anti-bribery management systems auditing
Preparing compliance policies, procedures, reports, recommendations, requests, proposals, and arrangements
Compliance Officer
Anti-bribery
Internal Auditing
Legal services

Languages

English (British)
English

Services