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adw. Damian Dechnik

Attorney / CAMS / EFCB 3E / Compliance Officer / Mediator

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.

Jurisdiction

Region: Europe

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive
Managing Owner, Attorney, Compliance Officer, MediatorDPW Legal Kancelaria Adwokacka (law firm)
2020 - Present

Legal, regulatory, compliance and audit services related to corporate law; commercial law; banking law and financial law; contract law; wholesale and retail industries; construction, development, real estate industries; AML; anti-bribery; administrative law; legal due diligence. Also, a Legal Expert in AI projects.

Managing Owner, LawyerDamian Dechnik Kancelaria Prawna (law firm)
2016 - 2019

Legal and compliance services related to corporate law; commercial law; contract law; wholesale and retail industries; construction, development, real estate industries; administrative law; legal due diligence.

Associate LawyerKancelaria Adwokacka KREJ & KREJ (law firm)
2016 - 2016

Legal services related to corporate law; commercial law; contract law; agriculture, industrial agriculture; construction, development, real estate industries; administrative law.

Associate LawyerKancelaria Adwokacka KREJ & KREJ (law firm)
2015 - 2016

Legal services related to corporate law; commercial law; contract law; agriculture, industrial agriculture; construction, development, real estate industries; administrative law.

Associate LawyerKancelaria Adwokacka adw. Grazyna Biernat (law firm)
2013 - 2015

Legal services related to corporate law; commercial law; contract law; construction, development, real estate industries; administrative law; legal due diligence.

Trainee in the legal departmentKancelaria Adwokacka adw. Grazyna Biernat (law firm)
Present

Legal services related to corporate law; commercial law; contract law; construction, development, real estate industries; administrative law; legal due diligence.

Education

Degree of Postgraduate Studies – BankingSGH Warsaw School of Economics
2024 - 2025
Degree of Postgraduate Studies - Compliance ManagementUniversity of Wroclaw
2021 - 2022
Degree of Postgraduate Studies - Project ManagementUniversity of Wroclaw
2016 - 2017
Doctorate of Advocate training / apprenticeshipWroclaw Bar Association
2012 - 2016
Doctorate of Ph.D. candidate (writing of the doctoral thesis continues within) , Civil Law Institute, Doctoral studies in Legal SciencesUniversity of Wroclaw
2011 - 2016
Masters of LawUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
2006 - 2010

Certification

Total Certifications7

Certified Anti -Money Laundering Specialist ( CAMS )

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

2025

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

The European Banking and Financial Services Training Network

2024

Compliance Officer

University of Wroclaw

2022

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

DEKRA

2022

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

DEKRA

2022

PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management

AXELOS

2017

International Legal English Certificate

University of Cambridge

2013

Skills

Core skills5
Languages3

Skills

Legal services
Legal regulatory compliance
Internal Audit
AML (Anti-money laundering)
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Languages

English (British)
English
Polish

Services