Edyta Zalewska joins B2RLaw’s Partnership, and six lawyers are promoted

B2RLaw has announced Edyta Zalewska as Partner in its 2021 promotion round, effective as of 1^st May 2021. B2RLaw is also pleased to announce the promotion of the following lawyers:

+  Anna Grochowska–Wasilewska to Counsel
+  Marcin Malinowski to Counsel
+  Radosław Minh Nguyen to Senior Associate
+  Tomasz Michalczyk to Associate
+  Inka Kalista to Associate
+  Małgorzata Tomaka to Junior Associate

Edyta Zalewska is a member of the Dispute Resolution team and manages the practice of corporate disputes. She advises and represents clients in all phases of proceedings, both before arbitration and public courts. She specializes in resolving disputes in the field of commercial law, unfair competition and commercial criminal law. She represents Polish and foreign clients before courts and law enforcement agencies at all levels in Poland. Edyta also has wide experience in conducting white collar crimes cases, both acting for defendants and as a representative of victims. Edyta joined B2RLaw legacy firm JS Legal as an Associate in 2014 and for many years has been developing her career at the Firm, proving each day that she is a person of immense worth, winning the trust of her clients and colleagues.

Anna Grochowska–Wasilewska is an Advocate and a Doctor of Law, part of the Disputes team and also one of the leaders of the Business Criminal Litigation team at B2RLaw. Since 2014, she has been lecturing criminal procedure at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. Since 2021, she has been a Deputy Disciplinary Spokesman of the Warsaw Bar Association.

Marcin Malinowski is an Advocate and a member of the Dispute Resolution and Tax teams. He has worked with JSLegal for many years, prior to its merger for form B2RLaw, helping lead the Tax Litigation and Administrative proceedings practice. He represents clients in all kinds of civil, commercial and criminal disputes, specializing in tax, fiscal criminal and administrative proceedings.

Radosław Minh Nguyen is a trainee Attorney-at-law, and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. He is a key member of B2R’s Transaction team specialising in finance, corporate and M&A. Of late, Radosław has focused on finance transactions, advising on a variety of domestic and international finance transactions including project finance, real estate finance and acquisition finance.

Tomasz Michalczyk is an Advocate trainee based in B2R’s Krakow office and a member of the Transaction and Commercial Practice teams, focusing on corporate advisory, M&A, competition, IP and data protection.

Inka Kalista is a trainee Advocate and a multi-disciplinary lawyer that advises clients in respect to corporate and M&A, commercial law, employment and disputes.

Małgorzata Tomaka joined the B2RLaw team in mid-2020. Prior to this she practiced at law firms in Warsaw and Katowice. She specializes in intellectual property law.

Senior Partner Rafał Stroiński advises, “We are incredibly proud of the talent, skill and dedication of all of our people. The firm’s commitment to provide its clients with innovative, solutions-based legal services lies at the core of our business. Now, more than ever, developing talent that supports this is critical. All our promoted lawyers have continued to apply B2R’s values to achieve the best results for our clients. We thank them for their hard work and dedication and congratulate all on their well-deserved achievement.”

Senior Partner Bartłomiej Jankowski further states, “Edyta exhibits all the attributes that we would hope for in a B2RLaw partner, whether that be professionalism, hard work, loyalty, personal growth and a firm believer in long-term relationships. She is an excellent lawyer, an extremely good manager, and a fantastic mentor to the B2R team. We are very proud to have Edyta amongst our team, as well as all our promoted lawyers who make B2RLaw the firm it is.”