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Michal helps clients navigate the complexity of financial services regulations and face regulatory challenges arising from current geopolitical trends. He is recommended by Legal500 for “compliance, risk mitigation, and internal investigations”, which are listed as areas of his “particular strength”.
He has extensive experience advising companies operating in a wide range of sectors, including banking, fintech, crypto, as well as derivatives and structured products. He assists with the structuring of crypto activities in the UK and EU, the marketing of investment funds (including in tokenised form) in the UK and various EU jurisdictions, and complex transactions involving derivatives and securitisation.
Michal is a trusted advisor to clients facing regulatory challenges arising from sanctions, export controls, tariffs, national security and foreign investment, anti-money laundering, and cybersecurity regimes. He helps private equity firms assess and investigate risk exposure in the context of pre-transactional due diligence, with a specific focus on companies operating in the most sensitive sectors (including military, dual-use, data centres, semiconductors, and crypto) or jurisdictions.
Michal also acts as a bridge between his clients and UK and EU regulators in relation to matters involving authorisation applications, admission to trading (including notifications of white papers required under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)), change of control, major shareholding and short position notifications and disclosure, regulatory reporting, and applications for licences or clearance under sanctions, export control, and national security regimes.
Referenzmandate
- Advised several crypto companies on compliance with MiCA; drafted and submitted MiCA white papers to the relevant EU regulators; and advised on the application of the UK regulated activities and financial promotion regime
- Advised a US investment manager on compliance with UK marketing rules applicable to the offering of tokenised funds to UK investors
- Advised a number of investment managers on compliance with UK and EU investment fund regulations; and submitted National Private Placement Regime (NPPR) applications on their behalf in the UK and various EU Member States
- Advised a UK derivative dealer on the structuring of a cap derivative transaction under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation regime; and advised on the corresponding margin and reporting requirements
- Provided regulatory advice to banks in connection with the issuance of regulatory capital instruments and the structuring of synthetic securitisation transactions
- Submitted various change of control notifications on behalf of private equity funds acquiring UK businesses
- Advised a private equity firm in assessing risk exposure in relation to potential investments in companies operating in the military, dual-use or semiconductor sectors with exposure to Russia, Iran, or China
- Represented a German manufacturer in an investigation into alleged violations of EU sanctions against Russia
- Acted for a global transportation company in connection with an investigation into EU sanctions and export control breaches
- Represented a global real estate company in a cross-border market abuse investigation
Auszeichnungen
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2026
Mitgliedschaften
- European Criminal Bar Association
Qualifikation
Education
Sciences Po Paris with Columbia Law School and University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Masters, Global Business Law & Governance, 2018
Sciences Po Paris with King’s College London, BA, Law, Politics and Economics, 2016
Admissions
England and Wales
Languages
English
French
Polish
