Marcin Ajs

Attorney. Partner at Dziekański Chowaniec Ajs.

Member of the European Criminal Bar Association.

He specializes in white-collar criminal law, fiscal criminal law, criminal compliance and international criminal law. He has particular expertise in international criminal law, assisting international clients in proceedings concerning the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), extradition and INTERPOL-related matters.

Since 2014 he has advised mainly on the criminal liability of legal entities and individuals operating in business. His experience includes numerous cases of corruption, manipulation of financial instruments, money laundering, fraud, tax fraud (VAT fraud), and breach or misuse of trade secrets and unfair competition.

He helps clients minimise liability risks by implementing compliance programmes covering anti-corruption rules, codes of ethics, whistleblowing mechanisms and measures against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).

Before founding his own law firm, he spent more than five years in the white-collar crime department of an international law firm based in Warsaw, Poland.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Kozminski University in Warsaw and also studied at Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Germany), where he took part in a programme focused on international commercial and corporate law.

He lectures in the postgraduate programme “Compliance & ESG Officer” at Lazarski University, where he teaches courses on trade secrets and other legally protected professional secrets.