Pawel Bartosiewicz
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Pawel Bartosiewicz

Counsel

Pawel has extensive experience in negotiating and implementing tailor-made restructuring agreements, court-based workouts and distressed M&A transactions.

Pawel also represents financial institutions, private equity funds and trade creditors in bankruptcy, restructuring proceedings and insolvency litigation. He often serves as Head of the Creditors’ Council, which is a body influencing how Polish insolvency proceedings are conducted. His practice involves identifying, counteracting and challenging fraudulent transactions. He has particular expertise in court-based and out-of-court enforcement of security interest (eg registered pledges).

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • Pawel Bartosiewicz (2023) Polish Chapter in “European Cross Border Insolvency”, Sweet & Maxwell
  • Pawel Bartosiewicz (2018) “Lender liability for improper acceleration of the credit facilities”, Wolters Kluwer
  • Regular contributor to the Polish Journal of Banking Law (Monitor Prawa Bankowego), having published over 20 articles

Recognition

Paweł Bartosiewicz is an excellent lawyer. He's very skilled and hard-working.
Chambers Europe, 2025
He's a very knowledgeable lawyer and has great technical skills. He is also a nice person to work with.
Chambers Europe, 2025

Awards

  • Up and coming Restructuring/Insolvency Lawyer in Poland, Chambers Europe, 2025
  • Leading Associate in Restructuring and Insolvency in Poland, Legal 500, 2025

Qualifications

Admissions

Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law (Attorney-at-law)

Academic

PhD, Banking law, Leon Koźmiński Academy, 2016

MA, Faculty of Law and Administration, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2011 

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.