Bartosz Merczynski
Partner
Warsaw
Bartosz Merczynski
Partner
Warsaw
Contact Details
Bartosz Merczyński, Ph.D., heads the Warsaw Banking Litigation and Insolvency practice. He is an attorney-at-law with over 14 years of professional experience and has been with the firm since 2005. Bartosz specialises in representing global financial institutions in a range of complex financial and regulatory disputes.
He frequently acts for banks in mis-selling and professional negligence litigation. He regularly represents clients in high value credit insurance disputes, and also has particularly broad experience acting for financial creditors in insolvency proceedings and recovery litigation, including disputed security and enforcement. He has represented clients in landmark cases before the courts of all instances, as well as the Polish Supreme Court.
Bartosz has a strong banking and finance background as he gained a wealth of unique industry expertise working in the firm’s banking department. This allows him to operate as a litigator with a clear understanding of the underlying financial transactions and products.
Bartosz graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw in 2002 and conducted his doctoral studies at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he obtained a Ph.D. in international civil and insolvency law in 2010. Bartosz has authored several publications and conducts seminars for financial institutions.
Qualifications
Professional
Qualified as a licensed restructuring adviser, 2015
Admitted as an attorney-at-law, the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, 2010
Qualified as a bankruptcy receiver and trustee, 2004
Academic
PhD in cross-border civil procedure and insolvency law, Institute of Law at the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2010
Post-graduate studies in Bankruptcy Law and Debt Restructuring, European High School of Law and Administration in Warsaw, 2004
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, 2002
Related articles
Publications: 14 February 2023
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For many years now, the EU has sought to create a collective redress mechanism across the EU market. Half of the EU member states have little or no such mechanism.
Publications: 19 December 2022
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Publications: 23 March 2020
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Qualifications
Professional
Qualified as a licensed restructuring adviser, 2015
Admitted as an attorney-at-law, the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law, 2010
Qualified as a bankruptcy receiver and trustee, 2004
Academic
PhD in cross-border civil procedure and insolvency law, Institute of Law at the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2010
Post-graduate studies in Bankruptcy Law and Debt Restructuring, European High School of Law and Administration in Warsaw, 2004
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, 2002
Recognition
Bartosz Merczynski climbs the rankings as a result of very positive market feedback. He advises banks on remedial proceedings, as well as out-of-court and court-based enforcement of debt. He also represents clients in insolvency proceedings and restructurings. A client praises his ‘excellent negotiating skills’ and describe him as ‘very creative’.
Chambers Europe, 2020 (Restructuring/Insolvency)
Awards & accolades
Leading Individual
Legal 500, 2021 (Restructuring and Insolvency)
