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Marcin Ajs
Marcin Ajs is a Polish advocate (adwokat) and a partner at the law firm Dziekański Chowaniec Ajs. His practice covers white-collar criminal law, fiscal (tax) criminal law, criminal compliance and international criminal law. This work concerns both financial crime exposure and compliance safeguards, including cases of money laundering, fraud and corruption. He is a member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA).
Financial crime and compliance
- Since 2014, advice mainly on the criminal liability of legal entities and individuals operating in business
- Experience in numerous cases of corruption, money laundering, fraud, VAT fraud and manipulation of financial instruments
- Matters involving breach of trade secrets and unfair competition
- Compliance programmes covering anti-corruption rules, codes of ethics, whistleblowing procedures and AML/CFT measures, designed to minimise liability risks
Cross-border criminal matters
International criminal law is an area of particular expertise for Marcin Ajs. He assists international clients in proceedings concerning the European Arrest Warrant, extradition and INTERPOL-related matters. 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.
Education and teaching
Marcin Ajs graduated from the College of Law of Kozminski University in Warsaw. He also studied at Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, 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 trade secrets and other legally protected professional secrets.
