Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak

Partner

Head of Employment, Poland

Attorney-at-law (radca prawny)

Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak is a professional, factual, excellent lawyer.
— Chambers Europe 2024, Employment, 2024
Warsaw
About

Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak has more than 30 years of experience in employment law and corporate law.

She advises international corporations and leading Polish companies from various sectors, including technology, finance, energy, pharmaceutical and manufacturing, on models of engagement, termination of employment, employment-related aspects of restructuring, including collective redundancies and transfers of employing establishments. She also has extensive experience in the hiring of senior executives, and supports clients in issues related to discrimination, mobbing, unfair competition and working time.

Agnieszka is a member of the Steering Committee of UN Global Compact Network Poland. She supports organization members in the area of social sustainability, with a particular focus on human rights. Agnieszka speaks at conferences and runs training courses on various employment-related issues, as well as regularly writing articles for professional publications such as Praca i Zabezpieczenia Społeczne, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and Rzeczpospolita.

Areas of FocusEmploymentLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law (Radca prawny) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 1999

EXPERIENCE

  • Assisting an international group from the manufacturing sector on establishing and operating a shared services centre in Poland, including advising on the requirements related to employment and the privacy aspects of recruiting, onboarding and employment conditions, preparing all necessary templates, policies, and internal regulations (taking into account the UK standards applicable within the group), and advising on the transfer of employees to the shared services centre under the Polish equivalent of TUPE regulations.
  • Advising a global industrial company operating in the infrastructure and technology sector on two comprehensive international restructuring projects involving collective redundancies and the carve out of a part of the business and its transfer to another legal entity, including assisting in the consultation process with the employee representatives.
  • Assisting numerous Polish and multinational clients from various sectors in collective redundancy projects.
  • Advising numerous Polish and multinational clients from various sectors on the engagement and remuneration of senior executives and top level managers, including the design, implementation and review of executive incentive and motivation schemes. This concerns, among other things, contractual arrangements, bonus and retention structures, long term incentive plans, and the alignment of executive compensation with corporate governance and regulatory requirements.
  • Supporting numerous Polish and multinational clients from various sectors in the implementation of remuneration and incentive schemes or introducing changes to existing ones.
  • Advising numerous clients from the IT sector on optimising remuneration frameworks, in particular implementing individual compensation structures for IT specialists and shaping progressive employment policies.
  • Providing on-going advice to clients from various sectors on a wide spectrum of employment matters, including working time arrangements, individual performance and disciplinary issues, equal treatment, equal pay, D&I, and the implementation of new bylaws to comply with new legislation, (e.g. the Gender Pay Gap Directive).
  • Assisting numerous Polish and multinational clients in internal investigations concerning employee misconduct and other breaches of the law.
  • Advising numerous Polish and multinational clients from various sectors on collective labour law issues, for example: providing strategic assistance in navigating complex relationships with trade unions and other employee representatives, including day-to-day cooperation and dispute resolution and advising in matters involving European Works Councils.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • Russian
  • German

Awards

  • Ranked Band 2 in Immigration – Chambers Europe 2026
  • Ranked Band 2 in Employment – Chambers Europe 2021-2026
  • Recommended in Employment – Legal 500 EMEA 2018-2025
  • Ranked Band 3 in Employment – Chambers Europe 2017–2020
  • "Agnieszka Lechman–Filipiak is a highly experienced lawyer with extensive theoretical and practical knowledge. She also has excellent judgment when it comes to her own team and selecting the right lawyer to handle a particular matter." – Chambers Europe 2026, Immigration.
  • "Agnieszka Lechman–Filipiak is a notable market presence who advises on labour law matters related to immigration and remote working, as well as assisting with terminations and disputes around social security. She also acts on the employment law aspects of transactions." – Chambers Europe 2026, Employment.
  • Agnieszka Lechman–Filipiak is eager to learn about the client's industry, rather than providing generic advice she tries to tailor it to the business." – Chambers Europe 2026, Employment, Immigration.
  • " Agnieszka Lechman–Filipiak heads the Polish employment team and is our main contact. Agnieszka is very responsive and we know we can trust her advice." – Legal 500 EMEA, Employment.
  • “Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak is a professional, factual, excellent lawyer.” – Chambers Europe 2024, Employment.
  • “Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak is very professional and always eager to help.” – Chambers Europe 2023, Employment.
  • “Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak is a notable market presence who advises on labour law matters related to transactions and restructurings in addition to day-to-day support and litigation.” – Chambers Europe 2022, Employment.
  • “Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak – High level of English and has a very good approach in explaining Polish employment law to foreigners.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Employment.
  • Described as “extremely competent.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Employment.
  • “Noted for employment disputes.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2021–2022, Private Client.
  • “Agnieszka is extremely competent and always provides great advice.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Employment.
  • "She is pragmatic and responsive," a client says, adding: "The advice she provided was commercially driven." – Chambers Europe 2021, Employment.
  • Agnieszka advises a broad range of corporates on domestic employment law issues as well as representing clients in contentious mandates. – Chambers Europe 2020, Employment.
  • “Agnieszka provides great, practical and thorough advice. Extremely quick and responsive.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2020, Employment.
  • "Extremely responsive and pragmatic." Agnieszka heads DLA Piper's "excellent" team, which is "the best choice for litigation." Among the many cases handled by this group are those involving conflicts with labour unions. The main non-dispute matters include managing corporate transactions on labour law aspects. – Legal 500 EMEA 2018, Employment.
  • Agnieszka is "inquisitive and extremely knowledgeable. Her practice covers a wide range of matters, from contract terminations to disputes with trade unions, collective bargaining agreements and mass layoffs." – Chambers Europe 2018, Employment.
  • "She is always available and communicates the results of her work quickly," states one interviewee, adding: "She is extremely conscientious and always goes the extra mile to meet the needs of her clients." – Chambers Europe 2017, Employment.
  • "Possessing a great deal of experience," Agnieszka recently advised Nutricia Poland on a restructuring that included negotiations with employees and the creation of a different employment structure. According to the market, Agnieszka is "very helpful" and "very responsive." – Chambers Global 2016, Employment.
  • Clients value Agnieszka for her "efficient organization of work and quick adaptation to changing working conditions"; "she is very efficient in providing legal advice, covering all the problems facing the client." – Chambers Europe 2015, Employment.
  • Agnieszka earned praise for her "openness to clients' needs, pragmatic approach and meticulousness." – Chambers Europe 2012, Employment.
  • Agnieszka has "good communication and analytical skills." – Legal 500 EMEA 2011, Employment.
  • "Agnieszka is an outstanding expert in the field of employment law." – Chambers Europe 2011, Employment.

Pro Bono

Agnieszka also acted as a pro bono adviser to the parliamentary committee Przyjazne Państwo.
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 1995
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Faculty of Foreign Trade, Master's degree in Economics, 1993
  • Duisburg University, Germany DAAD Scholarship, 1991

Insight Overview

Agnieszka is the author of numerous articles in professional Polish publications. Furthermore, she is the author of the commentary to the amended Polish Labour Code.

Prior Experience

  • 2008 - present, Partner, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • 1994 - 2008, Managing Associate, international law company, Warsaw

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 1999

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