Malwina Bonder

Counsel
Advocate
Warsaw
About

Malwina Bonder has more than 10 years of experience in advising on corporate law and civil law.

She supports clients on a wide variety of day-to-day legal issues, including preparing customer documentation and agreements, negotiating the terms of cooperation with contractors, and facilitating M&A transactions. She also assists in global reorganisations and restructurings. She has been seconded to clients several times to provide dedicated legal services.

Malwina advises foreign entities on commencing their business activities in Poland, helping them in establishing companies and branches. This includes preparing all the required corporate documentation, assisting in registration proceedings, and drafting templates of customer agreements.

As a member of DLA Piper's Payment Services and FinTech teams, Malwina advises clients from these sectors on their operations in Poland. Among other things, she has assisted in the acquisition of a payment processing business in Poland and has advised banks and payment institutions on M&A projects.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsFinancial Services RegulatoryFinancial ServicesFintech

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a leading global producer of chemicals in the restructuring of approximately 300 entities in 99 countries. The advice included drafting financial and corporate documents and coordinating the work of lawyers from several DLA Piper offices in Europe.
  • Advising numerous foreign investors from various sectors (e.g. IT, energy, and rating services) on the commencement of their business activities in Poland, including assisting in selecting the most appropriate legal form of business activity, drafting specimen standard documents used in dealings with customers, and representing the clients in the registration process.
  • Advising numerous foreign investors from various sectors (e.g. food, retail, production, and rating services) on the liquidation of their businesses in Poland, including preparing liquidation plans, drafting the required documents, and representing the companies in the liquidation process.
  • Advising (as part of a secondment) a leading global food company on its day-to-day activities in Poland, including reviewing agreements, preparing template documents used in dealings with customers, drafting corporate documents, and representing the client before public administrative authorities.
  • Advising (as part of a secondment) a leading global payment services provider on its day-to-day activities in Poland, including reviewing agreements, preparing specimen documents used in dealings with customers (e.g. standard contract templates), drafting corporate documents, developing operating procedures, and participating in negotiations with the company's key contractors.
  • Providing ongoing advice on corporate law issues to numerous foreign companies operating in various sectors (including manufacturing, retail, production, IT, pharmaceutical, power, and higher education) on their business activities in Poland, including drafting corporate documents and advising on matters relating to registration obligations.

Awards

  • Recommended in Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Education

Prior Experience

  • July 2023 - present, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2017 - June 2023, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2014 - April 2017, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • April 2011 - April 2014, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2015
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