WILIŃSKI LEGAL
WILIŃSKI LEGAL is a Warsaw law firm handling criminal, commercial and international matters. Clients work directly with the lawyers responsible for their cases.
Our work includes criminal defence, commercial disputes, advice to businesses, education law, mediation, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Each matter is assessed in light of the relevant documents and the client's circumstances.
At the beginning of a matter, the client is told who will handle it, what work is proposed and which steps may follow.
Our lawyers draw on experience in litigation, mediation, academia and advising businesses and institutions. Where appropriate, they work with specialists from other fields.
Tomasz Wiliński is an advocate and mediator. He handles criminal, commercial and cross-border proceedings, including pre-trial detention, economic offences, European Arrest Warrants and extradition. He also advises on legal issues affecting businesses and their management.
Lawyer, court mediator, academic lecturer and dean. She leads Education & Higher Education Law and Mediation and co-leads Business & Boards in an in-house model. Her work combines legal advice with institutional management, corporate and restructuring issues, finance and the practical operation of universities, schools and organisations.
Why clients come to us
Arrest, detention, search, a company conflict, an incident or another situation requiring action before the problem begins to develop a life of its own.
Liability of a management-board member, entrepreneur, parent or another person whose decision may have legal and financial consequences for years.
Criminal law intersects with business, a company, property, family, technology or a foreign element and cannot safely be divided into separate compartments.
Clients receive advice on the options available to them, the likely course of proceedings and the practical consequences of proposed steps.
Cross-border capabilities
Tomasz Wiliński and Magdalena Osińska-Wilińska completed a Russian Law Programme taught entirely in Russian and received a dual diploma from the St Petersburg Law Institute and Lazarski University.
This background is useful when analysing documents, terminology and communication in matters with an Eastern European element. We do not present it as a separate professional qualification to practise Russian law — it is an academic and linguistic competence that supports cross-border work.
Professional environment
Tomasz Wiliński is or has been publicly listed as a member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL), Defence Extradition Lawyer's Forum (DELF), the Foreign Lawyers' Circle at the Warsaw Bar, the Polish Aviation Club and the Polish Sports Law Association.
These professional relationships broaden the perspective in criminal, extradition, compliance and cross-border matters, but they do not replace the selection of appropriate local counsel where required by the jurisdiction.
Expertise beyond the firm
Litigation experience should also stand up in public discussion about the law. Tomasz Wiliński has published commentary and analysis in Forbes Polska, has been interviewed by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on detained persons' access to defence counsel, has participated in TOK FM expert programmes on international jurisdiction and human rights, and has been invited by the Polish Bar Council to present possibilities for systemic legal assistance to Ukrainian citizens.
How we work
Where a matter requires it, we work with external specialists: tax advisers, restructuring advisers, patent attorneys, valuers, court experts, technical experts and other professionals. The client should nevertheless always know who coordinates the matter and who is responsible for its legal strategy.
When the matter requires a decision
We first try to understand the problem, its context and the real risks. Only then do we select the right tools. Sometimes the most important thing is simply to make the right decision early enough.