Marcin Walawski – attorney at law. Member of the District Chamber of Attorneys at law in Stettin. Marcin Walawski is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. His interests focus on the law of obligations, the law of commercial companies and the law of securities. His master’s seminar was assessed and defended at the Department of Civil and Commercial Law under the guidance of Ph.D. Janina Panowicz-Lipska. His master’s thesis entitled “Dematerialization of securities”, for which he received a distinction degree. He also completed post-graduate studies in Taxes and Tax Advisory at WSB University in Poznań. He started his professional career in 2008 working for law firms and attorneys at law in Poznań. In 2010-2015 he was a member of the legal team servicing companies from the capital group of the then Bank Zachodni WBK (today Santander): BZ WBK Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. (currently Santander TFI S.A.) and BZ WBK Asset Management S.A. His tasks included ongoing legal support for the activities of these entities, in particular, editing and analyzing contracts characteristic of the capital market, legal support of the Tax Team, assessment of legitimacy of customer claims, servicing companies in contacts with regulators (including the Financial Supervision Authority), verification current and periodic reports, preparation and verification of internal regulations as well as monitoring of changes in the legal environment, with particular emphasis on the financial market. He also participated in projects related to the introduction of new investment products, as well as in the implementation of new IT solutions in the customer service process. He also cooperated with insurance companies in the field of support in court proceedings in the Poznań region. Since 2014, he has been practicing within his own law firm. He is fluent in English and also has basic level of Norwegian.