Beata Krzyżagórska

Qualifications

She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdansk in 1991. After graduation she worked at the University of Gdansk in the Department of Maritime Law under Prof. J. Młynarczyk;
She passed the judges’ examination in 1994, and the bar exam in 1996

She has participated in several international research programs; practiced in US (including Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Jenner & Block, Baker & McKenzie) and British (including Ince & Co, CMS Cameron McKenna) law firms, and has lectured in the field of maritime, insurance and civil law at foreign universities, including the University of Uppsala in Stockholm, Sweden (1992), University of Minnesota, USA (1996), as well as in Zurich, Switzerland (1996).

Experience

She has worked on numerous transactions involving the sale of blocks of shares, mergers, divisions and transformations of commercial companies, as well as the sale of companies or their parts. She has participated in transactions involving the issuance of securities and placing them into a regulated market, she has participated in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority on matters relating to consent for investment companies to operate and the creation of investment funds, as well as in many other proceedings related to the activities of investment companies and funds. She has worked on the emission of certificates in investment funds and provide advisory services to legal investment companies and funds. She has worked on transactions financing project and corporate finance undertakings and also private equity investments.

She has participated in numerous proceedings before general and arbitration courts connected with maritime shipping, including in particular those arising from contractual agreements or the arrest of ships, she has participated in the preparation of a number of agreements in the field of maritime law, including in particular an agreement for the construction of a ship; for many years she has provided legal services to a leading insurance company in Poland, both in terms of litigation support, as well as the evaluation and development of contracts and general terms.

Contact

beata.krzyzagorska@klpartnerzy.pl
tel. + 48 58 340 30 50 - 51
direct tel: + 48 58 340 30 55