Banking and finance partner joins Warsaw office
Dentons has announced the appointment of a new banking and finance partner in Warsaw. Tomasz Braun joins from HSBC Holdings in London and will be responsible for further developing the firm’s banking and finance compliance and regulatory offering.
As associate general counsel, legal risk management and assurance at HSBC Holdings in London, Tomasz advised on the creation of a global legal risk management framework, led a multinational legal risk management team and assured compliance with the legal risk agenda across multiple jurisdictions. Prior to that, he served as a general counsel and board member at HSBC in Poland and at various GE Capital entities including GE Money Bank. His earlier experience includes private practice at a law firm and work for the European Commission. He is experienced in mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, integrations and disposals, as well as disputes and litigation.
Tomasz is the chairman of the Council of Experts and a member of the board of trustees of Lazarski University in Warsaw. He has written for numerous publications on banking and business management.
“We strive to provide clients with access to top-class legal talent. With 15 years’ experience in managing large financial institutions in developed and emerging markets, Tomasz is uniquely positioned to give strategic risk management and regulatory advice to our clients in the financial services sector,” said Tomasz Dąbrowski, chief executive officer, Dentons Europe.
“Tomasz is an experienced and recognized expert in the fields of regulation and compliance in the banking and finance sector. His decision to join Dentons confirms our market-leading position in this sector,” said Arkadiusz Krasnodębski, Dentons’ Poland managing partner.
