Sławomir Szepietowski

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Career

Studied law at University of Warsaw (Poland)

Experience as a lawyer with banks and international law firms in Poland

Professional Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association (OIRP)

Polish Bank Association

Polish Bank Society

Personal

Sławomir is the managing partner of the Bird & Bird's Warsaw office and an expert in the legal aspects of financial markets, including regulatory matters, financing transactions, fintech and payment services. Taking a business-oriented and customer-focused approach to his work, he provides legal services to financial institutions, including public companies and investment funds. He is passionate about supporting innovations and new technologies in the financial sector. That's why Sławomir tries to be as close as possible to this environment and its market trends. He co-operates with the FinTech Poland foundation, and The Heart – a corporate innovations centre which leads a consortium developing new technologies in the financial sector. He has worked on many exciting projects; and had the pleasure leading a team that acted as sole legal advisor to the Polish API - the dedicated interface model for fintechs, which complies with the new directive on payment services (PSD2), and was initiated by The Polish Banks Association.