Tomasz Darkowski

Partner

Attorney-at-law with a particular focus on administrative and criminal law including their trans-border elements. Expert of the European Commission (TAIEX) and advisor in various EU projects for Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He worked for a number of years in the Ministry of Justice where he headed the Department of International Cooperation and EU Law and subsequently the Department of Criminal Law and Legislation. Between 2004 and 2018 he participated in the EU decision making process, in particular as a CATS delegate (and in 2011 its co-chair). During Polish Presidency in the EU Council he represented the Council in many trilogues regarding the EU instruments on judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

International and national expert and author of many publications on European judicial cooperation, including its external aspect, liability of the legal entities and the agreements concluded by the EU and European Communities.

According to “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” chart of 2018, he was considered as one of the most influential lawyers in Poland.