Agata Dziwisz-Moshe

Advocate / Partner / Head of Tax

Agata Dziwisz-Moshe
phone:
+48 22 326 9600
office:
Warsaw

Agata has over 16-years’ experience in providing comprehensive advice on tax law in such issues as VAT, CIT, PIT, and real estate tax, particularly in international transactions, as well as in representing clients in negotiations and disputes with the tax authorities.

She leads teams developing and executing multi-stage litigation strategies for tax audits and procedures both before tax authorities and courts, including the Supreme Administrative Court. During her career, she has represented clients in numerous precedential proceedings comprising comprehensive tax refunds and personal liability cases of management board members for tax arrears.

She also advises on tax planning with an emphasis on structuring international and M&A transactions, and on the implementation of tax effective solutions, such as tax reliefs and the structuring of employment costs.

Her clients include companies from the financial services, TMT, FMCG, manufacturing, energy and real estate industries.

Languages: English, Polish

Membership: The Warsaw Bar Association

Education: Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. The Center for American Law Studies at the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. School of American Law at the University of Gdansk and Chicago Kent College of Law

Awards: The Legal 500 EMEA in Tax and Dispute Resolution. ITR Word Tax in Transactional Tax and awarded the Women in Tax Leader title. Women in Business Law EMEA: shortlisted in the Lawyer of the Year – Tax category. myCompany Magazine: 15 the most influential women lawyers in Poland

Initiatives: Deregulatory changes in tax law. Together with representatives of the Warsaw Enterprise Institute, Agata’s team worked  tirelessly to promote the deregulation of Polish law within and businessman Rafał Brzoska’s SprawdzaMY initiative.

She was  the initiator and originator of the debate at the Polish Bank Association on the tax law consequences of settlement agreements in CHF mortgage matters, arguing strongly for financial institutions to be able to settle tax costs, while developing and implementing innovative and effective civil law arguments.