Ignacy Heckert
Advocate / LL.M / Partner / Head of Defence, Dual-Use and Security
Ignacy advises domestic and international companies from the defence, dual-use, security and strategic sectors on regulatory matters, contracts and compliance, export controls and the trading of strategic goods, licences for armaments and dual-use products, as well as international sanction regimes.
He advises on the production, organisation and distribution, obtaining and amending of licences issued by the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, the establishing of legally compliant business models, as well as on projects relating to technology transfers, industrial cooperation, contract licensing and consortium agreements.
He is an expert in the field of international trade in strategic goods. He advises on the classification of products, components, software and technology, the application of dual-use regulations and catch-all mechanisms, obtaining trade licences, and the implementation and auditing of Internal Control Systems.
He supports companies entering the Polish market and expanding their operations, carrying out industrial projects involving military and dual-use technologies, as well as investments and M&A transactions. He coordinates regulation issues, financing, public procurement and investment oversight.
He gained his professional experience at, amongst other places, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition.
Languages: English, German, Polish
Membership: Wielkopolska Bar Association
Education: Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. LL.M. in International and European Business Law from KU Leuven (Belgium). Postgraduate Management Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics
Certificates: Authorisation to manage licensed activities (WITU) – professional training to carry out or manage licensed activities relating to the manufacture and trade in explosives, weapons, ammunition, products and technologies intended for military or police use. CCJ Certificate from the Military University of Technology in the practical interpretation of the Internal Control System