Languages
German, English, Polish, French

Affiliations
Deutsch-Polnischer Windenergie-Club, League of Lawyers e.V., Deutsch- Polnischer Gesundheits- und Sozialverband, DIRO, etc.

Professional Background
Henning von Zanthier founded the law firm VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Berlin in 1992 with its main focus on business law in Germany and Poland. Since 1995 he has been the owner of the law firm in Poznań (Poland). After studying law in Germany and France (Diplôme Supérieur in Strasbourg), he was awarded the title Master of Law (LL.M.) in the USA (Tulane University). In 1991 he was called to the Bar in Berlin where he worked as a lawyer in a leading international law firm. Since 2009 he is the first non-Polish attorney (radca prawny) to be admitted to the bar in Poznań/Poland. From 2004-2009 he was a lecturer in Polish law at Freie Universität Berlin. In addition, he also lecturers at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań/Poland on the law of international sale of goods.

Publications/Lectures
Henning von Zanthier is the author of numerous papers on German-Polish trade. He also gives regular lectures on this subject at a broad variety of institutions including:  

• "Radiology and Teleradiology-Similarities and Potential of a Cross-Border Concept between Germany and Poland"
  
• "Healthcare Without Borders. The Europeanization of National Healthcare Systems with Special Reference to German-Polish Collaboration."
  

Languages
German, English

Affiliations
Member of the Steuerberatungsverband Berlin-Brandenburg [Berlin-Brandenburg Association of Tax Consultants];  Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer [Institute of Public Auditors], Consultant 'Offensive Mittelstand' [a broadly supported network that fosters and coordinates support activities for SME in Germany], Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Steuerrecht [International Fiscal Association].

Professional Background
Rüdiger Schulz became a partner in the law firm VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Berlin in 1999. He studied business administration in Berlin, graduating as a Diplom-Kaufmann [Master of Business Administration] in 1992. He then was working for a medium sized company of auditors and tax consultants in Berlin. He was appointed as a Certified Tax Consultant in 1997 and as a Certified Financial Auditor in 1999. He is authorised to sit on commissions for the quality control of the profession and is also authorised to undertake mandatory statutory audits in his capacity as a certified auditor. In addition to this, he is also a lecturer (Dozent) on accountancy and balance sheet analysis and gives lectures on various aspects of fiscal law at a variety of institutions.

Publications
“Zatrudnienie Polaków w Niemczech”  (Niemczech. „Employment of Polish Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany") – published by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in the Federal Republic of Germany, Department for Trade and Investment

Languages 
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Łukasz Dachowski studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) where he was awarded the title of "Master of German and Polish Law" (LL.M.). After graduation, from 2005 to 2007 he was working in one of the “Big4” consultancy agencies where he specialised in international tax consultancy. In 2007 he moved to VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Poznań. He is one of only a handful of attorneys at law in Poland who are also certified tax consultants. He is head of the law firm in Poznań.

Languages
Polish, German, English, Russian

Professional Background
Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. From 1999 to 2003 she was working for a variety of law firms in Poznań where she became proficient in handling non-national client accounts. After completing her legal training in 2003 she has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ as an attorney at law. In summer 2004 she completed her studies in German law at the Faculty of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and in 2009 her postgraduate course in environmental law likewise at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Grzegorz graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics in Finance and Banking, specializing in Accounting. During the course of his professional career, he has obtained substantial experience as an auditor working for a number of international auditing firms, including one of the „Big Four”. Entry in the register of certified auditors No.: 12134 Grzegorz is a Partner of MGI Modzelewski responsible for managing the accounting advisory department, which supports the ongoing legal & tax advisory of VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Poland. Thanks to the long-standing cooperation with MGI Modzelewski, VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ offers not only legal and tax advisory in Poland but also ongoing support in all accounting matters, as "from a single source".

Languages
Bulgarian, German, English

Professional Background
Galina Chakalova studied business administration in Berlin, majoring in Taxation and Accounting. In 2018 she was appointed as a tax consultant. She has been working for our firm since January 2021.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Małgorzata Bachorz studied Polish and German law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). She also completed postgraduate studies in German language translator training at the University of Wrocław. She has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since November 2020.

Languages 
Polish, German, English, Dutch

Professional Background
Paulina Czaja studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2019 she graduated German law studies at the Georg-August University in Göttingen, obtaining the Master of Laws degree (LL.M.). During her law studies Paulina Czaja gained professional experience working for Polish and German law firms specialising in legal advisory in corporate law.
She cooperates with VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since February 2020. In January 2021 Paulina Czaja is beginning her legal traineeship at the Regional Bar Association in Poznań.

Languages 
German, English

Professional BackgroundMarie Exner studied economics and law at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Wildau and earned her bachelor's degree in 2020. After her studies she started a master's program in October 2020 to prepare for the tax consultant exam at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich at the Berlin location. She has been with our firm since May 2019.

Languages
German, Polish, English

Professional Background
Felix Frasek studies "Law and Economics" at the European University Viadrina. The focus of his studies is on corporate and tax law. He joined our law firm in February 2020.

Languages 
German, English, Spanish

Professional Background
Laura Gerlach completed her training as a tax clerk in 2018 and has been working for our firm since the beginning of 2019.

Languages
German, English

Affiliations
Consultant 'Offensive Mittelstand' [a broadly supported network that fosters and coordinates support activities for SME in Germany]

Professional Background 
Christian Gilke qualified as an assistant tax consultant in 2002 and was working with various tax consultancies in Berlin. He joined VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in 2004.

Languages 
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Małgorzata Justyńska studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After graduation, she was working in one of the biggest international consultancy firms, where she specialized in the legal and tax consulting of foreign entrepreneurs. She graduated from prestigious studies MBA Poznań-Atlanta at the University of Economics in Poznań in cooperation with Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Languages
German, Polish, English

Professional Background
Anna Kanke studied International Business Administration at the Europa - Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and received her Bachelor's degree in 2018. After her bachelor's degree, she started a double master's program in International Business Administration at Europa - University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and in Finance & Accounting at SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw in October 2018. She obtained the double master's degree in January 2021. She joined the firm in July 2020.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background 
Aleksandra Kiedrowski completed her studies in business administration at the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk in 2003 and qualified as an assistant tax consultant in 2012 since when she has been working for our law firm. 

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Joanna Kochanowska studied international business administration at the University of Economics in Poznań and received her master's degree in 2013. After graduation she graduated as a tax assistant in 2016. She has been working in our law firm since April 2019.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Maciej Kozub graduated from the Master's course in Tax Law and Accounting jointly conducted by the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of Management at the University of Łódź. During his studies he was an active member of the European Law Students' Association ELSA Poland and of the board of the local unit as well. After graduation he worked as a VAT specialist in international consulting companies and he was in charge of VAT settlements in the shared services centre of an international company in Poland.  Since the beginning of his studies he has been interested in the legal and cultural aspects of Polish-German relations.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Sandra Kołodziejczyk studied Polish law at the University of Wrocław at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics and German law and economics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). During her studies, she has repeatedly completed internships in renowned law offices both in Germany and Poland, where she gained valuable experience.
She directs her legal interests towards civil law. She is primarily interested in commercial law, company law, and international law.
She cooperates with VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since 2019. Currently Sandra Kołodziejczyk is a trainee attorney at law at the Regional Bar Association in Poznań.

Languages 
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Katarzyna Kowalewska studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). She cooperates with VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since February 2017. Currently Katarzyna Kowalewska is a trainee attorney at law at the Regional Bar Association in Poznań.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Justyna Loretańska studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) where she obtained the title of "Master of German and Polish Law" (LL.M.). Between 2010 - 2021 she was employed in one of the biggest law firms in Poznań, where she gained experience in procedural and civil law and also conducted trainings for insurance companies.
She has been actively involved in the law education project of the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Poznań by teaching law in high schools.

Languages
Polish, German

Professional Background
Krzysztof Łakomski graduated from international relations and law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Between 2012 - 2016 he was employed in one of the prestigious law firm in Kraków, where he gained experience in servicing foreign clients. He graduated from the School of German Law (2010) organized by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University in Heidelberg and the School of Austrian Law (2012) organized by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and University in Vienna. Since 2015 he is an attorney-at-law (radca prawny). In 2016 he completed his studies for foreign lawyers at the University of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, obtaining a master's degree in German law (LL.M.). At present he is postgraduate student of IT law. He cooperates with VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since April 2017.

Languages
Polish, German, English, Czech

Professional Background
Jan Muszyński graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań with a degree in law in 2012. After graduation, as a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, he received a doctoral degree in law at the University of Bayreuth. His doctoral thesis was published by the prestigious Berlin publishing house Duncker & Humblot. He has been working with the law firm VON ZANTHIER&SCHULZ since 2019, specializing in providing ongoing advice to entrepreneurs especially in the areas of labor law, corporate law, including M&A transactions and business law.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Kamil Niciecki studied law at the Humboldt University in Berlin. After finishing his legal traineeship he worked in a German-Polish law firm, where he gained experience in advising Polish companies in German Business Law. Since September 2020 he has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ.

Languages
German, English 

Professional Background 
After successfully completing his training in our law firm, Daniel Nitzsche qualified as an assistant tax consultant in 2011 since when Mr Nitzsche has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in this capacity. 

Languages
German, Bulgarian, English, Russian

Professional Background
Nikoleta Pondeva is studying "Economy and Politics" with a focus on "Tax Law" at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin. She has been working for our law firm since March 2020.

Languages:
Russian, German, Latvian

Professional Background
Viktorija Panfilova graduated from the Latvian Agricultural University in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in business administration with a specialization in law and graduated as a tax assistant in February 2020. Since then she has been working for our law firm.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Wojciech Paryś, a graduate of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and philosophy at the University of Szczecin (bachelor's degree), attorney at law (PL); after graduation worked in law firms specializing in commercial consultancy. From 2016 he worked, and from 2019 he also led a legal advisory team in one of the largest international consulting firms specializing in legal advice of foreign entrepreneurs, especially German ones.  In 2019, he was certified as a lead auditor for ISO/IEC 27001 (information security).
In his professional work he focuses on current advice as well as transactional advice.
He is author of legal articles as well as co-author of book publications on Compliance and M&A

Languages 
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Graduate of German and Polish law studies conducted by the Faculty of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). During her studies she awarded three times a “Deutschlandstipendium” for special academic achievements which was co-financed by the Ministry of Education of Federal Republic of Germany. Since the beginning of her studies she has been actively involved in European Law Student’s Association ELSA Poland, in which she was active in executive and control bodies. She has joined von Zanthier & Schulz in 2018, gaining her first professional experience in providing services to foreign business entities. In 2020 she completed postgraduate studies in labour law at the Faculty of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Languages
German, English

Languages
German, English 

Professional Background
Carola Rothenburg completed her training as an accountant in 1998 and has been working for our law firm since 2007.

Languages
German, English

Professional Background
Tim Schäfer began his training as a tax assistant in our firm in November 2020.

Languages 
German, English

Professional Background
Marcel Schreiber obtained the title of Bachelor Professional of Trade and Commerce in 2012 with a focus on human resources management and has several years of experience in the administration of a medium-sized holding company including payroll accounting and HR management. He has been working for our firm since March 2020.

Languages 
Ukrainian, Russian, English

Professional Background
Svitlana graduated in 1999 as a financial accountant in Chernihiv (Ukraine). In 2003 she finished her studies of business administration at the Kiev University of Management (Ukraine). In 2019 she finished her further education as an accounting specialist at DUT in Berlin. Since the beginning of 2019 she has been working in our office.

Languages 
German, English, Polish

Professional BackgroundPaulina is studying "Business and Law", with a focus on "Domestic Taxation" and "Accounting" at the European University Viadrina. She joined our firm in February 2020.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Olga Stańczyk completed her Polish law studies at the University of Warsaw in 2015 with excellent results. From 2016 to 2017 she studied at Humboldt University in Berlin, where she completed her Master’s degree with a very good result obtaining the title "Master of German Law" (LL.M.). In the spring of 2019, Ms. Stańczyk passed the aptitude exam for admission to the preparatory legal traineeship (Referendariat) in Germany and was among the top 10% of graduates. Ms. Stańczyk has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since November 2017. 

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Paula Staszak studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). She cooperates with VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ since March 2019. Since January 2021 she has been beginning a trainee attorney at law at the Regional Bar Association in Poznań.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Magdalena Stefaniak-Odzieżmska is a graduate of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and the Poznań University of Economics. After graduation, from 2010 to 2011 she was working in one of the “Big4” consultancy and then from 2011 to 2019 she was teamleader in tax team in one of the biggest international consultancy firms, where she specialized in the tax consulting of foreign entrepreneurs, especially german mandators. She advises mandators on current tax advice, as well as participates in proceedings before tax authorities as well as in tax reviews and due diligence of companies. She joined VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in July 2019.

Languages
Polish, German

Professional Background 
Magdalena Teclaw graduated in economics from the University of Gdańsk. In 2002 Ms Teclaw received a scholarship from the SOCRATES / ERASMUS Exchange Programme to study at the Hochschule Bremen. From 2002 to 2006 she was working in several tax consultancies specialized in non-national clients. In 2005 she was certified as a tax consultant. Since April 2006 she has been working for the law firm VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ in Poznań where she manages clients’ accounts on the tax and accounting side.

Languages
Polish, German, English

Professional Background
Dominika Zbonik studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). She completed her postgraduate course in tax law at the University of Wrocław. She complete a trainship at The Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in Berlin. In 2017 she was certified as a tax consultant. Since 2019 she is an attorney-at-law at the Regional Bar Association in Poznań. Since 2015 has been working for VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ.