Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland has been joined by Anna Derdak, who will head the Warsaw firm’s tax practice and join its M&A team.
Derdak specializes in providing tax advice to Polish and foreign businesses, mainly on VAT and corporate income tax. She conducts tax reviews and due diligence, representing clients in tax and administrative court proceedings. Derdak also advises in the area of white-collar crime, particularly VAT carousel schemes, where she helps clients avoid unwitting involvement in tax fraud.
Before joining Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland, Derdak gained experience at several international law firms and at one of the Big Four accounting firms. She is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.
“I am pleased that our firm has been joined by such an experienced specialist, who will provide ongoing support for our rapidly growing M&A practice,” said Ewa Szlachetka, Partner in charge of the M&A team and the Banking/Finance team at Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland. “Anna will face many challenges, including advising on some of the largest transactions involving the Polish State Treasury, such as the project of creating the Polish Aviation Group, which our law firm is involved in, as well as mid-cap transactions carried out by Eversheds Sutherland and on the local market. This is an area where we see a need to provide professional tax law support for deals for financial investors as well as advice for family firms who decide to take on an investor as part of their succession strategy.”
