Dr. Andrzej W. Kawecki

Dr. Kawecki began his international career as an Associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia (1985–1991), where he advised on investment-fund structures — including ground-breaking Glass-Steagall compliance solutions for U.S. banks — and on cross-border corporate transactions. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1987. Returning to Poland in 1991, he advised the Legislative Council on the country's first securities law, and went on to co-author the foundational legislation governing privatisation of the national economy (1991–1992) and the original blueprint of Polish investment-fund law (1996).

At SK&S he established and led the firm's capital markets and banking practice, supervising landmark mergers, acquisitions and pioneer greenfield investments by global corporations including International Paper, Owens-Illinois and Gillette. He continues to advise long-standing clients including Intel, Caterpillar, Bloomberg and Euroclear, and continues to head the firm's renowned employee shareholder incentive programmes practice. From 1996 to 2017 he served as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RBS Bank (Polska) S.A. (formerly ABN AMRO), and from 1997 to 2000 he sat on the Supervisory Board of CeTO, Poland's first OTC securities market. He served as Honorary Consul-General of Singapore in Poland from 2019 to 2023.