Marek Karasiewicz

Marek has over 20 years of professional experience in comprehensive tax advisory services covering a wide range of typical and extraordinary business projects and events. He began his career at Big Four firms, where he was a member of the Business Tax Advisory, M&A, CIT and Pharma teams, and then spent nearly 9 years as head of the tax team at the Warsaw office of one of Europe’s largest law firms.

Marek’s experience includes leading projects involving specialists with various skills and managing multi-jurisdictional teams. In particular, Marek has participated in numerous M&A transactions, including the largest projects on the Polish market, organised and implemented tax settlements for large groups of seconded personnel, conducted numerous tax and court proceedings, including representing clients before tax authorities and administrative courts, including the Supreme Administrative Court, obtained innovative rulings in areas such as the right to deduct VAT from so-called empty invoices, the tax liability of management board members for the company’s tax obligations, or the right to favourable treatment of various types of events, including complex restructurings or transformations, also in an international dimension, taking into account tax consolidation in VAT or CIT (VAT groups, tax capital groups). He has initiated and successfully conducted numerous overpayment proceedings in the area of all major taxes, including the recovery of multi-million refunds, including in civil law transaction tax and withholding tax.

Marek has led numerous projects streamlining the settlements of individuals, including entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, other freelancers, and HNWI individuals, securing innovative solutions with tax interpretations.

He has also participated in many projects related to property tax, including coordinating the work of external experts in the field of land and building surveys for the purpose of valuation. As a tax advisor, he provides ongoing tax advice to many clients, including assistance during tax audits and proceedings.

Marek holds an international transfer pricing expert certificate issued by the Institute of Accounting, Taxation and Finance in Edinburgh, and has also participated in studies in the field of company valuation, which allows him to carry out transfer pricing projects.

He also has extensive experience in implementing regulatory projects, including adapting to changes in tax procedures such as MDR, AML and GDPR.

He has implemented tax projects in various industries, mainly in manufacturing, energy, construction, mining, IT, telecommunications, agriculture, FMCG, luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, education and culture.

He has lectured on tax law at the SWPS University in Warsaw and conducted numerous training courses on various areas of taxation.

Qualifications:

• Tax advisor (no. 11 223).

Education:

• Studies in economics and international relations (Warsaw School of Economics and University of Warsaw).
• International transfer pricing expert certificate (Institute of Accounting, Taxation and Finance in Edinburgh).
• Postgraduate studies in business valuation methods (Warsaw School of Economics).
• Postgraduate studies in human resource management (SWPS University).