Karol Czekałowski
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law responsible for coordinating a team handling cases involving Polish entrepreneurs operating in the People’s Republic of China or cooperating with Chinese partners. He specializes in international legal proceedings, particularly in the areas of civil law, commercial law, and private international law.
On a daily basis, he oversees cooperation between the firm’s Polish office and its team in Shanghai. His work includes verifying Chinese business entities, supporting clients in negotiations, and representing them in Polish-Chinese disputes and settlement proceedings.
He serves as a Chinese law specialist at Hanglung Law Biernat & Kossacki, where he also authors the legal blog prawochinskie.com.pl, dedicated to raising awareness of Chinese law in Poland.
His professional background is supported by extensive academic experience and multiple long-term stays in China as part of study programs, research projects, and international conferences. Fluent in Chinese, he collaborates daily with Chinese clients and partners, which has allowed him to develop unique competencies in the practical application of law in Polish-Chinese relations.
He is deeply committed to supporting the growth of Polish-Chinese business cooperation by combining legal expertise with cultural and linguistic fluency. His work represents a significant contribution to the professionalization and promotion of Chinese legal knowledge in Poland.
“Choose a job you love and you won’t work another day in your life”.
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, where he defended his thesis on the New Silk Road (The Legal and Private Aspects of Rail Freight Transport Between the EU and China). In 2017, he graduated from the CLTE programme at the China University of Political Science and Law, which is annually ranked as the second-best law school in China. In 2022, Karol completed an LLM programme (additional master’s degree for lawyers in foreign law) in Chinese law as a scholarship holder. He has been an active member of the Chinese Law Association since 2018 and president of the association’s board since 2022.
At work, he loves the opportunity to seek justice. A long, carefully prepared and thoroughly analysed case that produces real results and positive effects for a client fills him with pride and motivates him. He can work miracles, often managing to find an entity that a client has given up on tracking down and on recovering lost funds from.
He considers St. Joseph to be the greatest source of authority for him, for silence, work, and taking care of the family along with St. Maksymilian Kolbe, whose example inspires him to set himself the highest possible goals. He believes that anything can inspire you.
Karol devotes his free time to running the Chinese Law Association and improving his knowledge of the Chinese language. As he says, everything about China fascinates him. He is a huge fan of the Chinese art of drinking tea and enjoys Chinese poetry.
Apart from Asia, he likes architecture, painting, liturgy, theology, philosophy, and history. He is also a lover of good food, men’s fashion, and good-quality whiskey and tea. He likes comedies, light novels, fantasy books, and bushcraft.
Karol speaks English, Chinese, and German.
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Case study
- International disputes
- Law in Asia
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Case study
- International disputes
- Law in Asia
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