Named experts · Practitioner profile
About Katarzyna
Katarzyna Szczudlik is a partner at Schoenherr in Warsaw, admitted to the Polish bar in 2016 and a partner at the firm since 2024. She works across banking and financial-services regulation, IT and technology, and data protection, advising fintech, blockchain and payments companies. Chambers ranks her Band 3 for FinTech Legal in Poland. She writes publicly on Poland's MiCA transition and CASP licensing, including the practical difficulty of obtaining a Polish CASP licence before the 1 July 2026 deadline given the country's stalled implementing act.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Partner, Schoenherr (Warsaw), partner since 2024
- Admitted to the Polish bar, 2016
- Chambers — Band 3, FinTech Legal (Poland)
- Frequent public commentator on Poland's MiCA / CASP transition
Jurisdictions
Sources
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Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Katarzyna's practice (Poland · MiCA CASP, Crypto AML, Token classification, Non-EU crypto, Market abuse).
MiCA · CASP operations & lifecycle
CASP Operations and Lifecycle 2026 — MiCA Passport, Banking, Wind-Down
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MiCA scope edges · DeFi · staking · DLT Pilot · Article 60 · reverse solicitation · MiFID II line
The Edges of MiCA Scope 2026 — DeFi, Staking, DLT Pilot, Article 60, Reverse Solicitation
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Qualifying holdings · CASP acquisitions
Qualifying Holdings Acquisitions 2026 — MiCA CASP Guide
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Crypto custody · Segregation rules
Crypto Custody Segregation Rules — MiCA Practitioner Guide
MiCA Article 75 sets the rules for CASP custody of client crypto-assets: custody agreement, register of positions, custody policy, segregati…
CASP conduct and marketing · MiCA rules
MiCA Conduct and Marketing Rules for CASPs: The Full Cluster
How MiCA governs CASP conduct: fair, clear, not misleading information and marketing (Article 66), Title II marketing (Article 7), conflicts…
EU jurisdictional comparison
Best EU Jurisdiction for MiCA CASP in 2026: A Practical Comparison
Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta, Ireland — six EU member states actively process MiCA CASP files in 2026, and they differ …