Maciej Zackiewicz
Managing Partner | Attorney at law
Multiple times recommended individually in top legal rankings in the TMT / IT area - Rzeczpospolita ranking (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025), The Legal 500 EMEA ranking (2020 - 2026), Chambers & Partners ranking (2026).
The legal teams co-managed by Maciej were the only ones in Poland to simultaneously achieve Tier 1 in The Legal 500 EMEA ranking, Band 1 in the Chambers & Partners ranking and the title of leader in the Rzeczpospolita ranking in the TMT / IT area (2020, 2021, 2022).
Several years of experience as a lawyer, mainly in the new technology sector. Portfolio of +1000 supported technology projects.
Lecturer at JU, UW, SGH and ALK. Trainer at commercial trainings.
Involved in industry organisations (Technologia w Spódnicy) and startup accelerations (Impact Poland / FundingBox).
Industry certifications: ITIL®, AgilePM®.
Paweł Tobiczyk
Equity Partner I Attorney at law
Head of Regulatory Compliance
Responsible for managing and developing the entire regulatory compliance area, including serving as Head of Privacy, e-commerce & Digital Compliance.
Frequently recognized individually in leading legal rankings in the field of data protection, including The Legal 500 EMEA (Next Generation Partner, Rising Star) and the Rzeczpospolita ranking.
Over a decade of experience in regulatory advisory for entities across the technology, financial (including fintech), e-commerce, media, telecommunications, energy, and industrial sectors. Experience includes implementation and transformation projects (compliance, data governance, AI governance, cybersecurity), regulatory audits, and strategic advisory for management boards and senior executives. This includes supporting the implementation of data and AI-driven solutions, as well as designing AI governance models, accountability frameworks, and organizational operating models.
Lecturer in postgraduate programs (including Kozminski University and Warsaw University of Life Sciences), conference speaker, and author of academic and industry publications.
Holds degrees in Law, Philosophy, and European Studies from Jagiellonian University. Completed doctoral studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as postgraduate studies in AI at Kozminski University. Certified as CIPP/E.
Marcelina Jakubek
Partner | Attorney at law
Head of IT Contracts & Public
Has over 10 years of professional experience as a lawyer in the area of new technologies.
She has gained experience both in a law firm and as an in-house in one of the key entities responsible for providing IT solutions for the healthcare system. As a result, she effectively combines legal expertise with a good understanding of the client's business needs.
She has completed hundreds of IT projects, including strategic projects for clients in the healthcare sector, the energy sector or the telecommunications industry.
Lecturer at SGH and UW. Trainer at commercial trainings. She completed postgraduate studies in Modern Technology Law at ALK.
Industry certifications: PRINCE2®, AgilePM®.
Agnieszka Chrzanowska
Partner | Attorney at law
Head of Dispute Resolution, Media & Private Desk
Individually recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA rankings for Dispute Resolution (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019) and TMT (2023, 2022).
Several years of professional experience in litigation, including in the new technology and media sectors. Extensive experience of appearing before the Supreme Court.
Publications Officer for the Media Law Committee of the International Bar Association.
Co-author of the commentary "Press Law. Press Litigation”.
Maciej Szkutnik
Partner | Attorney at law
Head of Vendors & GameDev
Several years of experience as a lawyer, including primarily in dealing with IT vendors and gamedev studios.
Gained in-house experience at a leading ERP solutions provider in Europe and at the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce. Worked with a renowned Italian law firm and supported its development in Poland.
Lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Jakub Kluczykow
Partner | Attorney at law
Co-Head of Tax
Several years of experience as a lawyer in the tax area.
He specialises in tax advice in national and international transactional projects. He has extensive experience in the areas of intellectual property, new technologies and TMT.
He has managed projects for complex tax audits and due diligence reviews. He has extensive experience in international and domestic restructurings and reorganisations. He has planned and implemented numerous tax service projects in the IT and gamedev industries, including innovation tax credits.
Represents clients in audit, tax and administrative court proceedings, including precedent-setting disputes with tax authorities, leading to the refund of millions of dollars of unduly collected taxes.
Lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Maciej Dudziński
Partner | Attorney at law
Co-Head of Tax
Several years of experience in tax consulting.
He specialises in tax consultancy focused on optimising the cash flow of domestic and foreign entities. He has extensive experience in providing services to manufacturing companies and companies operating in the area of new technologies.
He has managed projects related to the implementation of tax incentives for innovation (R&D relief, IP Box relief, Polish Investment Zone relief). He has extensive experience in preparing transfer pricing documentation for domestic and international transactions. He has participated in projects related to the implementation of international and domestic restructurings and reorganisations.
He represents clients in audit, tax and administrative court proceedings, in particular acting for entities from the Far East, leading to the return of unduly collected taxes.
Alumni of the Center for American Law Studies at the University of Warsaw.
Martyna Rzeczkowska
Counsel | Attorney at law
Head of AI, CyberSec & FinTech
Over 6 years' experience as a lawyer in the new technology industry.
Portfolio includes a 3-digit number of supported technology projects.
Lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Trainer at commercial trainings.
Graduate of postgraduate studies in Modern Technology Law and graduate of Postgraduate Studies in Business.AI: Artificial Intelligence Project Management, both at ALK.
Industry certifications: AgilePM®.
Michael Baumert
Counsel | Attorney at law
Head of US Desk
A lawyer with over 10 years of professional experience in corporate law, new technologies, and intellectual property law. A former software developer who combines expertise in technology and law. Gained legal expertise at top-tier US law firms.
Awarded with “Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch” recognition in Intellectual Property law and Technology Law (2021, 2022, 2023).
US Ambassador to the Regional Pomeranian Chamber of Commerce in Gdansk (RIGP).
Lecturer on data protection, technology transactions and cloud computing.
Juris Doctor graduate of the George Washington University, Washington D.C. Admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Industry certifications: Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US).
dr hab. Ewa Laskowska-Litak
Counsel | Attorney at law
Doctor of Laws, LL.M. (Heidelberg), Assistant Professor at the Department of Intellectual Property Law at the Jagiellonian University. Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge.
Manager of the UJ's flagship Future Law Lab project, which focuses inter alia on law and new technologies.
Lecturer at the Copernicus Colleage.
Scholar of the Foundation for Polish Science and the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Recipient of scientific grants from the National Science Centre and member of scientific organisations (ALAI Poland, ATRIP, EPIP).
Author of numerous national and international publications in the field of copyright law (including commentaries on the Copyright Act and the system of private law), new technologies and the europeanisation of private law.
Mateusz Nowak
Counsel | Attorney at law
For over 10 years he has been professionally involved in providing legal advisory services to the IT and e-commerce sectors. He supports, among others, entities from the financial sector, including the largest banks and insurance companies in Poland. He specializes in technology law, particularly in matters related to electronic service agreements and complex IT contracts, especially in the areas of cloud solutions, IT outsourcing, and related regulatory issues.
He is a graduate of the postgraduate program Law of Modern Technologies and the course IT for Lawyers at Kozminski University in Warsaw.
Paweł Szorc
Counsel
Lawyer with over 8 years of experience in the field of new technologies.
Specializes in copyright law, IT contracts, and new technology regulations, particularly those related to AI. Gained his professional experience at leading Polish law firms.
Currently preparing a doctoral dissertation on the issue of algorithmic discrimination and teaching EU Institutional Law at the University of Warsaw.
Organizer and participant of numerous academic and industry conferences. Trainer at commercial workshops.
Graduate of the postgraduate program "New Technology Law" at Kozminski University.
dr Bartosz Pudo
Counsel | Attorney-at-law
He has more than 10 years of experience in providing legal support to companies in the field of intellectual property protection, including in the new technology industry.
He has been involved in a number of transactional projects where he has been responsible for intellectual property and data protection issues. Over the years, he has acted as data protection officer for companies in the medical industry, among others.
He was awarded a scholarship for the annual Program in European Private Law for Postgraduates, as part of which he attended seminars at Universität Münster, University of Cambridge and Universitat de València. As part of the work on his dissertation, he conducted research at Munich's Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb.
He has lectured at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, among others. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Doctor of Law.
dr Adam Karpiński
Counsel | Attorney at law
Lawyer with over 10 years of experience.
He specialises in providing services to IT vendors and gamedev studios.
Combines legal services with support in sales processes, negotiations and project communication. Expert in intellectual property law, author of the monograph "Dependent creativity in copyright law".
Lecturer at the UW, SGH and ALK, trainer at commercial trainings, mentor in mentoring programmes.
Doctor of Law. Winner of the Rising Stars Lawyers - Leaders of Tomorrow competition (2021), winner of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland competition for the best doctoral thesis on intellectual property (2021).
Industry certifications: AgilePM®.
Marek Trojnarski
Counsel | Attorney at law
IP lawyer with extensive experience in intellectual property protection. Marek has been advising and representing clients in international law firms for over 15 years.
He develops global IP protection strategies and handles trademark litigation at EU, international and local levels. He manages global IP portfolios and clims protection before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Polish Patent Office and civil, intellectual property and administrative courts.
As a member of the International Trademark Association's (INTA) Legislative and Regulatory Committee, Marek prepared INTA's position on the draft law on intellectual property courts in Poland in 2019. As a member of INTA's Trademark Office Practices Committee, Marek contributed to the drafting of the EUIPO Guidelines for EU Trademarks in 2024.
Kinga Kowalska-Szura
Counsel | Attorney at law
In the past she has worked as an in-house lawyer and as a lawyer in law firms.
She provides legal services to entrepreneurs in the area of individual and collective labour law, as well as litigation in this area.
She has experience in advising clients on the recruitment of managers and executives, individual and collective dismissals, audits of HR departments. She advises on the protection of personal rights in employment, with a particular focus on harassment, discrimination and data protection.
She combines her legal and business experience as CEO of Emplohouse, a technology company providing a platform for electronic HR documentation.
She has law degrees from the François Rabelais University in Tours, France, and from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, where she studied Health and Safety Management in an Enterprise.
Marcin Bieliński
Counsel | Attorney at law
Has more than 10 years of experience as a lawyer in the financial services and fintech industry and in the new technology industry.
He has gained experience both as part of a law firm and as an in-house lawyer in financial institutions, including banks.
He has completed several hundred projects in the fintech industry, including the first public cloud implementation on the Polish market in a Polish bank.
Lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Adam Koper
Counsel | Attorney at law
Lawyer with several years of experience, mainly in corporate services for companies.
For more than 10 years he worked as an in-house lawyer in capital groups with complex structures, reaching the position of Legal Department Director in a holding company with more than 40 companies in various industries (including real estate, e-commerce, heat pumps, solar power plants, restaurants, hotels, business consulting). During this time, he has also served as a member of the supervisory boards of private equity companies - for a total of four three-years terms.
He is currently the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Kolejowa sp. z o.o., a State Treasury company based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, which manages the railway infrastructure of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A., and a member of the Supervisory Board of FADOM S.A., a construction company based in Żory.
Anna Knapik
Counsel | Attorney at law
Lawyer with over 10 years of experience, mainly in the new technology industry.
Several years of in-house experience in a large technology company, including handling international IT, telemetry and automotive projects. Portfolio also includes ongoing corporate support for company boards and RODO implementations.
Graduate of Postgraduate Studies in Modern Technology Law at ALK and Personal Data Protection in Administration and Business (Data Protection Inspector) at WSB Academy.
She is fluent in French.
Maciej Mikucki
Counsel | Attorney at law
Individually recommended in the Legal500 EMEA rankings for procurement law (2023, 2022).
Several years of professional experience as a lawyer in the new technology industry, specialising in public procurement and IT contracts. Experience gained while working for an IT integrator, in law firms dealing with new technologies and in his own professional practice.
Participant of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Warsaw on the management of projects co-financed from EU funds.
dr hab. Grzegorz Mania
Counsel | Attorney at law
Lawyer and professional pianist. Expert in intellectual property law, especially at the interface between copyright and music. Consultant to, among others, gamedev entities.
Doctor of Law. Laureate of the contest held by the Polish Patent Office for the best doctoral thesis on intellectual property (2017).
He obtained a postdoctoral degree at the Academy of Music in Krakow (2019).
Graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, in the piano class of Prof. Stefan Wojtas, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, in the piano class of Prof. Martin Roscoe and Prof. Charles Owen.
Author of the monographs 'Music in Copyright Law. The concept of a musical work', 'Music in Copyright Law' (PWM, 2020), as well as numerous articles, chapters in monographs, glosses and music textbooks and publications. Co-editor of 4 scientific monographs. Speaker at numerous national and international conferences.
Lecturer at the Jagiellonian University, Zielona Góra University, K. Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, K. Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków and the Cracow University of Economics. Employed as a professor in the Department of Piano Chamber Music at the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
He has carried out a number of advisory, training and popularisation projects. He was chairman of the programme council of the PWM campaign "You are the creator, you have the right".
dr Piotr Semeniuk
Counsel | Attorney at law
Several years of experience in advising clients in antitrust and consumer law (with particular emphasis on real estate law).
Doctor of Law, LLM graduate of New York University. Attorney at law in Poland and in the United States.
Lecturer at ALK and UW. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Ewa Radlińska
Counsel I Attorney at law
Over a dozen years of experience in handling criminal cases, including white-collar crimes and organized crime, at all stages of proceedings — preparatory, trial, and enforcement. Extensive expertise in international criminal proceedings, including cases involving the European Arrest Warrant and the transfer of sentence enforcement to other jurisdictions.
Author of numerous legal publications in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Marcin Pabis
Counsel I Attorney at law
A lawyer with over a decade of experience in the IT industry, starting as a junior lawyer and advancing to Head of Legal in two software houses. He managed large legal teams, comprehensively ensuring clients’ legal security. Years of in-house practice allowed him to gain an insider’s understanding of the IT industry’s expectations and to develop a strong business perspective on legal challenges. He led negotiations for key IT projects on behalf of the organizations he represented. He also gained experience in leading Polish law firms within intellectual property departments. A specialist in IT contracts and copyright law.
A graduate of several postgraduate programs at the Jagiellonian University and Kozminski University, including intellectual property law and new technologies law.
Piotr Kister
Counsel | Attorney at law
He has over a decade of experience as a lawyer in leading Polish law firms, as well as in-house counsel in an international technology corporation and in a major publicly listed Polish FMCG company.
He specializes in advising clients from Tech and FMCG sectors. His professional interests include competition law, AI law, and copyright law.
He completed postgraduate studies in Artificial Intelligence at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
Kamil Hamelusz
Counsel | Attorney at law
Several years of experience working as a lawyer, providing comprehensive services to businesses at every stage of development.
He has over 15 years of experience as an in-house in the largest IT company in Poland. He has handled technology projects worth hundreds of millions of PLN in the financial, insurance, energy, medical and e-commerce sectors. He advised on projects related to handling capital transactions on the Polish and foreign markets.
Lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Alumni of the Center for American Law Studies at the UW.
Arkadiusz Bazylko
Counsel | Attorney at law
Several years of experience as a lawyer, mainly in the new technology sector in the area of public procurement law.
More than 10 years of experience as an in-house in a leading IT company in Poland, including coordination of a team of PPL lawyers. Attorney in appeal proceedings before the National Board of Appeal.
Lecturer in public procurement law and internet law at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów. Trainer at commercial training courses.
Olga Senator
Senior Associate | Attorney at Law
Over 8 years of professional experience in civil and commercial litigation, particularly for clients in the media, technology, and creative industries.
Extensive experience in representing clients before common courts.
Graduate of the American Law Center and Postgraduate Studies in Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.
Mateusz Kłudczyński
Senior Associate | Attorney at Law
A lawyer with several years of experience, specializing in advising clients from the creative industries, in particular the video game industry, influencer marketing, and the music industry.
He provides legal advice on copyright law, contracts, and intellectual property. He supports clients, among other things, in negotiating agreements, securing rights to projects, and assisting with preparations for launches and marketing campaigns.
He gained his professional experience working on projects in the field of new technologies and creative industries at leading Polish law firms.
He is an active participant in numerous conferences and industry events related to the creative sectors and the new technologies market.
Michał Szymankiewicz
Senior Associate | Attorney-at-law
Lawyer with considerable experience in new technology law, with a particular focus on financial market regulation.
He completed postgraduate studies in cyber science, tokenization and process automation in the digital economy at the University of Silesia. He is certified as a DORA EXPERT, confirming his competence in the area of digital regulation. He is the author of numerous legal publications, including Rzeczpospolita articles.
From 2011 to 2014, he served as Vice President in the International Law Group of “Ius Gentium”, being actively involved in promoting and developing knowledge in the field of international law.
Paulina Grzywacz
Associate
Attorney at law trainee with several years of professional experience, including in the area of new technology law.
Graduated from the Intellectual Property Law School of the H. Grotius Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and from the British Law School of the British Law Centre in cooperation with the University of Cambridge.
Graduate of the Postgraduate Studies in Business.AI: Artificial Intelligence Project Management at Kozminski University in Warsaw.
Maciej Erb
Associate
Advocate trainee with over 7 years of experience, primarily in banking supervision in the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.
Deputy coordinator of the legal advice point at the Maciej Bednarkiewicz Academia Iuris Foundation.
Graduate of postgraduate studies in investment banking at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and in financial analysis of markets and securities at the Kozminski University.
Completed the Center for American Law Studies program organized by the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida, as well as the Summer School in Israeli Law conducted by the University of Warsaw and Tel Aviv University.
Certificates: the Bloomberg ESG Certificate, the Triple E European Foundation Certificate in Banking.
Mikołaj Mroziński
Associate | Tax advisor
Lawyer with several years of experience in tax consultancy, including in the area of implementation of tax relief (R&D relief, IP Box relief) in projects in the field of new technologies and automation of technological processes.
Experience includes ongoing support of IT and gamedev companies and participation in due diligence processes. He has guided dozens of clients through the issues of Polish Governance, e.g. by conducting training courses for companies and their associates.
He advises Polish and foreign clients on restructuring transactions, developing optimal and tax-safe business structures for international entities in Poland. He has extensive experience in tax issues related to corporate asset transfers and royalty flows.
Ewelina Matejka
Associate
Lawyer with over 7 years of experience, mainly in the areas of IT contracts, intellectual property and unfair competition.
Lecturer at Kozminski University. She has experience of working in European institutions in Brussels.
She completed postgraduate studies in Modern Technology Law at Kozminski University.
Julia Wiktorowicz
Junior Associate
A fourth-year student of law at the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, with practical experience in office work.
She actively develops her qualifications by participating in training courses and legal events.
Jakub Jączak
Junior Associate
A trainee attorney with several years of professional experience, including in the area of new technology law.
During the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, he served as a Liaison Officer, cooperating with European institutions and diplomatic missions.
A postgraduate student in “Cybersecurity of IT and Telecommunications Systems” at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, focusing on the development of expertise in technology law, data protection, and cybersecurity regulations.
Karolina Kupczak
Administrative Manager
She gained several years of experience in a law firm in the credit management industry, as well as in a law firm dealing with modern technology law and in the largest Investment Fund Company in Poland.
Graduate of the University of Applied Computer Science and Management in Warsaw with a degree in Project Management.
Industry certification: AgilePM®.
Currently the "kind spirit of ZP" in charge of our administrative part.
Magdalena Dobrowolska
Administrative Assistant
She has practical experience in administration, which she continues to develop by starting studies in Administration at WSB Merito. She combines theoretical knowledge with practical support for the team, consistently enhancing her professional qualifications.
Magdalena Stawczyk
Administrative Assistant
As part of her role, she supports the team with administrative and organisational tasks, contributing to the day-to-day running of the office while gaining hands-on experience in administration.
At the same time, she is studying Business Marketing Management at UTH, further developing her skills and expanding her knowledge to support her professional career.
