Schoenherr Halwa Okoń Chyb sp.k

data protection · banking & financial services regulatory · ip & unfair competition · it & technology law · international law · artificial intelligence · consumer products & retail · financial institutions · insurance · start-ups · technology & digitalisation · telecommunications & media

Partner

Katarzyna Szczudlik has been a partner at Schoenherr since 2024. Her main areas of practice are data protection, IP, IT & technology and financial regulation. She excels in advising innovative FinTech companies, especially from the blockchain and payment industries, on their entry to and expansion in the European Union. She has a strong track record of advising on the implementation of GDPR-readiness and data breaches for international companies, IT contracts drafting, negotiations and implementations, cloud computing, IP litigation and IP strategy creation. She also has wide experience of AML-related issues, including audits and representation of clients before supervisory authorities. She frequently represents clients in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority. Katarzyna is regularly ranked in the top tier of Poland's leading FinTech practitioners by Chambers & Partners and as a leading data protection and TMT practitioner by Legal 500. She is a member of the Warsaw Bar and a graduate of Wroclaw University (Dr iur, 2012), Tilburg University (LL.M. in International Business Law, 2013) and Geneva University (Masters in International Dispute Resolution, 2014). Before joining Schoenherr, she worked at an international law firm in Warsaw and at several renowned Polish law firms. She is an active member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and International Technology Law Association (ITech) and a regular speaker at Polish and international conferences and seminars. She has also published more than 100 articles on topics related to new technology law. Katarzyna works in Polish, English and French.

English, French, Polish

University of Geneva/IHEID, Geneva/Switzerland (Masters in International Dispute Settlement 2014) Tilburg University, Tilburg/The Netherlands (LL.M. in International Business Law 2013) University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw/Poland (Dr. iur. 2012)