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Tomasz Zalewski

Work Department

Commercial practice

Position

Tomasz is a Partner in our Commercial department, based in Warsaw.

Career

Tomasz has over 20 years of legal experience and a pragmatic business focused approach. He advises clients in projects related to digital business transformation. He has advised on numerous large scale IT projects, involving comprehensive implementation of complex software in both traditional and SaaS models.

Tomasz advises on all aspects of public procurement law, and represents clients in procurement disputes before the National Appeal Chamber and the courts. He has particular experience advising on infrastructure and IT projects, representing both contractors and contracting authorities.

Many of his clients are companies within the IT and technology sectors, although he does also work with clients in the healthcare, energy, industrial automation, defence and retail & consumer space.

His professional interests also include legal aspects of the application of the latest technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and cybersecurity. He has significant experience of advising tech start-ups.

He is an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration of the Audiovisual Market at the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce, and an expert at the Council of the Polish IT and Telecommunications Chamber. He also serves as an expert for the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative.

Tomasz is recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as a leading individual in TMT, IP and public procurement.

Languages

He speaks Polish and English.

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