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Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp. k.
Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp. k. provides clients with a range of TMT-related advice, and its offering includes support with regulatory mandates in the media, gaming, gambling and e-commerce sectors, as well as assistance with new technologies, including fintech, cloud computing, AI and e-identification. Technology-based commercial mandates are also a key area for the group, and these often include contracts, tenders, and outsourcing. Media and entertainment expert Piotr Dynowski jointly leads the technology and communications group alongside IP specialist Paweł Lipski, and they are ably supported by head of the commercial practice Tomasz Zalewski, and Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła, who leads the privacy and data protection department.
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Testimonials
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‘The cooperation with Bird & Bird is unique because the lawyers with whom I work know the business of our company very well.’
'Piotr Dynowski has been the star for many years. He is service oriented and very flexible. He builds up an excellent client relationship and understands business needs immediately. His well-founded legal advice combined with his hands-on approach makes him almost priceless.'
‘The lawyers with whom I work present the best solutions and possibilities, and we very often have brain storms to connect business with the law.’
‘Very competent team in IT law and concrete applications, both in Poland and on an international level. They offer a big range of services, without being limited only to the compliance and legal dimension, but even exploring strategies of product and market positioning.'
‘We typically work with Tomasz Zalewski, and we value his competence and attitude as outstanding. He is really good in framing the problem, especially in IT law, and designing the best strategy to solve it.’
‘Unmatched expertise. Bird & Bird boasts a team of highly skilled and specialised lawyers who excel in a wide range of legal areas, focusing on IT and new technologies. Their collective expertise spans from intellectual property and technology law to corporate and commercial law, providing clients with comprehensive legal solutions under one roof.'
'I appreciated their personalised, client-centric approach and our business needs were understood and addressed with the utmost professionalism and operational solutions. As such, I would definitely recommend Bird & Bird to anyone operating in Poland.’
'Monika Hughes and Paweł Lipski both have best-in-class knowledge of e-commerce and digital laws in Poland. They are always reliable and ready to support in almost no time with their top-tier knowledge of the Polish market and best practices. Their support was greatly appreciated from a business perspective as well.'
Key clients
- IKEA
- Whirlpool
- Viaplay Group Sweden AB
- Cisco International Limited
- CloudFerro Sp. z o.o.
- Inpost S.A.
- ViaSat
Work highlights
- Advised InPost on enhancing its services’ portfolio with a novel checkout solution, including such functionalities as a payment gateway, instant refund or buy now pay later.
- Assisted CloudFerro, a Polish company which provides cloud services, with drafting and negotiating agreements related to the provision of the Copernicus Data Access Service to the European Space Agency by a consortium led by T-Systems International GmbH.
- Advising Viaplay Group, a sports streaming platform, on day-to-day matters.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła, Piotr Dynowski, Tomasz Zalewski, Paweł Lipski