Marek heads the New Technologies and Privacy Protection Practice.
He advises on new technologies law, privacy protection law, as well as telecommunications law. He supports clients in both day-to-day operations and projects of strategic importance - major disputes or significant ICT infrastructure projects.
For nearly 30 years, he has advised international corporations and Polish companies, particularly in regulated sectors.
Marek has extensive experience in court and administrative proceedings. He provides strategic advice in disputes and represents clients before courts and administrative authorities. He oversees the work of the team assisting air carriers in proceedings before courts and the President of the Polish Civil Aviation Authority, particularly in cases involving passenger claims. He coordinates advice for airlines also in other matters related to their operation in the Polish market.
For almost a decade, he held managerial positions in the legal department (including the position of the head of the legal department) of one of the leading telecommunications operators in the Polish market.
His client portfolio also includes leading companies from the manufacturing sector – for many of which he has worked for several decades, supporting their business development and representing them in disputes involving, i.a., acts of unfair competition, including in proceedings before the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.
Marek represents the law firm in Ecomlex – an international association of leading lawyers with expertise in new technologies, AI, and privacy protection.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 ranking recommends him in the area of dispute resolution, and the WWL 2023 ranking – in the privacy protection category.
experience
Advice in cases involving data protection (including drafting of data protection policies and procedures and reviewing existing policies and procedures for compliance with Polish law) and legal representation before the president of the Personal Data Protection Office
Ongoing advice and representation of telecommunications service providers in proceedings before the president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the president of the Office of Electronic Communications, and in judicial and administrative court proceedings, including cases accusing telecoms of practices infringing the collective interests of consumers and concerning allocation of radio frequencies
Representing a client from the FMCG sector in court cases by commercial representatives seeking to establish employment relationships (all cases resulting in denial of the representatives’ claims)
Representing clients from a group of affiliated companies from the construction products sector brought by an immediate competitor, alleging acts of unfair competition (cases pending)
Successfully representing the descendants of a prominent family from the eastern borderlands in a proceeding to establish moral rights to a family grave located on the site of a museum listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, including the right to conduct burials at the site
education
Qualified as an attorney-at-law
Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University