Łukasz Wieczorek

Łukasz specializes in the law of new technologies (IT), intellectual property law, unfair competition law, business law, and immigration law. In his everyday practice, he works in an international environment. In particular, he advises foreign clients that invest in Poland and entities operating a business outside of Poland.

At the Law Firm, he coordinates the International Desk with respect to the above legal areas.

Experience in selected specializations

Łukasz has extensive experience in matters related to the IT sector. He took part in tens of projects, drafting and negotiating IT agreements (including with respect to agile methodologies and the SaaS model) with business partners from the USA, Europe, and Asia that operate in the banking, finance, insurance, gambling, hotel, and music sectors.

He was involved in the works on a contract between a Law Firm’s client and Citibank that concerned the implementation of the client’s application in 16 countries in Europe and Asia-Pacific (for which the Law Firm received the Outstanding Legal Skill in Handling a Transaction award from the Rzeczpospolita daily in 2018). He also successfully negotiated an IT agreement between a Law Firm’s client and a Silicon Valley unicorn.

Professional qualifications and licenses

Łukasz is an Attorney-at-Law and has been a member of the Kraków Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law since 2014. He graduated in law from and completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. He is preparing a doctoral thesis at the Department of Business and Trade Law of the said Faculty.

He is a certified IP Scan (intellectual property diagnostic) service provider for micro, small and mid-sized entrepreneurs.

His master’s degree thesis won second prize in the contest for the best thesis in the area of trade law in the 2009/2010 academic year that was organized by the Wolters Kluwer Polska publishing house and the editorial team of the Przegląd Prawa Handlowego monthly.

Publications

Łukasz has published a number of articles in legal press (Przegląd Prawa Handlowego, Rejent), daily press (Rzeczpospolita, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna), and specialist press (Chambers Global Guides, Industrial Monitor). He also speaks at conferences, seminars, and webinars organized e.g. by the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce, the Małopolska Region Development Agency, Gigacon, Pureconferences, and Blue Business Media (Corporate Legal Counsel Forum 2020).