Tomasz Zalewski is the Partner at Bird&Bird (Commercial group) in Poland. His expertise spans from government contracts, IT implementation, and licensing agreements, to technology related disputes.
His expertise spans from government contracts, IT implementation, and licensing agreements, to technology related disputes.
He has advised on numerous large scale IT projects, involving comprehensive implementation of complex software in both traditional and SaaS models.
He advises on all aspects of public procurement law, and represent 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 also works with clients in the healthcare, energy, industrial automation, defence, and retail & consumer space.
His professional interests 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 also 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 serves as an expert for the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative.
Tomasz Zalewski is recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as a leading individual in TMT, IP and public procurement.
He is also very widely known for his activities as a President of the LegalTech Polska Foundation and the author of LegalTech catalogue available at https://legaltechpolska.pl/