Maciej Gawroński

MP GP Partners Warsaw || Ex-MP Bird & Bird Warsaw || Technology-Business-Dispute Resolution Lawyer || Data Protection Office Awardee 2021 || Bestsellers “Little Book on Drafting Pleadings”, “Guide to the GDPR”

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

About

Recognised Polish technology and dispute resolution lawyer. Polish Data Protection Office Awardee 2021. Author of bestselling ’Guide to the GDPR’ and "The Little Book on Drafting Pleadings". European Commission Expert on Cloud Computing Contracts. Consultant to the Art. 29 Working Party on Draft Ad hoc contractual clauses “EU data processor to non-EU sub-processor” (WP 214) - ideas contributed to the GDPR. Leading lawyer of the largest IT implementation contract in CEE. Acted in Billion EUR disputes. SciFi, Techno, Snowboard, Biohacking, Dogs.

Experience

  • Managing Partner at GP Partners
    Mar 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

    GP Partners is an independent Polish business law firm focused on technology, with broad range of legal practice and consulting support. We deliver: fast response time, proactivity, cost predictability, transparency, efficient communication and thought leadership.

  • Member of the Scientific Council at Instytut Prawa Ochrony Danych Osobowych Akademii Ekonomiczno-Humanistycznej
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    The first institute in Poland dedicated to data protection issues was established at the University of Economics and Humanities under the patronage and in cooperation with the Office for Personal Data Protection. https://uodo.gov.pl/pl/138/2695

  • Editor & Contributor at Guide to the GDPR
    Jul 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    No 1 legal bestseller 2018, 2019 in Poland. English edition by Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. Guide to the GDPR is a comprehensive practical description of duties of businesses and other organisations resulting from the GDPR, providing examples of application, explaining practical implications and relations between particular provisions of the GDPR, and attempting to solve internal conflicts between particular requirements of the GDPR. Being the only book on the market approaching GDPR from the systemic and practical perspective in such detail, this book provides a thorough explanation of all GDPR obligations and related liability relying on private and other obliged organisations. This book is an indispensable practical resource for corporate data protection officers, in-house counsel, lawyers in data protection practice, and e-commerce start-ups worldwide, guiding on how to comply with GDPR obligations. This guide often breaks down GDPR articles into checklists of specific requirements. Of special value are the numerous ready-to-adapt template compliance documents presented in Part II.

  • Lecturer at Lazarski University
    2018 - 2021 · 3 yrs

    Lecturer at postgraduate programme "Personal Data Protection and Information Security Management" Wykładowca studiów podyplomowych "Ochrona danych osobowych i zarządzanie bezpieczeństwem informacji"

  • Lecturer at the Postgraduate Compliance Programme at Warsaw School of Economics
    2013 - 2021 · 8 yrs

    Lecturer at the Postgraduate Compliance Programme (Podyplomowe Studia Compliance). Previusly lecturer at postgraduate programmes: Key Business Technologies (Cloud Computing, Mobility, IoT, Data Science VR/AR), Application of Cloud Computing Technology in Business Strategies, Financial Institutions and New Technologies.