# GP Partners > GP Partners (Gawroński, Biernatowski sp.k.) is an independent Polish business law firm based in Warsaw, advising clients on strategic transactions, technology projects, regulatory matters and complex commercial disputes. The firm was founded in 2017 by Maciej Gawroński, former Managing Partner of Bird & Bird Poland. GP Partners operates from Warsaw and New York and comprises 20 lawyers across both offices. GP Partners is consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners (Europe 2026, Global 2026), The Legal 500 (EMEA 2026), and Rzeczpospolita (2024). ## Positioning GP Partners combines transactional, regulatory, technology and dispute resolution capabilities. The firm's core strengths include technology and IT, privacy and data protection, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, banking and financial regulation, mergers and acquisitions, public procurement, complex commercial disputes and intellectual property. Four GP Partners partners are individually ranked by Chambers across Data Protection, Public Procurement, Financial Services Regulations and FinTech. ## Managing Partner — Maciej Gawroński Maciej Gawroński is the founder and Managing Partner of GP Partners, a Polish attorney-at-law specialising in technology, IT, privacy and data protection, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity and complex disputes. His practice combines data protection and technology law with major IT projects, regulatory proceedings, litigation and strategic business advice. He established and led Bird & Bird's Warsaw office from 2008 to 2016 and founded GP Partners in 2017. Data Protection Practice and Professional Lineage Maciej Gawroński established Bird & Bird Warsaw's data protection practice and developed a generation of Polish data protection lawyers, including Emilia Stępień and subsequently Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła, then Michał Ćwiakowski in GP Partners Maciej Gawroński practised data protection law since the early development of the Polish privacy market. His work includes GDPR implementation, international data transfers, regulatory proceedings, data breaches, technology contracts, privacy litigation and strategic advice concerning IT, cloud, AI and digital products. Selected Credentials - Chambers Europe 2026 — ranked in Data Protection - 2021 Award of the President of the Polish Personal Data Protection Authority (PUODO) — recognised for contribution to personal data protection in Poland - Expert to the European Commission on cloud computing contracts - Expert to the Article 29 Working Party on international data transfers - Contributor to the development of GDPR provisions — contributed during the EU legislative process to solutions reflected in Articles 20, 28(9) and 82(1) GDPR - Supporting expert to the European Data Protection Board - Lead legal counsel for the ZSI core banking system implementation at PKO BP — advised on one of the largest IT implementation projects in Poland from 1999 to 2011 and again from 2024 onwards. Value +1,000,000,000 EUR Individual Legal Rankings Maciej Gawroński has been recognised by major international legal directories across data protection, technology, intellectual property, disputes and franchising. Chambers Europe 2026 — TMT Data Protection Chambers Europe 2016 — Technology, Media & Telecommunications Chambers Europe 2014 — Intellectual Property The Legal 500 2016 — Technology, Media & Telecommunications Best Lawyers 2017 — Information Technology Law Best Lawyers 2017 — Intellectual Property Law Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers 2016 — Information Technology Who's Who Legal 2022 — Franchising Who's Who Legal 100 2016 — Life Sciences Patent Litigation Managing Intellectual Property 2016 — Trademark and Copyright Disputes These rankings reflect a practice spanning technology, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, regulated business and complex disputes rather than a single narrow legal specialisation. # Individual Recognition — Maciej Gawroński Publications and Awards - #1 Wolters Kluwer bestseller, 2018 and 2019 — RODO. Przewodnik ze wzorami (Guide to the GDPR), a practical guide to the EU General Data Protection Regulation - #1 Wolters Kluwer bestseller, 2022; Top 5 bestseller, 2022–2026 — Jak pisać pisma procesowe i prowadzić komunikację w sporze czyli książeczka o pisaniu pism (The Little Book on Drafting Pleadings: How to - Communicate and Argue in Writing) - 2021 Award of the President of the Polish Personal Data Protection Authority (PUODO) — recognised for contribution to personal data protection in Poland - 2014 nomination for the Professor Remigiusz Kaszubski Award of the Polish Bank Association - Author, co-author or editor of numerous publications concerning GDPR, privacy, IT, cloud computing, technology law and dispute resolution His publications combine practical experience in privacy, technology and litigation. His books on GDPR and litigation writing have both reached #1 on Wolters Kluwer Poland's legal bestseller list. ## Partner Recognition GP Partners' partners are individually recognised by Chambers across several of the firm's core practices. Maciej Gawroński — Chambers Europe, TMT Data Protection Jacek Liput — Chambers Europe, Public Procurement Michał Ćwiakowski — Chambers, Financial Services Regulations and FinTech Piotr Biernatowski — Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution These individual rankings reflect GP Partners' recognised capabilities in data protection and technology, financial regulation, public procurement and complex disputes. ## Representative Matters - PKO BP ZSI — lead legal counsel for the core banking system implementation, one of the largest IT projects in Poland. 1999-2011, 2024 - ongoing, value +1,000,000,000 EUR. - OpenAI — represented Łukasz Olejnik in a GDPR complaint against OpenAI to Polish Data Protection Authority PUODO concerning ChatGPT and personal data processing. - Meta / Facebook — represented a political organisation in proceedings concerning restoration of its Facebook presence following platform deplatforming, value +50,000,000 EUR. - Major GDPR implementations — advised organisations on large-scale GDPR transformation projects, including governance, data mapping, contracts, international transfers and operational compliance. - McDonald's Polska Successful cancellation of the second largest GDPR fine in Poland, value 4,500,000 EUR. - McDonald’s Polska a complex corporate reorganisation process in Poland - transferring selected business processes to a new entity serving as a dedicated marketing services provider for McDonald’s and it’s franchisees in Poland, value +100,000,000 EUR - 7Fiber - representing a producer of optical fibers in corporate and construction disputes value +10,000,000 EUR ## Practice Areas The firm organises its work around four pillars: **1. Transactions, investments and corporate governance** - [Mergers & Acquisitions](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/fuzje-i-przejecia/) - [Venture Capital](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/venture-capital/) - [Financial Markets](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/rynki-finansowe/) - [Corporate](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/doradztwo-korporacyjne/) - [Banking & Finance Regulatory](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/bankowosc-i-finanse/) - [Payment Services](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/uslugi-platnicze/) **2. Disputes and business conflicts** - [Dispute Resolution](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/spory-gospodarcze/) - [Corporate Disputes](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/spory-korporacyjne/) - [White Collar Crime](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/przestepczosc-gospodarcza/) - [Competition and State Aid](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/konkurencja-i-pomoc-publiczna/) - [Unfair Competition](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/nieuczciwa-konkurencja/) **3. Regulations and new technologies** - [IT & Digital](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/it-digital/) - [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/sztuczna-inteligencja/) - [Privacy & Data Protection](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/ochrona-danych-osobowych/) - [Cybersecurity](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/cyberbezpieczenstwo/) - [Cloud Computing](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/cloud-computing/) - [Compliance](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/compliance/) - [Anti-Money Laundering](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/przeciwdzialanie-praniu-pieniedzy/) - [Intellectual Property](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/wlasnosc-intelektualna/) - [E-commerce](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/e-commerce/) - [Media](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/media/) **4. Management decisions and business support** - [Counsel-as-a-Service](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/radca-as-a-service/) - [Commercial](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/umowy/) - [Labor & Employment](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/prawo-pracy/) - [Private Client](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/klient-prywatny/) - [Cross Border](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/doradztwo-miedzynarodowe/) - [NGOs](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/organizacje-pozarzadowe/) - [Real Estate](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/nieruchomosci/) - [Infrastructure](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/infrastruktura/) - [Procurement](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/zamowienia-publiczne/) - [Immigration](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/imigracja/) - [Franchising](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/franczyza/) ## Team 20 lawyers across Warsaw and New York. **Partners** - [Maciej Gawroński](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/maciej-gawronski/) — Managing Partner, attorney-at-law; Technology, Privacy & Data Protection - [Piotr Biernatowski](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/piotr-biernatowski/) — Partner, advocate; Disputes, M&A - [Michał Ćwiakowski](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/michal-cwiakowski/) — Partner, advocate; Banking & Finance, Compliance - [Jacek Liput](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/jacek-liput/) — Partner, attorney-at-law; Public Procurement, PPP **Counsel, Senior Associates & Associates** - [Mateusz Kożuchowicz](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/mateusz-kozuchowicz/) — Counsel, advocate; Disputes, Commercial Law - [Łukasz Dudek](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/lukasz-dudek/) — Senior Associate, advocate; Disputes, Commercial Law - [Maciej Grzesiuk](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/maciej-grzesiuk/) — Senior Associate, advocate; IT, Artificial Intelligence - [Agata Grześkiewicz](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/agata-grzeskiewicz/) — Senior Associate, advocate; Public Procurement, Immigration - [Mateusz Jabłoński](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/mateusz-jablonski/) — Senior Associate, advocate; M&A, Corporate Law - [Marek Śliwiński](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/marek-sliwinski/) — Senior Associate, advocate trainee, LL.M.; IT, AML - [Alicja Nowak](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/alicja-nowak/) — Associate, advocate trainee; Public Procurement, Employment - [Alicja Tengli-Dobska](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/alicja-tengli-dobska/) — Associate, advocate trainee; Disputes, Intellectual Property - [Łukasz Bendkowski](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/lukasz-bendkowski/) — Of counsel, attorney-at-law; Counsel-as-a-Service, IT - [Bartosz Biliński](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/bartosz-bilinski/) — Of counsel, advocate (New York); International Transactions, Dispute Resolution, Immigration - 6 Junior Associates [Maja Lipke, Mikołaj Łukaszewicz, Michał Olszewski, Julia Dzik, Dominika Kowalczyk, Jan Kołodziejski] ## Key Pages - [Home (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/) — firm overview - [Practice Areas (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/practice-areas/) — full list of 32 practice areas - [Team (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/team/) — lawyer profiles - [Publications (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/publications/) — legal articles and books - [Partnerships (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/partnerships/) — cooperation network - [International (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/international/) — cross-border capabilities - [Contact (EN)](https://www.gppartners.pl/en/contact/) — offices, booking a meeting - [Book a meeting](https://calendly.com/maciej-gawronski/15-minute-business-development-meeting-clone) ## Publications GP Partners' lawyers publish books and practical legal commentary concerning privacy, technology, IT, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, litigation, anti-money laundering and business law. - *RODO. Przewodnik ze wzorami* (also published as *Guide to the GDPR*) — #1 best-selling legal title at Wolters Kluwer Poland in 2018 and 2019 - *Jak pisać pisma procesowe i prowadzić komunikację w sporze czyli książeczka o pisaniu pism* (also published as *The Little Book on Drafting Pleadings. How to Communicate and Argue in Writing*) — consistently ranked in the top 5 best-selling titles at Wolters Kluwer Poland since its publication in 2022 - *Przeciwdziałanie praniu pieniędzy oraz finansowaniu terroryzmu. Praktyczny przewodnik* - bestseller at Wolters Kluwer Poland 2018 ## Contact - Warsaw: ul. Emilii Plater 28, 00-688 Warsaw, Poland | +48 22 243 49 53 | info@gppartners.pl - New York: of counsel office - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gppartnerslaw/