Kochanski Zieba & Partners has announced that Pawel Gruszecki has joined the firm as Head of New Technologies and Telecommunications.
Gruszecki graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. He also completed a postgraduate program in Copyright, Publishing and Press Law organized by the Institute of Intellectual Property Law at the Jagiellonian University. He spent most of his working career — from 2007-2014 — at Traple Konarski Podrecki & Wspolnicy, as the leader of the Internet Media and Telecommunications, TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology) Department. As part of his practice he was responsible for dealing with key clients, such as telecom operators (including the largest fixed-line operator in Poland, and Polish mobile operators) and Internet service providers (including the operator of the most popular global search engine and operators of the some of the largest websites in Poland). He has also been involved, among other things, in negotiating a telecommunications infrastructure management and development agreement and, the firm reports, "in preparation of legal assumptions for the provision of mobile TV standard DVB-H or OTT platform deployment."
Prior to joining KZP, Gruszecki ran his own boutique law firm for two years, during which he helped develop the underlying legal framework for a comprehensive logistics and payment system designed to increase e-commerce sales.
According to a KZP statement, "in joining KZP Pawel will substantially increase KZP’s industry knowledge in the new technologies and telecommunications sector, especially as a number of KZP’s clients in the industry emanate from Krakow - which is now regarded as a major hub for technology companies."
