Katarzyna Syska > Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners > Krakow, Poland > Lawyer Profile

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
KRÓLOWEJ JADWIGI 170
30-212 KRAKÓW
Poland

Work Department

Data Protection

Position

Attorney-at-law, Counsel

Career

Katarzyna Syska specializes in personal data protection law and in a broad range of new technologies law issues. She advises companies in various sectors, especially e-commerce, IT, insurance, banking, and the medical sector. Before joining the Law Firm, Katarzyna worked at another law firm, where she handled data protection, e-commerce, and intellectual property cases. She spent almost two years working in Brussels, where she dealt with European policy concerning data protection law, ICT regulation and intellectual property. She was an intern at the European Commission, at the Directorate-General Justice.

 

Languages

Polish, English and French

Memberships

Katarzyna is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and SABI – the Association of Data Protection Officers.

Education

She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, and spent a year at the Faculty of Law at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg, France. She also holds a certificate in American Law Studies awarded jointly by the University of Warsaw and Florida University. She completed postgraduate studies in ICT and media law (magna cum laude) at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Data privacy and data protection

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners is active in assisting with all issues relating to the application and implementation of GDPR. The firm also regularly represents clients before the Polish Data Protection Authority in judicial and administrative proceedings, and this is a particular area of strength for counsel Katarzyna Syska. The team offers support to clients who have suffered data breaches, and provides advice on cross-border data transfers, data anonymisation, and data biometrics. Co-founder Xawery Konarski and Grzegorz Sibiga head up the department, with the latter receiving praise from a client as ‘one of the best lawyers in the field of personal data protection regulations’.