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Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
TWARDA 4
00-105 WARSAW
Poland

Work Department

Head of Data protection and privacy team

Position

Attorney-at-law, Partner, Head of Data Protection and Privacy Team

Career

Grzegorz Sibiga specializes in personal data protection and other matters of administrative law, including legal protection of information (secrets), access to public information, re-use of public sector information and data opening in the sector, and electronic administration. He advises on public administration proceedings. At our Law Firm, he manages a team dealing with the implementation and application of GDPR in over 100 organizations. He represents Clients in proceedings conducted by the President of the UODO and in proceedings before administrative courts.

He is head of the Administrative Law Department at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ILS PAS), a member of the College of Directors, and head of Postgraduate Studies on “Performing the function of a data protection officer” at ILS PAS. He lectures at the Kozminski University and other institutions.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

Chairman of the SABI Scientific Council – The Association of Information Security Administrators. From 1 January 2021, he is a member of the Public Service Council to the Prime Minister for a four-year term. A former member of the Digitization Council and Information Technology Council for the minister competent for information technology, and vice-chairman of the GIODO Scientific Council (Inspector General for Personal Data Protection). He takes part in parliamentary work, including as a BAS expert of the Chancellery of the Sejm, on acts in administrative law, including protection of personal data, population records, ID cards, computerization in public entities, and access to public information. He is a founding member of SABI and the New Technologies Law Association (SPNT), and also a member of the Association for Public Administration Education (SEAP).

Lawyer Rankings

Poland > Data privacy and data protection

(Leading individuals)

Grzegorz Sibiga – Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

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’.