Dr hab Arwid Mednis > Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis Offices
UL. SNIADECKICH 10
00-656 WARSZAWA
00-656
Poland
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Dr hab Arwid Mednis
Work Department
Privacy and telecommunications law
Position
Partner
Career
Arwid Mednis (PhD habil.) is a legal counsel, a partner of Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis. Between 1991–2000 Arwid represented Poland in the Committee for the Protection of Personal Data in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, in the years 1998–2000 he was its chairperson. He was a member of the GIODO Scientific Council, as well as the author and co-author of draft laws on personal data protection and the exchange of business information.
While working on regulations implementing the GDPR, he was an expert on behalf of public and private institutions.
He represents clients in regulatory cases, as well as in court and administrative proceedings. He deals with many cases concerning decisions of the personal data protection authority, including one of the largest fines imposed in Poland.
Also works at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.
For many years, he has received highest ranks in Chambers &Partners Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and Legal Experts EMEA and regularly won Leader awards in the law firms rankings of the Rzeczpospolita daily.
Languages
English, French, Polish
Education
Warsaw University
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Data privacy and data protection
(Leading individuals)Data privacy work forms a key part of Kobylanska Lewoszewski Mednis‘s offering, and the firm has a particular focus on the e-commerce, media, technology, video games, and finance industries. High-profile GDPR litigation and the handling of major data breaches are areas of expertise for the group. The team is co-led by the founders of the firm Anna Kobylańska, Marcin Lewoszewski and Arwid Mednis. Kobylańska is skilled in the implementation of EU GDPR requirements, Lewoszewski ‘has a valuable ability to understand business needs and find ways out of the most challenging situations‘, and Mednis has lately been active in advising on legislative reform.
Lawyer Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection Poland
- Leading individuals Poland > Data privacy and data protection