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Mr Igor Ostrowski

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Work Department

Global Co-Chair of Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Position

Igor Ostrowski is a partner and Global Co-Chair of Technology, Media and Telecommunications at Dentons.

He has more than 25 years of experience in legal advisory for clients from the telecommunication, media and new technologies sector.

Igor is one of the first lawyers in Poland to specialize in laws regulating the telecom sector, operators of media and use of new technologies. He has provided legal services to leading European and US radio and television broadcasters and advised international telecommunications network operators and IT companies on key areas of their business activities in Europe and globally, including corporate, regulatory and intellectual property issues. He combines a wealth of experience gained in international law firms (including Warsaw and New York offices) and public administration. His experience includes advice on mergers and acquisitions and participation in infrastructure and privatization projects.

Between 2009 and 2013 Igor was deputy minister in the Ministry of Administration and Digitization and was a member of the Team of Strategic Advisors of Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland. He co-authored the Digital Poland strategy.

In the years 2014–2016 Igor Ostrowski was the Chairman of the Digitization Council, an advisory body to the Polish Government.

Since 2012 he has been a member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), an agency handling issues of operation, order and development of the Internet worldwide. In 2019 Igor was appointed to the Steering Committee organizing the 2020 edition of the IGF, and will represent the business communities on the IGF’ 2020 Board. He also represents broadcasters and cable operators on the Board of the Polish Film Institute.

Career

Partner at Dentons since 2012.

Languages

English, Polish

Memberships

The Council of the Polish Film Institute (since 2017), Multistakeholder Advisory Group at the Internet Governance Forum, Digitisation Council (Chairman since 2014).

Education

Attorney-at-law, Poland, 1997.

University of Warsaw, 1994, Master of Laws.