Dr. Sybilla Stanisławska-Kloc, Counsel to Markiewicz Sroczyński Mioduszewski. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland, a doctor of juridical science, an advocate, and arbitrator at the domain court of the Polish Chamber of Commerce. She is an assistant professor at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law of the Jagiellonian University and a permanent lecturer in civil law and copyright law at the Jagiellonian University and the Polish and European Law School in Ukraine. She has delivered lectures at the Jagiellonian University as part of the “IP Student” program.  Dr. Stanisławska-Kloc has completed her training at court (with a final judge’s examination) and advocate bar; she also fulfilled a legal trainee placement at a law firm in London. She has completed the Postgraduate School of Copyrights, Publishing and Press Law and the Postgraduate School of Competition Law at the Jagiellonian University. She is currently working on her habilitation thesis, which is on the protection of the right to authorship and the problems of plagiarism.   Dr. Stanisławska-Kloc has been working with the Bar Research Centre and was an expert (adviser) at the National Centre for Research and Development. During the years 2005-2007, she coordinated the Polish section of one of packages within the EU IPR-Helpdesk project. Approximately one hundred documents devoted to intellectual property were prepared under this project.

Dr Jakub Chwalba attorney-at-law (radca prawny), obtained a degree in administration (MPA 2005) and law (MJur 2007) from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. He also completed Postgraduate Studies in Copyright, Publishing and Press Law at the Institute of Intellectual Property of the Jagiellonian University (2008). In 2012, after completion of his doctoral studies at the Jagiellonian University, he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled An architectural work – subject of copyright protection. For his dissertation, dr Chwalba won the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Prize in a competition organised by the Polish Patent Office. Since, 2008, dr Chwalba is an assistant professor at the Intellectual Property Law Department of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. He focuses on intellectual property law and press law.

Dominika Markiewicz – legal counsel, graduated in legal studies from the Department of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University and from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management at the University of Orléans (Master II).

She also finished Summer University of Continental Law in Paris, organised by The Fondation pour le Droit Continental at Paris Sorbonne University and graduated from the French Law Program – School of French Law administred by the University of Orléans. She participated in Erasmus programme at the Toulouse Univeristy.

During studies she collaborated with Section of Intellectual Property Law of Towarzystwo Biblioteki Słuchaczów Prawa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (TBSP UJ). She has been speaker at the polish – french conference “Competition law at the junction of European, domestic, public and private law”. She also participated in a number of activities deepening practical legal knowledge, including a workshop on competition law and a series of training courses on intellectual property and competition law “IP Student”, organized by the Institute of Intellectual Property Law at the Jagiellonian University and TBSP UJ in collaboration with law firms, as well as workshops on capital market and securities law.

Zuzanna Ochońska-Borowska attorney-at-law (radca prawny), graduated as Master of Law from legal studies at the Faculty of  Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

During her legal studies, Ms. Ochońska-Borowska was Vicepresident of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Group of the Jagiellonian University students research organization  (TBSP UJ). She organized the Polish Students Mediation Competition „#mediUJ!”, was a finalist of the Polish Mediation Competition „Masters of Mediation (2013 through 2015), and completed a business mediation course.

Ms. Ochońska-Borowska was also active in the Intellectual Property and Criminal Procedure Groups of TBSP UJ. She is the author of several publications e.g. “Disposing of the minor’s personal rights” (ZNUJ 145) and “Protection of business secrets in economic and intellectual property proceedings” (ZNUJ 149). She also worked as an intern in the Office of the Commissioner for  Human Rights (Ombudsman) and in a major publishing house Wydawnictwo Literackie.

Ms. Ochońska-Borowska is interested in intellectual property law, competition law and personal interests protection.

She speaks English fluently.

Julian Tateno – attorney at law, graduated as Master of the Law from legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Attorney at law at OIRP Cracow.

Alumnus of the  Lesław A. Paga Foundation.

During legal studies,  Mr. Tateno held position of the Vice President for Academic Activities of the Cracow local group of the European Law Student Association of ELSA Poland and Vice-President of the Medical Law Research Group.

He gained professional experience at the Medical Law Section of the Jagiellonian University Legal Clinic, and thereafter in one of the leading capital groups on the medical market and in a recognized Cracow law firm.

His interests are focused on competition, consumer and regulatory law.

He speaks English fluently.

In 2021 she defended her thesis on the subject of stochastic differential equations, which allowed her to earn a bachelor’s degree in the discipline of mathematics. The specialty she took up in her second degree program was financial mathematics, which she completed in 2023, defending a thesis on option pricing in the Heston model. In the field of law, she decided to choose a seminar in the Department of Public Economic Law and Economic Policy and wrote a master’s thesis related to finance and derivative transactions on the topic „The crisis of currency options in Poland in 2008-2010. Economic and legal analysis”, which she defended in 2024 and which allowed her to expand her knowledge of these issues with a legal perspective.

In 2022-2023, she obtained certifications in Fundamentals of Deep Learning from NVIDIA DLI and in Risk Management („HSBC Quants Academy”).

She is interested in derivatives, risk management and programming elements in the area of machine learning, modeling and simulation in finance.

Damian Dąbrowski

1. EDUCATION

Attorney trainee at the Cracow Bar of Attorneys-at-Law, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University.

2. PRACTICE

Attorney trainee at the Cracow Bar of Attorneys-at-Law, graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University.

Working with the firm’s competition team, he provided legal support to entrepreneurs during administrative and court proceedings. In particular, he participated in proceedings before the President of the OCCP and court proceedings from appeals against the decisions of the OCCP, developing his skills, knowledge and experience, including in cases involving agreements restricting competition, as well as in the areas of payment congestion and concentration control.

He has experience in drafting contracts and internal policies and regulations as part of the legal services provided to businesses by the firm. He also participated in legal support to distribution systems.

He is a member of the team advising Polish mining companies, recipients of state aid, in ensuring that the company’s operations comply with relevant state aids and competition regulations, which has given him knowledge of practical issues in a wide range of factual situations.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS AND INTERESTS

He is a member of the Competition Law Practitioners Section operating at the Cracow Bar of Attorneys-at-Law. He participated in the OCCP’s Summer Camp series of workshops, during which he attended lectures, case studies and meetings on competition protection issues, expanding his knowledge of theoretical and practical issues of proceedings conducted by the President of the OCCP. During his studies, he was one of the founders and a member of the board of directors of the Students’ Scientific Association of International Criminal Law.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

He is fluent in English and also speaks French.

Wiktoria Matysik

Anna Pietrzyk – a trainee attorney at the ORA in Krakow, a graduate of the Master’s Degree in Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Bachelor’s Degree in Intellectual Property Law and New Media at this Faculty.

During her studies, Ms. Pietrzyk actively participated in student activities, acting as president of the Scientific Circle of Economic Policy affiliated with the Jagiellonian University students research organization  (TBSP UJ), as part of which she co-organized student national conferences. She also actively participated in scientific conferences presenting issues of copyright law, consumer law and current economic problems. She participated in the “Diplomacy Action” project organised by the Foreign Affairs Students’ Club at the Warsaw School of Economics and in two editions of the IP Student lecture and workshop series organised by the Intellectual Property Law Students’ Club at the Jagiellonian University. 

Before joining MSM, she gained experience in an international financial services company. 
Ms. Pietrzyk’s interests focus on competition and consumer protection law, as well as copyright law, in particular the issue of its abuse. 
Ms. Pietrzyk is fluent in English. 

Martyna Kurzyna

1. EDUCATION

Martyna Kurzyna is a 5th year student of law at the Cracow University of Economics.

2. PRACTICE

She works in the firm’s IP department, assisting lawyers in matters related to the registration of trademarks and industrial designs. She participates in legal assistance projects for recognized artists and representatives of the film industry. She cooperates in cases against trademark infringers in Poland and the European Union. She prepares lists and researches of trademarks and performs estimates of trademark registration costs. She performs various legal studies in the field of industrial property law and deals with valuations of intangible assets of a company.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS AND INTERESTS

She is writing her master’s thesis in the department of business law and labor law under the supervision of Prof. UEK Dr. Monika Szaraniec on the topic of “Medical error in doctrine and jurisprudence”.

In addition to intellectual property law, she is also interested in medical law and competition and consumer protection laws.

She participates in IP Student workshops on intellectual property law issues, including influencer contracts in business advertising activities and contract negotiations in the movie industry, as well as IT implementation contracts in enterprises.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

She has participated in apprenticeships in law offices of attorneys and notaries, as well as in the Criminal Department of the District Court in Krakow.

She is fluent in English.

Office Manager at Markiewicz Sroczyński Mioduszewski. She graduated from the University of Economics in Cracow, in management and marketing studies.

She is fluent in English and also speaks German.

Mrs. Słaboń-Pawłowska organizes and supervises everyday matters of our office, she also coordinates billing and accounting matters. She is responsible for customer relations in the field of marketing and legal service agreements.

In addition, Mrs. Słaboń-Pawłowska coordinates the flow of incoming and outgoing mail, and manages contacts with suppliers of the firm. She also organizes and participates in the recruitment process.

Mrs. Słaboń-Pawłowska has significant experience in the organization of events for our law office.

In 2012, Mrs. Słaboń-Pawłowska co-organized a multiday event in Cracow, for a group of about 100 lawyers from around the world.