Tomasz Koellner

Partner, attorney at law LinkedIn

Mr. Koellner is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Law and Administration, member of the Cracow Bar Association. Lawyer recommended in the field of Personal Data Protection in the ranking of law firms of "Rzeczpospolita" daily (2021).

He specializes in issues related to the investment process and commercialization of real estate, both residential, commercial and industrial. In the aforementioned area, he advises, among others, entities carrying out development investments, developing and commercializing large-scale commercial facilities, warehouse spaces.

His extensive professional experience also includes transactional advice in numerous VE/PE market transactions, handling alternative investment funds, both transactional and regulatory, and advising in the areas of corporate disputes, unfair competition and protection of personal rights. In this regard, his experience includes legal services for one of the leading incubators/technology funds supporting CEE start-ups, advising on foreign acquisitions undertaken by a public company, comprehensive transactional and regulatory services for a real estate holding company. Represented clients in numerous court and administrative proceedings.

His professional experience also includes handling projects in the area of new technology and personal data law, including advising on numerous IT implementations, or managing complex projects in the area of personal data protection, including in a public company, Ekstraklasa clubs, and technology companies, among others. From 2017 to 2019, he was head of the intellectual property and new technology (IP/TMT) law practice at a renowned law firm.

Mr. Koellner has authored numerous papers in academic and industry publications. He has appeared as a speaker at many conferences devoted, in particular, to the activities of alternative investment funds, as well as to the protection of business secrecy. He has conducted numerous training courses, both for public and private entities.

He provides services in Polish, English and Spanish.

Training sessions, workshops and speeches

  • 2023
    • "Holding Law and Liability of Collective Entities" – Internal materials for a regional entity, Warsaw, January 2023.
  • 2020
    • "Law in Digital Marketing" – Puls Biznesu, Warsaw, March 2020.
  • 2018
    • "The Gambling Act" – Main training for a published entity, November 2018.
    • "Circulation of Articles in a Capital Group" – Presentation on capital categories, May 2018.
    • "ASI – Alternative Investment Company" – Training by Puls Biznesu, November 2018.
  • 2017
    • "Classified Information Management" – Presentation at the Chief of the Management Board Office conference, December 2017.
    • "ASI – Alternative Investment Company" – Training by Puls Biznesu, November 2017.
    • "Exclusion of Civil Liability of Network Service Providers in Light of the Latest CJEU and National Court Case Law" – Presentation at the Data Center Trends 2017 conference, September 2017.
    • "New Rules for Data Usage in Capital Groups" – Presentation on security threat notification and IT Systems Reliability, September 2017.

We share knowledge by writing

  1. T. Koellner, Promocja w mediach społecznościowych: konkursy i loterie a prawo, Izba Gospodarki Elektronicznej e-Commerce Polska 2018.
  2. T. Koellner, Jak legalnie przetwarzać dane osobowe zebrane dla celów e-marketingu?, Izba Gospodarki Elektronicznej e-Commerce Polska, 2017.
  3. T. Koellner, Kto może skorzystać ze środków BRidge Alpha, Rzeczpospolita, 6 października 2017.
  4. T. Koellner, Miliardy za ASI, Puls Biznesu, 6 listopada 2017.
  5. T. Koellner, Odpowiedzialność administracyjnoprawna z tytułu naruszenia zasad przetwarzania danych osobowych na gruncie ogólnego rozporządzenia o ochronie danych osobowych, Izba Gospodarki Elektronicznej e-Commerce Polska, 06/2016.
  6. T. Koellner, Architektura vs reklama zewnętrzna, Architektura & Biznes, 01/2013.
  7. T. Koellner, Ctrl C: Zjawisko plagiatu w architekturze, Architektura & Biznes, 07-08/2012.
  8. T. Koellner, Prawo autorskie a dostęp do informacji publicznej, Kwartalnik Prawa Prywatnego, 3/2012.
  9. T. Koellner, Licencja ustawowa z art. 28 ustawy o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych. Komentarz, IPWI, 05/2011.