Jan Byrski
FinTech Guide 2025
Band 1 : FinTech Legal
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About
Provided by Jan Byrski
Practice Areas
Jan Byrski specializes in financial innovation law (FinTech, including payment, banking, capital and the insurance market), in legal protection of information (personal data, professional secrets), and IT and TMT, including in particular proceedings before the President of the National Bank of Poland, President of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, President of the Personal Data Protection Office, and administrative courts. He provides legal advice to companies and financial institutions operating on the Polish and international markets.
Career
Partner & head of TKP FinTech team. He is also a professor in the Faculty of Law at the Cracow University of Economics.
Professional Memberships
He is a legal expert at the Polish Chamber of Insurance and the Foundation for Financial Innovation FinTech Poland. He is a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) organization and SABI-IOD (Data Protection Officer Association, Poland). President of the FinTech Committee of the New Technologies Law Association and Vice-President of the FinTech Committee of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications. He is a member of working parties at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority Office on the development of financial innovation (FinTech).
Publications
He is the author and co-author of numerous academic and popular-science publications.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Jan Byrski heads the firm's FinTech practice and leads its financial institutions and payment services law team. He specialises in financial services regulation and regularly advises FinTech clients and industry bodies on regulatory matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jan is an exceptional lawyer who stands out not only for his profound legal knowledge, but also for his remarkable ability to solve complex legal issues."
"Jan is a top-level expert in his field and he takes a pragmatic approach."
"Jan has extensive experience in the industry. In addition to his practical experience, he has extensive academic credentials."
"Jan is an exceptional lawyer who stands out not only for his profound legal knowledge, but also for his remarkable ability to solve complex legal issues."
"Jan is a top-level expert in his field and he takes a pragmatic approach."
"Jan has extensive experience in the industry. In addition to his practical experience, he has extensive academic credentials."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Impact of forthcoming legal changes on the performance of creditworthiness assessments using AI
On 12 July 2024, the Act on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as the first EU regulation in this field. Poland is also working on the national law implementing certain provisions of the AI Act and the act implementing the EU DORA.
Work on the implementation of the Polish law transposing the Digital Operational Resilience Act
On 18 April, the Polish government officially commenced work on a law implementing the provisions of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (hereinafter “DORA”) into the national (polish) legal system.
An Act amending Certain Laws to ensure Growth of the Financial Market
29 August, 2023, saw the promulgation of the Act of 16 August 2023 amending Certain Laws to ensure Growth of the Financial Market and Protect Investors on that Market.
Impact of forthcoming legal changes on the performance of creditworthiness assessments using AI
On 12 July 2024, the Act on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as the first EU regulation in this field. Poland is also working on the national law implementing certain provisions of the AI Act and the act implementing the EU DORA.
Work on the implementation of the Polish law transposing the Digital Operational Resilience Act
On 18 April, the Polish government officially commenced work on a law implementing the provisions of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (hereinafter “DORA”) into the national (polish) legal system.
An Act amending Certain Laws to ensure Growth of the Financial Market
29 August, 2023, saw the promulgation of the Act of 16 August 2023 amending Certain Laws to ensure Growth of the Financial Market and Protect Investors on that Market.