Jan Byrski
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Banking & Finance: Regulatory
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About
Provided by Jan Byrski
Practice Areas
Jan Byrski specializes in financial innovation law (FinTech, including payment, banking and the insurance market), in legal protection of information (personal data, professional secrets, trade 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, Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, and administrative courts. He provides legal advice to companies and financial institutions operating on the Polish and international markets.
Professional Memberships
He is a legal expert at the Polish Chamber of Insurance and the Foundation for Development of Non-Cash Transactions (FROB). He is a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) organization and SABI-IOD (Data Protection Officer Association, Poland), and Vice-President of the FinTech Committee of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT). He is a member of working parties at the KNF Office on the development of financial innovation (FinTech) and MC working groups, including distributed registers and blockchain. He takes part in parliamentary work on the adaptation of Polish law to PSD 2, interchange fee regulation (IF Reg), the GDPR, and numerous amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Act on Payment Services.
Publications
He is the author and co-author of numerous academic and popular-science publications, including the monograph Tajemnica prawnie chroniona w działalności bankowej (Legally-Protected Secret in Banking Operations), which earned him the top award in the Scientiae Legis Excellentia contest for the best PhD dissertation on economic law organized by the National Bank of Poland, as well as the habilitation dissertation “Outsourcing w działalności dostawców usług płatniczych” (Outsourcing in the Activities of Payment Service Providers) (C.H. Beck 2018).
Chambers Review
Europe
Jan Byrski of Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners is focused on banking regulatory issues, including in relation to fintech issues. He also advises on EU regulation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jan Byrski has great knowledge and experience and is open to the client's business needs."
"He is a very experienced person who has vast knowledge not only of payment institutions but also many other areas under supervisory authority."
"Jan Byrski is very business and goal-orientated, has experience with the sector and is widely recognised as one of the best in fintech."
"He is a top expert in the market and a pleasure to work with."
"Jan Byrski has great knowledge and experience and is open to the client's business needs."
"He is a very experienced person who has vast knowledge not only of payment institutions but also many other areas under supervisory authority."
"Jan Byrski is very business and goal-orientated, has experience with the sector and is widely recognised as one of the best in fintech."
"He is a top expert in the market and a pleasure to work with."
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.
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