About Us

Who We Are

Zalewski Legal advises businesses whose products, operations or projects depend on technology. For international clients, our role is to help address the Polish legal issues in a contract, public tender, technology deployment or commercial project.

Our work extends beyond the IT sector to businesses in media, energy, rail, industrial automation, automotive, space and defence. We advise on established technologies as well as new applications, including AI and blockchain.

We help quickly and practically solve legal issues that arise when building, implementing, scaling, and using technology-based products and services.

Our philosophy is simple: pragmatic advice and a focus on measurable results. We provide concrete guidance for decision-making, not lengthy opinions and memoranda. We facilitate decisions—we don’t multiply doubts. Instead of well-worn templates, we seek solutions that actually work—streamlining processes, shortening project timelines, and reducing risk. We put the client’s interests first.

We work with in-house legal teams, business leaders and lawyers in other countries. The starting point is the decision you need to make. We then identify the legal work needed, explain the options and recommend a course of action.

How We Work

Whenever possible, we recommend a pilot project for clients—a clearly defined trial assignment with an agreed timeline and scope. This allows you to quickly assess our advisory style, communication approach, and cost-versus-value ratio. It’s a safe path to deciding on broader collaboration.
Clear and to the point—we speak plainly about complex issues, eliminate unnecessary opinions, and focus on the information needed to make decisions. Through plain language and legal design principles, we shorten project timelines and facilitate implementation of agreements.
Flexibility and partnership—we tailor the collaboration model to the project: quick ad hoc interventions or long-term support with an agreed rhythm and KPIs. We establish key expectations (contact, deadlines, billing) at the outset to avoid misunderstandings.

Tomasz Zalewski

Founder of Zalewski Legal. Polish-qualified lawyer

Attorney-at-law since 1998. Before founding Zalewski Legal, he spent more than 20 years at Eversheds Sutherland and Bird & Bird.

Founder of LegalTech Polska Foundation and author of the digital babel legal portal. Co-author of the monograph “Artificial Intelligence Law” and publications on legaltech in practice. Recommended in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Lexology Index rankings in IP, IT, TMT, public procurement law, cybersecurity, blockchain, and franchising.

What Sets Him Apart

20+ years advising on technology and commercial contracts, public procurement and the legal aspects of developing, supplying and using technology. His work includes complex IT implementations and projects involving teams and advisers in several jurisdictions.
Practical approach: clear language, focus on results in highly complex projects.
Champion of the legaltech community in Poland, advocate for plain language standards and legal innovation, active in legal communities.

Roles and Functions

Recommended arbitrator for creative and cultural markets at the Lewiatan Arbitration Court.
Intellectual property expert at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Founding member and member of the audit committee of the Public Procurement Law Association.
Founding member of the New Technologies Law Association.
Founder and President of the Board of LegalTech Polska Foundation.

Julita Hoffmann

Counsel at Zalewski Legal.

Julita has worked at the intersection of public procurement and intellectual property since 2010. Her experience covers projects in IT, telecommunications, transport, energy and rail.

She advises on procurement procedures and projects supported by EU funding, conducts audits and represents clients in disputes before the National Appeal Chamber (KIO) and the courts. Her work also includes innovation procurement and pre-commercial procurement.

Julita helps public and private sector organisations design purchasing procedures. She also works with artists, cultural organisations and film producers, and advises on international theatre co-productions.

Author of publications and training speaker; she designs procurement processes and implements solutions that actually work.

What Sets Her Apart

Innovative and pre-commercial procurement: leads pilots, supports teams, and simplifies procedures for contracting authorities and contractors.
Co-creates internal procurement systems in the public and private sectors.
Member of a film association, collaborates with artists, cultural organizers, and film producers, advises on international co-productions of theater performances.