The Team

Founder of EK LEGAL law firm, specializing in legal counseling for businesses, with a particular focus on the Video Games Industry. Expert in intellectual property law, business law and white-collar criminal law. She supports companies at various stages of development – from startups to investors – on both domestic and international projects, particularly in the EU, UK, and USA.

Ewa is listed as a professional representative at the EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante, she lectures Business Law at the Executive MBA program at Gdansk University of Technology. She is also the owner of GAMEDEVLAWYER.PL, a speaker at gamedev conferences, and co-author of the book “Prawo gamedevu. Q&A o tworzeniu gier i prowadzeniu studia” (Gamedev Law. Q&A on game development and running a studio).

She has extensive experience working with international corporations and within capital groups, and she brings these high legal standards and best practices into the SME sector.

Passionate about psychology, also in business, Ewa thrives on change and creative projects. And when it’s time to unwind, she listens to Ajahn Brahm.

Ewa is a law graduate from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She held a scholarship at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and graduated from the School of American Law in cooperation with the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington DC (USA). She completed postgraduate studies in Prevention of Economic Crime, Fiscal Crime and Property Crimes, as well as postgraduate studies in Intellectual Property Law – both at the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw.

She passed the Bar exam in Krakow and currently is a member of the Warsaw Bar Association.

Mariola specialises in labour law and personal data protection law.

She gained her professional experience working for many years in the Warsaw branch of an American law firm and in the business environment, as an in-house legal advisor to the company’s management board.

She is well acquainted with the principles of operation of international corporations as well as the specificity of management and business in Polish legal entities.

Mariola is a graduate of the law faculty at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. During her studies she also completed the School of American Law in cooperation with the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington DC.

She served her legal advisor training at the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw. She is currently a member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Katowice.

Justyna specializes in intellectual property law, particularly in the gamedev industry. She primarily deals with computer game and software developers, entrepreneurs in the creative industry and business associations.

Prior to joining EK LEGAL, she co-created the legal department of a capital group comprising of companies from the education, publishing and e-commerce sectors (PWN Group). She also worked in one of the leading Polish law firms, where she gained experience in corporate services for companies and representation of clients in court.

In her free time, she travels around Poland by bike, what she describes on her travel blog. In the evenings, she likes to play The Witcher with a pad in her hand.

Justyna is a law graduate from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She also completed postgraduate studies at Kozminski University on new technology law. She is co-author of the book “Prawo gamedevu. Q&A o tworzeniu gier i prowadzeniu studia” (Gamedev Law. Q&A on game development and running a studio).

She is a member of the Bar Association in Warsaw.

Katarzyna specializes in legal services for business, IT/IP and data protection. She has experience as an in-house lawyer (also in the gamedev industry).

She graduated from the CopyrightX course conducted under the auspices of Harvard Law School. She enjoys writing – not only professionally. She is co-author of the book “Prawo gamedevu. Q&A o tworzeniu gier i prowadzeniu studia” (Gamedev Law. Q&A on game development and running a studio).

After hours, she’s passionate about the fashion industry, the history of clothing, and contemporary cinema, while she finds the best rest during long and short road trips.

Michał specializes in civil law and intellectual property law.

His professional interests include film, interior design, new technologies and computer games. His specialization is legal services for the television industry. He is co-author of the book “Prawo gamedevu. Q&A o tworzeniu gier i prowadzeniu studia” (Gamedev Law. Q&A on game development and running a studio).

Michał gained his professional experience in a renowned Warsaw law firm. He also worked as an in-house lawyer in one of the leading production houses on the television market in Poland, where he was responsible for legal care over all stages of the production process and for supporting the management board in the implementation of strategic business processes.

An avid gamer, he is passionate about martial arts, beekeeping and backpacking on various trails and mountains hikes.

Michał is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He is currently a trainee advocate at the Warsaw Bar Association.