Education

• Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
• Graduate of the course in English and European Law organized by the British Centre for European Studies in cooperation with the University of Warsaw and the University of Cambridge
• Graduate of postgraduate studies in International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London

Key Practice Areas

• Civil law and civil procedure
• Commercial transactions
• Corporate disputes
• Protection of personal rights
• Real estate and construction law
• Finance and banking
• Administrative and administrative court proceedings

Selected Experience

• Representation of a foreign investment fund in proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award worth over PLN 300 million
• Representation of a training company in a case concerning improper performance of services, with a value of several million PLN
• Representation of members of the management board of a capital company in a case concerning liability for company debts, valued at several million PLN
• Representation of an investor in a case concerning a contractual penalty for delay in the performance of a construction agreement
• Long-term corporate advisory services for, among others, a bank, a foreign energy corporation, and companies from the pharmaceutical and IT sectors

Professional and Bar Activities

• Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce
• Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration at the Lewiatan Confederation
• Arbitrator, Arbitration Court at the Polish Bank Association
• Mediator, Center for Commercial Mediation at the National Bar of Legal Advisors
• Co-founder, Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association
• Member, Polish Arbitration Association
• Panelist at the conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Siena (2023)
• Trainer in the “Advocacy Training Skills” programs organized in Warsaw (2014) and Kraków (2015) by the Polish Bar Council, the National Bar of Legal Advisors, and the Advocacy Training Council of the Inns of Court (UK)
• Arbitrator in the Warsaw Arbitration Tournaments (Warsaw Pre-Moot) preparing students for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2012, 2014, 2015)
• Participant in the “International Arbitration Advocacy Training” program organized in London at Middle Temple Hall (2013)
• Participant and panelist at numerous conferences, including: International Lawyers’ Meeting Day – Evolution of Arbitration and ADR Tools: A Comparison of Experiences in the EU and Third Countries (2023), Diagnosis of Arbitration: The Functioning of Arbitration Law and Proposed Directions for Reform (2014), Applicable Law in International Arbitration (2015)

Publications

• “After the CJEU ruling, ‘franc loan’ cases are easier, but not obvious,” prawo.pl (2019)
• “Construction Consortium on the Polish Market,” Builder (2015)
• “The Assurance of the Arbitration Award’s Execution in the Context of Lewiatan’s Arbitral Tribunal New Regulation,” E-Przegląd Arbitrażowy no. 3–4 (10–11)/2012
• Commentator for national media, including Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Prawna, and TOK FM

Languages

• English (fluent professional proficiency)
• German (basic knowledge)