Citizenship:

Polish, born August 25, 1953.

Education:

Master of laws, Poznań (1976), postgraduate study in business law, Warsaw (1989), Ecole de Formation du Barreau, Paris (1992)

Professional Experience:

admitted as advocate, Poznań (1984); avocat, Paris (1993), advocate, Warsaw (1994), partner SALANS since 1998, ICC Court member since 2003, UNCITRAL Working Group Arbitration & Conciliation, Polish delegate, President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (2006-2009).

Areas of Specialization:

FIDIC contracts, construction, foreign investment, oil & gas, transfer of technology, IP, energy, international sales, banking, joint venture commercial contracts, mergers and acquisition, distributorships, licenses, sport, tourism, defense.

Languages:

Fluent: Polish, English, French, German, Russian, some Italian.

Professional Association:

Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; member of: Vienna Center Advisory Board; Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of England & Wales; IBA Arbitration Committee (Sub-Committee on Conflicts of Interest); Member: ASA, CEA, CEPANI, DIS, ICA, ITA, ÖVS, SAA, UIA, expert WIPO, FIDIC independent consultant, dispute board adjudicator;

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Arbitration Experience:

Chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or counsel in over 100 commercial arbitrations, handled in English, French, German, Polish and Russian.

Arbitration Seats:

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine and U.S.A.

Rules Applied:

AAA-ICDR, CAC, CACI, CAS, CCIR, CCP, HCCI, IAC, ICAC Kyiv, ICANN, ICC, IHK, LME, MKAC Moscow, NAF, PBA, PCC, PIIT, Swiss Rules, WIPO, UNCITRAL and other ad hoc

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Education and training in mediation and arbitration

Mediation and Conflict Prevention workshop in Sydney, Australia, organized in
November 2002, by The Hong Kong Mediation Council,

WIPO Workshop for Arbitrators, October 2003, Geneva,

Certificate of Business Mediation Center in Warsaw, Poland, 2003,

WIPO Domain Name Panelists Meeting, Geneva, October 2004,

INTA Advanced Mediation CLE Program, San Diego, California, 2005,

WIPO International ADR Workshop Divining Consensus on Key UDPR Issues, Mock Trademark Arbitration, USA,

ICDR International Arbitrators Symposium, Advanced Case Management Issues, Prague, 2005,

Cross Examination Skills Training in Arbitration, Hofstra Law School, Chateauform, 2008;

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Additional aspects of experience

Ex-judge with a substantial work experience in Polish public courts has handled c. 2000 cases. Some 50% of them were closed by settlement, thanks to skills in mediation.

Second arbitral award ever rendered in a domain name dispute in Poland, as arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

Only in the recent five years proposed or appointed as arbitrator and mediator in more than 50 international or domestic arbitrations.

As Polish member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration regularly attends plenary sessions of the courts and ICC seminars. Took part in scrutiny proceedings of over 200 ICC awards.

Teaches international commercial arbitration at the Warsaw Bar.

Extensive travels, personal experience and knowledge of culture of countries at all continents.

Qualified for diplomatic service by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enjoys a solid reputation as a mediator.

FIDIC, EFCA – Independent Consultant, adjudicator.

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Panels of Arbitrators:

Vienna Center; WIPO; Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications; Polish Bank Association; INTA, New York; Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Tribunal Arbitral du Sport; AAA - ICDR: Deutch-Polnische Industrie– und Handelskammer; ICAC, Ukraine; ICAC, Russia, KLRCA, Malaysia; CEPANI; HKIAC; KCAB; Kazakhstan International Arbitrage; SIAC; The Cairo Regional Centre; Dubai International Arbitration Center; UEFA EURO 2008 Ad hoc Division; CIETAC; Teheran Regional Arbitration Centre; major courts of arbitration in Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republik, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.

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Recognition:

Highly recommended for dispute resolution by Global Chambers Report, named as leading individual in Practical Law Company 2008; additionally, recognized by Legalease as an expert in court dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration.

Ranked among top 7 arbitration specialists in Poland by Rzeczpospolita.

Rated “as the best arbitrator and counsel” in Poland by Who’s Who Legal – Commercial Arbitration, 2008 (p. 4, 2nd column).

Selected to be included in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in Poland in the specialty of Arbitration and Mediation.

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Publications:

Founder and first editor of Polish “Biuletyn Arbitrażowy”, many articles in: American Investor, Biuletyn SIDIR, Businessman.pl, Cammera Comerciale di Venezia, C.H. Beck, Contact International Business Voice, Courier de Varsovie, Dziennik, Gazeta Bankowa, Gazeta Finansowa, Gazeta Polska, Gazeta Prawna, Głos Wielkopolski, Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Home & Market, IBL, ICC Bulletin, Jongloed, Juris Publishing, Kaleidoscope, Kurier Warszawski, Международный коммерческий арбитраж, Monitor Prawniczy, Newsweek, Panorama, Puls Biznesu, Romanian Review of Arbitration, Rynki Zagraniczne, Rzeczpospolita, The Wall Street Journal, Toga, Twój Biznes, Warsaw Voice and others.