Xavier Favre-Bulle
Merited Lawyer of Ukraine, Academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Law Sciences, Professor, Candidate of Law, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…
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SPEAKERS
DAY 1: 6 December 2023 (Wednesday)
Opening of the Conference
Tomasz Giaro
Professor Tomasz Giaro, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the UW. Habilitated at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the UW (1988). Fellow of the…
Monika Hartung
Monika Hartung is an attorney-at-law and partner and co-heads the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Practice. She is also responsible for the Insurance Practice. She has great experience representing clients…
Mykola Selivon
Merited Lawyer of Ukraine, Academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Law Sciences, Professor, Candidate of Law, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…
Panel I. The Future of International Arbitration in the New Security Situation
Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz
Founding and senior partner of GESSEL. Beata specialises in arbitration, M&A, private equity and commercial law. Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2015-2021)…
Maciej Jamka
Maciej Jamka is a skilled advocate who practices in all areas of Polish and international law, with a specific focus on arbitration and litigation. Maciej Jamka is a skilled…
Olga Kostyshyna
Advisor to the President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC). Formerly: Director of the Department of State Representation in International…
Maria Kostytska
Maria Kostytska is an international arbitrator and litigator who is multi-lingual in English, French, Ukrainian, Russian, and Spanish. She is admitted to the bars of New York, District of…
Andrea Menaker
Andrea Menaker is a Partner in the International Arbitration Practice of White & Case LLP and heads the Public International Law Group. After more than a decade in the…
Nagnibida Volodymyr
Member of the ICAC Presidium, LL.D, Associate Professor, Professor of Civil Law and Procedure Faculty at Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law; lawyer. Specialization: international commercial agreements…
Natalia Petrik
Natalia Petrik is the SCC Deputy Secretary General and head of business development. She began her arbitration career as an associate at prominent Swedish law firms, gaining experience…
Sarah Vasani
Sarah is Co-Head of International Arbitration at the global law firm of CMS, a role covering the U.K., Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Turkiye, Singapore, China, Brazil…
Panel II. Energy Transition: Decarbonization, Renewables, and Offshore: Novel Kinds of Disputes and Resolution Regimes
Ginta Ahrel
Ginta Ahrel is a counsel and arbitrator based in Stockholm. She specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration and has particular expertise in disputes with parties from Eastern Europe.…
Ksenia Koriukalova
Ksenia Koriukalova is senior associate at AEQUO law firm in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her main areas of practice are international arbitration and litigation. Ksenia’s professional experience includes work on commercial…
Katarzyna Kucharczyk
Katarzyna Kucharczyk is a Senior Legal Counsel at a renewable energy company Ørsted. She specialises in the construction contracts, in particular in the energy sector. Katarzyna has many years…
Jan K. Schaefer
Jan K. Schaefer, resident in the Frankfurt office, heads the German dispute resolution practice at King & Spalding LLP. He represents foreign and German clients in complex domestic…
Stamatios Tsetos
Stamatios Tsetos focuses his practice on international arbitration matters conducted under the auspices of numerous arbitration centres (notably ICC, LCIA, ICSID, CRCICA, AFA, French-Arab Chamber of Commerce, etc.) and…
Patrycja Wysocka
Patrycja Wysocka – partner, attorney-at-law, Energy & Natural Resources Practice co-leader. Provides comprehensive services to companies from the energy sector, also in the area of renewable energy sources…
Panel III. ESG: How Dispute Resolution Lawyers can contribute to Sustainable Development Goals?
Yuliya Chernykh
Yuliya Chernykh is Associate Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Oslo. She works in the field of contract…
Marina Skarbek-Kozietulska
Marina specialises in advising clients from the automotive and commercial property industries in court and arbitration proceedings, as well as in out-of-court dispute settlements. She also advises clients in…
Anna-Maria Tamminen
Anna-Maria is a Partner in Hannes Snellman’s Dispute Resolution Group specialising in resolving complex international disputes. Anna-Maria has experience in resolving disputes through negotiations, mediation, arbitration and litigation. Her…
Anna Tujakowska
Joined SK&S in 2008, she provides counsel and representation in commercial arbitration cases related to post-M&A under SA KIG, ICC, VIAC, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules with seats of arbitration…
Reinmar Wolff
Reinmar Wolff is an Assistant Professor at the University of Marburg (Germany) and a practicing lawyer who regularly sits as an arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc proceedings.…
Panel IV. Current Trends in Dispute Boards: Modern Dispute Prevention
Wojciech Jarosiński
Wojciech Jarosiński is an advocate admitted to the Warsaw Bar (Poland). Wojciech specializes in complex technology disputes. He has led or supervised more than three hundred technology litigations, the…
Paweł Lewandowski
Paweł Lewandowski is a partner and a Co-head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at DZP, one of the largest Polish law firms. He specialises in litigation and arbitration proceedings…
Karl Pörnbacher
Karl Pörnbacher heads the firm’s international arbitration team in Germany. Together with his multinational team of over 20 experienced international arbitration lawyers, he has represented clients in more than…
Louis Thibierge
Louis Thibierge is a full professor (Agrégé des facultés de droit) at Aix-Marseille University. He is the Head of the Department of Private Law. He is the director of…
Volodymyr Yaremko
Volodymyr Yaremko is a Ukrainian qualified senior associate in the Construction & Engineering team and International Arbitration group of the London office of Mayer Brown. He advises international clients…
DAY 2: 7 December 2023 (Thursday)
Panel I. Mediation in Complex Infrastructure Disputes: Top Mediators share their Top Tips for a Successful Mediation
Ewa Gmurzyńska
Dr hab. Ewa Gmurzyńska Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw; received her Ph.D. and habilitation degrees at the University of Warsaw and her…
Andreas Hacke
Dr. Andreas Hacke is partner at Zwanzig Hacke Meilke & Partner (zhmp) in Düsseldorf, Germany. He studied law in Heidelberg, Leiden (NL), and Bonn and holds a PhD in…
Roman Rewald
Roman Rewald is Polish lawyer and US-qualified attorney admitted to practice law in the United States (State of Michigan). He is a retired partner of the law firm of…
Galyna Yeromenko
Galyna is the CEO and Founder of the Ukrainian Mediation Center (2008). She was the First President of the National Association of Mediators (Ukraine). She has served as an…
Panel II. State of the Art in the Dispute Resolution Management in Construction Arbitration and Litigation: Modern Procedural Tool-Box
Piotr Chańko
Sędzia Sądu Rejonowego dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia w Łodzi od 2015 roku, od 2019 roku Przewodniczący XIII Wydziału Gospodarczego. Od 2017 roku orzeka na delegacji Prezesa SA w Sądzie Okręgowym w…
Bartłomiej Jankowski
Co-founder and partner at WKB. Expert in dispute resolution in both court and arbitration proceedings, in particular regarding infrastructure, corporate and commercial contract matters, including those with a cross-border…
Bartosz Krużewski
Bartosz Krużewski is an advocate, a partner at the Warsaw office of Clifford Chance and the head of the litigation practice in Warsaw and Continental Europe. He is one…
Eligiusz Krześniak
President of the Polish Arbitration Association and Professor of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Lazarski University in Warsaw and head of its Commercial Law Department. Managing Partner of…
Nikolaus Pitkowitz
Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz is founding partner and head of dispute resolution at Pitkowitz & Partners, and President of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz is considered…
Panel III. Experts: How to Design the Best Practices?
Marcin Asłanowicz
Prof. Marcin Asłanowicz is President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Confederation Lewiatan. His professional practice involves handling litigation and arbitration, as well as resolving disputes as…
Michał Bieniak
Attorney/Ph.D. Attorney since 2005, Pd.D. in Law since 2007. Since 2009, arbitrator on the list of Recommended Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce…
Piotr Golędzinowski
Piotr Golędzinowski specialises in litigation and arbitration proceedings requiring deep knowledge of finance and accounting, particularly cases involving investment agreements and M&A. He also advises individual clients in civil…
Michał Jochemczak
Michał Jochemczak is a partner and the Head of the Arbitration Practice in Dentons’ Warsaw office. He specializes in complex arbitration and litigation. He has represented clients in arbitration…
Dominika Karsznia
Dominika is a Partner at ValueMind, she is a court expert in the field of finance and valuation. Dominika works with clients as well as litigators in various law…
Damroka Kościelak
Damroka Kościelak works in the International and European Law Department at the Office of the General Counsel to the Republic of Poland (PGRP). Her practice includes investment and commercial…
Conclusions and Closing remarks
Felix Dasser
Prof. Dr. Felix Dasser, LL.M. (Harv.), is a senior member and former head of the Dispute Resolution practice of the Swiss firm Homburger. His practice focuses on the litigation…
Agnieszka Durlik
Director General of The Arbitration Court at the Polish Chamber of Commerce long-time practitioner in the field of business support. Jagiellonian University Master of law, completed postgraduate studies at…
Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka
Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka is an independent arbitrator, founder of SURDEK ARBITRATION and Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Before establishing her own independent arbitrator’s practice in autumn 2022…