Maria Dudzińska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Litigation | Arbitration | Financial litigation

For over 10 years, advised business enterprises on avoiding and resolving disputes, both before the general courts and via alternative dispute resolution channels, including arbitration and mediation. At GESSEL since 2013.

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Maria has many years of experience in litigation in court, arbitration and post-arbitration cases. A special place in her experience is occupied by corporate disputes – she assists company owners and managers in situations where, due to a difference of opinion, vision or strategy, it is necessary to take steps to secure the interests of the company or its shareholders, and when the conflict begins to escalate she represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings. Her expert knowledge and experience gained in dozens of proceedings leave her well-placed to devise litigation strategy and formulate conflict resolution scenarios, as well as to manage legal projects. She is the author of publications on litigation and arbitration law and a speaker at conferences on dispute resolution issues. She is a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration for 2023-2026.

Maria conducts training courses for entrepreneurs, for trainee attorneys and students and, generally, contributes generously to initiatives supporting the legal education of young lawyers. Over 2012-2022, she coordinated preparations of the Lewiatan Arbitration Competition – the largest moot court competition in Poland for legal trainees organized by the Lewiatan Arbitration Court. She is also a Lead Mentor in the Women in Law Foundation’s Mentoring Program.

Maria’s track record in pro bono work is at least as impressive. She has longstanding relationships with the Rodzić po Ludzku Foundation which aims to raise the standards of perinatal care in Poland and the Po Drugie Foundation dealing with young people in crisis of homelessness and the We are Hope Association (formerly Doctors of Hope).

Experience

Selected projects

  • Represented a publicly traded company in a dispute with a shareholder and former CEO in a corporate dispute over violation of personal rights by publishing a current report
  • Represented a public company in a dispute with a minority shareholder over the validity of holding competing meetings of a corporate body
  • Advised an IT company in a dispute over one of the largest public sector IT projects
  • Represented a public company as a subcontractor in a dispute over the construction of one of the theatres in Wrocław
  • Advised an IT company in a dispute over the design and implementation of a dedicated enterprise management information system (in Prince2 methodology) for a public entity
  • Represented a public IT company in a dispute over the implementation of teletechnical systems at one of Poland’s largest railroad stations
  • Represented a public company in the energy industry in proceedings for payment of a receivable covered by a promissory note
  • Represented a public company in a post-M&A dispute over the purchase of an organized part of an enterprise
  • Represented a public company in a dispute over the determination of the ability to exercise voting rights from shares of a leading telecommunications company

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11.01.2023

Training event “Performance of contracts in international trade”

On 31 January 2023, GESSEL, working in collaboration with Rzeczpospolita, presented an online training event for businesses looking to expand onto international markets ...

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Training event “Performance of contracts in international trade”
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Education and achievements

  • Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Maria Curie-Skłodowska
    University in Lublin (2008)
  • Postgraduate studies in Medical Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (2016)
  • Advocacy Academy courses organized by the Institute of Advanced Legal Skills in cooperation with the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw

Science publications