Training event “Performance of contracts in international trade”

11.01.2023 News Arbitration

On 31 January 2023, GESSEL, working in collaboration with Rzeczpospolita, presented an online training event for businesses looking to expand onto international markets and, accordingly, interested in learning about the ins and outs of contracts in international trade.

Dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel KaliszDr Joanna Kisielińska-GarncarekMaria DudzińskaMaja FrontczakBarbara Tomczyk and Piotr Paprota, drawing upon their rich experience advising clients active on international markets, discussed issues such as securing the interests of a Polish enterprise in international trading, proper law, the basic international law instruments, and dispute resolution. 

The objectives included: 

  • Affording entrepreneurs planning foreign expansion a basic grasp of contracts, from the perspective of protecting their interests and preventing disputes;
  • A practical overview of the various legal traditions and systems in Europe;
  • Discussing the key points concerning international sanctions;
  • Presenting different dispute resolution options.

Among the participants were legal practitioners and business people from France, Germany, Great Britain, and Ukraine, who shared insights about market practice in their respective countries.

Authors

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, D.Sc.

Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law

Arbitration | Litigation | Financial litigation

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, D.Sc.

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, D.Sc.

Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law

Recognised international arbitrator, she has decided more than 150 cases in domestic and international arbitration (conducted, inter alia, under ICC, SCC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, FCC, IAA, SCAI, Lewiatan, KIG, NDS, SIDiR rules) in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, construction law (inter alia, under FIDIC regulations), energy law and international commercial contracts. Member of advisory bodies and working groups of the world's largest arb...

Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, PhD

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Arbitration | Litigation

Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, PhD

Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, PhD

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Joanna joined GESSEL in 2015. She is a partner responsible for conducting domestic and international arbitration proceedings (including before the ICC Court of Arbitration, Swiss Arbitration Centre, International Arbitration Association, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, and the Court of Arbitration at the Lewiatan Confederation, among other forums). She also appears before the general courts, including in particular post-ar...

Maria Dudzińska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Litigation | Arbitration | Financial litigation

Maria Dudzińska

Maria Dudzińska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

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 a...

Maja Frontczak

Counsel
Attorney-at-law

Litigation | Arbitration

Maja Frontczak

Maja Frontczak

Counsel
Attorney-at-law

Maja specializes in litigation and domestic and international arbitration proceedings (including, among others, before the ICC Arbitration Court, the Swiss Arbitration Centre, and the Arbitration Court at the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw). She gained experience in leading law firms, where she represented clients before Polish and foreign courts and institutions (such as the Financial Supervision Commission, the European Court of Huma...

Barbara Tomczyk

Senior Associate
Advocate

Litigation | Arbitration

Barbara Tomczyk

Barbara Tomczyk

Senior Associate
Advocate

Barbara joined GESSEL in 2018 and is a member of the arbitration team. She represents clients both before the general courts and in domestic and international arbitration (at, among other forums, the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, the Arbitration Court of the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, and the Arbitration Court of the Lewiatan Confederation). Her practice to date has been focused on disputes concerning breach of represe...

Piotr Paprota

Senior Associate, Advocate, LL.M. (Heidelberg)

Arbitration

Piotr Paprota

Piotr Paprota

Senior Associate, Advocate, LL.M. (Heidelberg)

Represents clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, as well as in court proceedings. Has experience in disputes conducted, among others, under the ICC, VIAC, SAC, ICSID and SAKIG rules of procedure, in the context of various applicable laws and involving various arbitration seats. Has repeatedly acted as a secretary to the tribunal or arbitrator’s assistant in arbitration proceedings. A member of the GESSEL for Climate te...

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