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 Kalisz, Dr Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, Maria Dudzińska, Maja Frontczak, Barbara 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
Dr hab. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Prof. INP PAN
Founding and Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law
Arbitration | Litigation | Financial litigation
Dr hab. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, Prof. INP PAN
Founding and Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law
A recognised international arbitrator, she has participated in more than 170 cases in domestic and international arbitration (conducted, inter alia, under ICC, SCC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, FCC, IAA, SCAI, Lewiatan, KIG, KDPW, SIDiR rules) in the fields of M&A, 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 arbitrati...
Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, PhD
Partner
Attorney-at-law
Arbitration | Litigation
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...
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...
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...
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. He is a certified mediator. A member ...
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