Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, D.Sc.

Since 1995, arbitration has been an essential part of her career. She has extensive arbitration experience in permanent arbitration courts and ad hoc proceedings – to date, she has participated in more than 150 international and domestic arbitrations in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, construction law and commercial contracts. A list of selected appointments to the Court of Arbitration, available at this link. She is a member of the Audit Committee of the Polish Arbitration Association and chairman of the Audit Committee at the Polish Association of Capital Investors, an organization whose members include all private equity funds in Poland.

In addition to her work at the law firm, she also finds time for other passions such as contemporary art. In 1996, together with the National Museum, she created the Foundation for the Collection of Contemporary Art of the National Museum in Warsaw, which now includes almost 50 works. She spends her free time hiking in the Tatra Mountains and Podhale.