Piotr Paprota
Senior Associate, Advocate, LL.M. (Heidelberg)
ArbitrationAdvises on dispute resolution. His practice covers arbitration and litigation in commercial matters, including international trade and M&A transactions.
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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 team, which brought the first citizen climate lawsuits related to responsibility for contributing to the climate crisis.
Shares his knowledge and experience by participating in international arbitration, mediation and negotiation competitions as an arbitrator and competition judge, as well as by conducting workshops for law students.
Prior to joining GESSEL, gained experience at one of Vienna’s leading arbitration law firms and at leading law firms in Warsaw and Cracow.
With GESSEL since 2022.
Experience
Selected projects
- Representation of a research institute in a dispute with a foreign contractor over a laboratory testing contract in proceedings before the Swiss Arbitration Centre;
- Representation of an entity in the mining sector in a dispute with a contractor in the ICC arbitration proceedings;
- Representation of the Investment Fund Company in proceedings concerning setting aside of an arbitration award;
- Representation of foreign and Polish entities in enforcement proceedings concerning foreign and domestic arbitral awards;
- Acting as a secretary to the tribunal or arbitrator’s assistant in over a dozen arbitration proceedings involving disputes concerning commercial transactions, contracts for supply of goods (e.g. liquid helium) or services, construction of industrial facilities and fibre optic infrastructure, internet research, investment financing, and other forms of cooperation;
- Representation of the ClientEarth Prawnicy dla Ziemi Foundation acting on behalf of five Polish citizens suing the State Treasury for its contributing to the climate crisis and the resulting violations of their rights.
News
& Insights
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 ...
Education and achievements
Completed schools:
- Legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Jagiellonian University (2015)
- Philosophy studies at the Institute of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University (2015)
- LL.M. postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law of Ruprecht-Karls- Universität in Heidelberg (2016)
- Law and philosophy at the University of Vienna under the Erasmus+ program (2016)
- Warsaw Bar Training (2019)
Completed courses:
- School of American Law organized by Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Catholic University of America in Washington (2015)
- School of German Law organized by Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Universities of Heidelberg and Mainz (2015)
- School of Spanish Law organized by the Polish-Spanish Foundation for Cooperation and Development, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Warsaw University (2018)
- ICC Arbitration and ADR Training Programme: the ICC Court of Arbitration, the Polish National Committee of the ICC and Jagiellonian University (2015)
- The International Academy for International Arbitration Law in Paris (2015)
- The Hague Academy of International Law (2016)
- DELOS Remote Oral Advocacy Programme EMEA (2022)
Academic publications
