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Michał Kocur, the Secretary General of the PAA, will present a short introduction to the discussion. The meeting will take place at the offices of Squire Patton Boggs Krześniak, at Rondo ONZ 1 in Warsaw.

Professor Stefan Kröll will give an opening lecture. The meeting will be held in English. A link to the meeting can be found here.

At the same time, we are full of admiration for the Ukrainian people standing up to the invaders who question their right to freedom and self-determination. We want to help our colleagues in Ukraine. The Polish Arbitration Association is transferring the funds raised in the recent years, in the amount of PLN 12,000, to the…

We discussed when the deliberation should start. How should arbitrators during deliberations? What if a president fails to manage the deliberations properly? We also discussed a related issue of dissenting opinions. What is the purpose of dissenting opinions? Why are dissenting opinions sometimes treated by the president as a personal attacks? How to write a…

We discussed whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances, courts and state authorities may demand disclosure of files of arbitration proceedings by arbitral institutions.

Participants discused cybersecurity and technology in arbitration. The new SCC Platform for communication and file exchange between SCC, parties and arbitral tribunals was presented.   Seminar program: 2:30 Opening address Daniel Larsson, Counsellor, Embassy of Sweden Eligiusz Krześniak, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs 2:45 Discussion on technology and cybersecurity in international arbitration Moderator: Michał Kocur, Partner,…

During the Ball ICC Polska a charity auction to raise funds for the “Fundacja Samodzielnosć od Kuchni” foundation was held. The foundation engages local communities in helping young people from orphanages to stand on their own feet and commence independent adult lives.

Dr. Arwid Mednis, one of the leading specialist in the field of personal data protection law in Poland gave a lecture.  

The seminar was organized by the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce and the Institute of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.

The DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 were presented. There was a discussion on the rules. The panelists also discussed commercial arbitration in Germany and in Poland.   You can find details of the conference here.  

The authors of the Pledge, namely Marcin Asłanowicz, Monika Hartung, Bartosz Krużewski, Katarzyna Kucharczyk, Rafał Morek, Paweł Pietkiewicz and Justyna Szpara, took part in the discussion. The meeting was chaired by the members of the Management Board of the PAA – Eligiusz Krześniak and Michał Kocur. Please confirm your interest in taking part by e-mail…

The conference was held on 23–24 May 2019 and was devoted, among other things, to arbitration regarding new trends and important issues in M&A arbitration, with which arbitrators in Russia, New Zealand, the Baltic States and Israel are facing. The subject of TPF and the complexity of M&A transactions were mentioned in the context of…

All members of the PAA and anyone interested in arbitration in Poland were invited. The introductory presentations were delivered by attorney-at-law Kocur (against) and attorney-at-law Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz (for). There was a great deal of interest in the meeting; several dozen representatives of the arbitration environment in Poland took part in it. The…