SPEAKERS

DAY 1: 24 October 2024 (Thursday)

Opening of the Conference

Monika Hartung

Monika Hartung is an attorney-at-law and partner and co-heads the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Practice. She is also responsible for the Insurance Practice. She has great experience representing clients…

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Key note

Renato Nazzini

Professor Renato Nazzini FCIArb is the Director of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London and a Partner at LMS Legal LLP. He is an experienced…

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Panel I. Rebuilding Ukraine

Adam Eberhardt

Dr. Adam Eberhardt is the Deputy Director of the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw (SEW UW). He is also an expert for the Organization for Security…

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Markiyan Malskyy

Markiyan Malskyy, dr hab is a Partner in International Disputes practice of Kochanski & partners, he is also the Head of Ukrainian desk. Markiyan is also Honorary consul of Austria to…

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Jacek Szugajew

Over 34 years of banking experience. He is a crisis top manager who headed KredoBank (Capital Group PKO BP) during COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

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Panel II. New Investments in Energy. Causes of Energy Disputes: Past and Future

Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz

International Arbitrator, founding and senior partner GESSEL. Beata specialises in international arbitration and commercial law, in particular M&A and private equity. Court Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The…

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Sergiy Gryshko

Sergiy Gryshko is the Head of the Queritius Kyiv office. With over 21 years of experience in litigation and international arbitration, Sergiy has acted in arbitrations under various international rules, including…

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Jake Lowther

Jake Lowther refers to himself as a “civilized common law lawyer”, having first qualified in Australia and then in Sweden. He is currently Specialist Counsel at the SCC Arbitration Institute (“SCC”)…

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Łukasz Wojdalski

Łukasz Wojdalski specialises in litigation before common courts, the Supreme Court and both domestic and international arbitration courts.

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Łukasz Wyszomirski

Dr. Łukasz Wyszomirski – Partner at SK&S, attorney-at-law. Łukasz supports clients in preparing and implementing complex infrastructure projects, primarily in the energy sector, with a particular focus on offshore wind energy…

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Panel III. Damages in Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes: When 2 plus 2 is not always 4

Jan Gandziarowski

Counsel at CAS and expert in construction disputes and claims. Architect and economist by profession, Jan gained professional experience in technical and financial project controlling, claim management, and project management while…

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Dominika Karsznia

Dominika is a Partner at ValueMind, she is a court expert in the field of finance and valuation. Dominika works with clients as well as litigators in various law…

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Anastasia Pojoga

Anastasia Pojoga Morali is a Director at Accuracy, based in its Paris office. She joined Accuracy in 2013 and since then has worked on disputes (commercial, construction, and investment), cross-border transactions…

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Wojciech Sadowski

Dr. Wojciech Sadowski, a partner at Queritius, specializes in international and cross-border dispute resolution, serving as counsel and arbitrator. With extensive experience, he has handled advisory and representation work concerning international…

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Sergiy A. Voitovich

Arbitrator and independent consultant. Former partner at Ukrainian law firm Grischenko & Partners (1993-2022), former Associate Professor/Assistant Professor of Kyiv State University, Department of International law (1981-1994). Doctor…

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Panel IV. Procedural measures to handle a construction arbitration effectively: Arbitrator, counsel, client and the court’s perspective

Michał Jochemczak

Michał Jochemczak is a partner at Dentons in Poland, head of the Arbitration team and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He specializes in complex commercial litigation…

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Eligiusz Krześniak

President of the Polish Arbitration Association, Professor of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Lazarski University in Warsaw and Head of its Commercial Law Department. Managing Partner of the…

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Natalia Mikołajczyk

Natalia Mikołajczyk is a managing associate at Linklaters’ Warsaw office. She is an internationally trained and New York qualified lawyer (registered as a foreign lawyer with the OIRP in Warsaw) with…

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Marcin Orecki

Dr. iur., LLM (MIDS) Geneva, listed arbitrator with the Construction Arbitration Court at the Polish Consulting Engineers and Experts Association in Warsaw.

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Adelina Prokop

Adelina Prokop is an advocate and a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance. She focuses on dispute resolution in commercial, financial and international law including investment…

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DAY 2: 25 October 2024 (Friday)

Panel I. Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Board: Best Practices

Maciej Antoniak

Maciej Antoniak is an advocate, heading projects & infrastructure practice at Warsaw office of DWF. Maciej co-leads the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Department at DWF Poland. He is also a member…

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Linda Benraïs

An affiliate professor in the Department of Law and Business Environment at ESSEC, Linda BENRAIS leads IRENE’s governance and conflict resolution programs and is a research associate at the London School of Economics…

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Bartłomiej Jankowski

Expert in dispute resolution in both court and arbitration proceedings, in particular regarding infrastructure, corporate and commercial contract matters, including those with a cross-border element.

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Natalia Jodłowska

Natalia Jodłowska is Legal Counsel to Webuild S.p.A. She specialises in dispute resolution with strong focus on ADR and claim management in the area of infrastructure projects.

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Paweł Samborski

Paweł Samborski is an advocate specialized in arbitration and international disputes with a particular focus on infrastructure and construction disputes. He has advised on construction disputes arising from projects in Poland,…

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Panel II. The Coming Wave: Dispute Resolution in the Digital Age

Maciej Durbas

Maciej Durbas, PhD, LL.M., MCIArb – Partner and co-leader of arbitration at Kubas Kos Gałkowski, Poland. Dispute resolution expert with extensive experience as an arbitrator, counsel, and tribunal secretary, especially in…

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Sophie Nappert

Sophie Nappert is an arbitrator in independent practice, based in London. She is dual-qualified as an Avocat of the Bar of Quebec, Canada and as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court…

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Cezary Rogula

Attorney at Law (Adwokat, Polish Bar) with his own Law & Mediation Office in Kraków, Poland. Vice President of the Mediation Centre at the Polish Chamber of Commerce.

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Panel III. Farewell to Energy Charter Treaty – Welcome to …

Agnieszka Ason

Agnieszka Ason is an independent energy lawyer and consultant at Ason Energy and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Agnieszka. Agnieszka has worked on energy transactions…

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Edward Attenborough

Edward Attenborough is a partner in the Dispute Resolution group of the Firm’s London office. Ed’s practice focuses on international arbitration, particular in the energy sector.

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Filip Balcerzak

Filip is a partner at SSW law firm (Poland) and an academic (Brunel University London, England and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland).

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Yuliya Chernykh

Yuliya Chernykh is professor of law at the Inland Norway University. She has extensive experience as international arbitrator and is Chartered Arbitrator, member of the ICC Court of Arbitration (2024-2027) and…

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Ludwik Jurek

Ludwik Jurek is a counsel at the Office of the General Counsel to the Republic of Poland (Prokuratoria Generalna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej). He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at…

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Conclusions and Closing remarks

Helena Stepanenko

Olena Stepanenko – is a mediator, international lawyer, and trainer. Has extensive experience conducting business, family, IP, administrative, educational, and labor mediation, author and trainer of educational programs for public servants «A»…

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Anna Tujakowska

Anna Tujakowska, Senior Counsel at Sk&S,  attorney-at-law. Anna advises and represents clients in commercial arbitration in post-M&A disputes under SA KIG, ICC, VIAC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules, with arbitration seats in…

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