Experience
Attorney at law, LL.M. Expert in the field of arbitration. He handles complicated disputes, including cross-border proceedings in various sectors. Has represented clients in international arbitration proceedings with the value of the dispute ranging from several thousand to several hundred million Euro. Moreover, he has acted as an assistant to the arbitrator or tribunal’s secretary on many occasions. He also acts in the capacity of an abitrator, including the presiding arbitrator.
Advises clients also in the area of the real estate law, both in court, administrative, and administrative court proceedings (with a particular emphasis on reprivatisation disputes), as well as in transactions. He has also participated in transactions and proceedings in the scope of real estate law (sale, lease, investment processes).
Defended his doctoral thesis on arbitral jurisdiction at the Chair of Civil Law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow with honours.
He has been preparing Jagiellonian University students participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot international arbitration competition for many years with significant achievements.
Honors and Awards
- Distinction in the Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2021 ranking in the Future Leaders category
- Distinction in the Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2020 ranking in the Future Leaders category
- Distinction in the Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2019 ranking in the Future Leaders category
- Distinction in the Gazeta Prawna ranking - Rising Stars 2015
Membership
- Caspian Arbitration Society
- Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
- Young Arbitration Practitioners in Poland (YAPP)
- Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI)
- The Krakow Bar Association (ORA Kraków)
7 April 2021
Maciej Durbas, PhD has become an of counsel at Kubas Kos Gałkowski
15 March 2021
Maciej Durbas’s doctoral dissertation completed with honours
2 March 2021
9 December 2020
International Law Office
International Law Office
Biuletyn Arbitrażowy nr 26
International Law Office
Education
2021
defended doctoral thesis with honors at the Jagiellonian University
2015
entry onto the list of attorneys
European and Asian Legal Studies LL.M., University of Vienna, University of Hong Kong
2011
Master's degree: Law at the Faculty of Law of Administration at Jagiellonian University
2010
coach for the Jagiellonian University Team in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition, winner of honourable mention for preparing a procedural letter
School of Continental Law: The Foundation for Continental Law, Paris, Sorbonne
2009
member of the Jagiellonian University Team in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition, winner of an individual honourable mention for oration
scholarship recipient of the Republic of France - University of Orléans, France scholarship
School of French Law: University of Orléans and Jagiellonian University
Personal interests
does jogging, mountain hiking, downhill skiing, and ski touring