Experience
Attorney at law, LL.M. He works on the team handling complicated dispute proceedings as well as trans-border proceedings, both in civil and commercial proceedings as well as in proceedings regarding real estate. He participates in actions both at the pre-procedural stage as well as in the course of the proceedings and in enforcement proceedings. In his professional practice, he has prepared numerous legal opinions in the scope of substantive law, insurance law and procedural law, also for foreign clients. He has extensive experience in arbitration. He was a member of the teams representing clients in international arbitration proceedings with the value of the dispute ranging from several thousand to several million Euro. Moreover, he has participated in disputes as an assistant to the arbitrator on many occasions. He has also acted as a secretary to the tribunal in an ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration and as a presiding arbitrator in the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration proceedings.
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. Prepares real estate audit reports (due diligence) and analyses in the scope of investment processes and legal titles to real estate.
He is preparing his doctoral dissertation regarding arbitration at the Chair of Civil Law at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Has has been preparing Jagiellonian University students participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot international arbitration competition for many years.
Honors and Awards
- 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)
- ORA Krakow
29 April 2020
16 April 2020
The ‘Rzeczpospolita’ Report: Anti-crisis Shield – Assistance for Entrepreneurs
15 April 2020
Maciej Durbas Speaking at the Workshop on International Arbitration
10 December 2019
International Law Office
Ready, set, off: Warsaw Court of Appeals confirms tribunal’s jurisdiction over set-off claim
Rzeczpospolita
International Law Office
Words, words, words: concise reasoning not grounds to vacate award
International Law Office
Education
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
PhD studies 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
the history of Krakow, European football, jogging, futsal and skiing