Marek Topór, PhD
senior associate
Experience
Attorney at law. Specializes in companies law, aviation law, ADR methods (particularly commercial and investment arbitration), as well as contract law, with special emphasis on construction works contracts based on FIDIC templates. He handles litigation and arbitration, corporate disputes, as well as restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Entered on the List of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw. Actively advised in one of the most spectacular and successful restructuring cases in Poland. Participated in developing litigation strategies in complicated disputes, also with participation of foreign parties.
Conducted scholarly research in Durban, Saint Petersburg, and Moscow. He defended his doctoral dissertation: "Multi-Tier Arbitration Clauses as Tools for Dispute Resolution" at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Membership
- AGH Alumni Association
- YConstruction – Young International Construction Practitioners
- YIAG – Young International Arbitration Group
- The Warsaw Bar Association (ORA Warszawa)
13 May 2022
Marek Topór, PhD Speaking at the III Congress of Contract Terms in Construction
31 January 2022
Marek Topór, PhD with a lecture “New Polish Holding Law – Selected Issues”
28 October 2021
Marek Topór, PhD a Speaker at the 2nd Congress of Contract Terms in Construction
28 August 2021
Czech (&Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration 2021
In Search of Perfect Procedure – Best Practices in Arbitration
International Law Office
E-financial statements are first stage of digital revolution in Polish corporate law
Glosa 1/2019
Przegląd Prawa Handlowego 03/2019
Education
2020
PhD from Jagiellonian University
University of Vienna's Winter Program: Austrian Arbitration Academy – Arbitration Rules in Practice
2018
research stay at University in Saint Petersburg, Russia2017
research stay at UKZAN University, Durban, South Africa
internship at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc., Durban, South Africa
LUISS Summer School on European and Comparative Company Law: Capital Markets
attorney traineeship in Krakow
2016
ICC Arbitration and ADR Training Programme (ICC International Court of Arbitration and Centre for Coordination of Schools of Foreign Laws of Jagiellonian University)
2013
Master's degree: Law at the Faculty of Law of Administration at Jagiellonian University2012
scholarship at the Istanbul University2011
Master of Science: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering at the AGH University of Science and TechnologyPersonal interests
he enjoys sailing and playing golf in his spare time