Attorney-at-law
Leader of the Arbitration Practice
Leader of the Business Litigation and Specialized Sector Disputes Practice
English, German
Austrian Arbitration Association
The Board of Visitors at the Columbus School of Law (CUA, Washington D.C.)
Chambers and Partners 2025
Leader of the Arbitration Practice and the Business Litigation and Specialized Sector Disputes Practice. He has extensive experience in conducting cross border litigations and group proceedings. He is the Vice-President of the Confederation Lewiatan Arbitration Court in Warsaw (since 2014). Appointed as Permanent Arbitrator and Conciliator of the Arbitration Court at the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Poland (since 2020). Appointed as President and Judge of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Arbitration Court (since 2022). He was a member of the following: the Parliamentary Justice and Human Rights Committee on Class Actions (2009); the Minister of Justice Team for the Amendment of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law (2012); the Minister of Economy’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Expert Team (2013); the Business Law Task Force at the Ministry of Economic Development (2015); the Corporate Law Reform Committee at the Ministry of State Assets, Group of Corporation Law (2020-2022). A member of the Polish delegation at the 73rd-78th sessions of UNCITRAL Working Group II: Arbitration and Conciliation/Dispute Settlement (2021-2023).
He has been recommended as a leading expert on arbitration in Who’s Who Legal, as well as on dispute resolution in Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and in the most prestigious Polish ranking of law firms conducted by the Rzeczpospolita daily. Member of The Board of Visitors at the Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America in Washington (since 2017). Deputy Supervisory Board Chairman of the PFR TFI (2018-2020). Member of the Supervisory Board of the PKO BP (2020-2024).
Attorney-at-law
Leader of the Arbitration Practice
Leader of the Business Litigation and Specialized Sector Disputes Practice
English, German
Austrian Arbitration Association
The Board of Visitors at the Columbus School of Law (CUA, Washington D.C.)
Chambers Europe
Recommended lawyer in Litigation (Band 3), Arbitration (Band 2) and Arbitrators (Band 2)
Chambers Global
Recommended lawyer in Litigation (Band 3), Arbitration (Band 2) and Arbitrators (Band 2)
"Rafał Kos possesses experience in representing clients in litigation and is noted for his activity in corporate disputes"
Lexology Index: Arbitration
Recommended lawyer
Jagiellonian University in Krakow
obtaining the academic degree of doctor of law
CUA Columbus School of Law, Washington D.C.
The Master of Laws (LL.M.)
UC Davies (California)
legal - comparative studies, International Commercial Law
