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Mrs Joanna Kolber
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Joanna Kolber is a partner in our Dispute Resolution practice.
Career
Joanna has solid experience as an arbitrator, secretary to arbitral tribunals and as counsel in commercial ad hoc or institutional arbitration (CEPANI, NAI, ICC) and litigation spanning various industries such as construction, energy, insurance and reinsurance and M&A.
She started her career as a lawyer in 2012. Before joining Strelia in September 2013, she was an associate at an international law firm in Antwerp. Before that, she was an assistant at the Institute of Private International Law at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and worked as a private international lawyer at Kruispunt Migratie Integratie (Expertisecentrum voor Vlaanderen-Brussel). Joanna also briefly worked at PSEG Global Inc. (Newark, USA), Knarr-Knopp Zimmer Müller (Darmstadt, Germany) and Kaczor Klimczyk Pucher Wypiór (Krakow, Poland).
Languages
English, Dutch, Polish, German, French
Education
Joanna obtained her law degree from Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland in 2006. She also obtained a Diploma from the Schule des Deutschen Rechts (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Jagiellonian University) in 2005, a Diploma from the School of American Law (Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Jagiellonian University) in 2004 and from the Academy on International Arbitration, Central-Dis in Cologne, Germany in 2007.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)The practice at Strelia is commended for its ‘very broad experience and excellent legal knowledge‘ with expertise across complex commercial litigation, along with knowledge of competition and regulatory, public procurement, and construction work. Post-M&A litigation and shareholder disputes are key focuses of the team, which also has a prominent arbitration practice. Jean-Pierre Fierens
leads the team of ‘experienced and competent lawyers’, with specific expertise in disputes involving directors’ liability. Also of note are the ‘very reliable’ Gaetano Jannone, and the ‘extraordinary and extremely intelligent’ Joanna Kolber.