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Maciej Łaszczuk

+48 22 351 00 67 maciej.laszczuk@laszczuk.pl View profile View profile

Work Department

Arbitration Practice Group, Litigation Practice Group

Position

Senior Partner
Founder of Łaszczuk & Partners.

Career

He is the senior partner of Łaszczuk & Partners and was the managing partner of the firm for its first two decades. Before starting his own law practice, he advised foreign investors as an in-house lawyer. In 1978–1982 he worked in the State and Law Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 1982 to 1987 he served as a judge in the Province Circuit Court in Warsaw.

For over 30 years he has been advising and representing domestic and international clients in arbitration and litigation, as well as in civil law and commercial law. For many years, he had also advised clients on intellectual property issues and tax law.

Currently, he focuses mainly on litigation and arbitration: constructing strategies of dispute management and client representation, both domestic and international. He also represents clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, especially related to mergers & acquisitions, real estate, construction contracts and commercial contracts.

He has participated in over 400 arbitrations, as either the chairman or an arbitrator, proceeded in permanent arbitration institutions and ad hoc, under the rules of, among others, UNCITRAL, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. He has also represented clients in high-profile post-arbitration proceedings. His experience also includes advising and representing clients in investment arbitration. He is the author or co-author of a number of publications on arbitration, and a lecturer on civil procedure and arbitration for advocate trainees.

Languages

Polish, English

Memberships

• Council of the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Polish Olympic Committee – Vice President
• Polish Arbitration Association – member of the board
• Polish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Poland)
• Polish Association of European Law
• Committee on the International Commercial Arbitration of the International Law Association (ILA)
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Polish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Polska)
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
• International Law Association (ILA)
• ADR Arbitration and Mediation quarterly – member of the Editorial Advisory Board

Education

Maciej Łaszczuk graduated in 1978 from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. After completing judicial training, he passed the exam to qualify as a judge in 1981. In 1987 he became a legal adviser, and in 1989 an advocate.

Leisure

Maciej enjoys theatre, literature and playing tennis.