Elżbieta Viroux > Viroux & Partners Sp. k. > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Viroux & Partners Sp. k. Offices
ul. Okrzei 1a, 12th floor
03-715 Warsaw
Poland
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Elżbieta Viroux
Work Department
Managing Partner
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Elżbieta Viroux is the founder and managing partner of Viroux & Partners. She is a highly regarded commercial practitioner and litigator with strong credibility and a reputation earned through executing exceptional and high value transactions and settling disputes for clients. She prides herself on being a “lawyer as a business advisor”, providing clients with the most efficient and innovative solutions by looking at their problems from a business perspective first. Major players on the market have sought her expertise. Elżbieta is skilled in individual attitude and problem solving. She is adept at understanding business and making it congruent with law. She is experienced in multi-level deal structuring in international transactions, M&A and company transformations. She represents clients in international litigations, including EU competition law disputes. She is an accomplished mediator, successfully acting as a leading counsel in international arbitrations (ICC, LCIA, UNICITRAL, VIAC, SCC, AAA, ICDR, SAKIG, Lewiatan, Swiss Rules). Her experience is extensive and ranges across a wide range of sectors, including industrial construction, real estate, energy and utilities, medical and pharmaceutics, the environment and recycling, new tech, and AI companies. Prior to the creation of Viroux & Partners, Elżbieta worked at other prominent, international law firms in Warsaw.
Practice areas of expertise
• M&A
• Commercial
• Construction
• Real Estate
• Litigation
Languages
Polish, English, French
Memberships
Admitted to the bar in Poland, 2013 (Legal advisor)
Education
University of Warsaw, Master of Law, 2008
University of Florida, American School of Law at Warsaw University, 2008
Stockholms universitet, LL.M. International Arbitration, 2009
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II), LL.M. International Business Law, Field of Study M&A/ International Transactions/ International Financing, 2019
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Firms to watch)Managing partner Elżbieta Viroux and Anna Wąsiewska co-head the corporate and M&A team at Viroux & Partners Sp. k., which was established in 2019. The team handles domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and is also adept at advising on contractual matters.
Poland > Dispute resolution
Viroux & Partners Sp. k. handles both litigation and arbitration proceedings, as well as enforcement proceedings, in a domestic setting and internationally. The group is active across the construction, infrastructure, energy, pharmaceutical, and real estate industries. Elżbieta Viroux-Benmansour and Laura Mazur jointly lead the team; according to one client, they ‘truly know the electrical and energy sector‘.