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Mr Jan Markiewicz

+48 22 520 56 54 jan.markiewicz@cms-cmno.com View profile

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Counsel

Career

Jan Markiewicz is an advocate and Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Department at CMS.

He specialises in matters related to the development of infrastructure projects – roads, rail, power plants and transmission networks. Jan advises clients throughout the entire lifespan of a project,  from the stage of risk assessment and contractual terms negotiations, at the construction stage, in particular by formulating or defending contractual claims and conducting negotiations between the stakeholders, at the pre-trial stage, including in interim injunction proceedings – and finally in disputes before both the common courts and arbitration tribunals, in Poland and abroad, as well as at the stage of settlement talks. Jan is expert in FIDIC conditions of contact.

He also has extensive experience in unfair competition cases, in particular in the FMCG sector (large-scale retail), corporate disputes, disputes regarding the performance of commercial and agency contracts, torts, reprivatisation cases, disputes regarding real estate transactions and in the defence sector.

He is recognised as a ‘rising star’ in The Legal 500 ranking in the field of Dispute Resolution.

Languages

Polish; English

Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates

Education

Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Faculty of Law and Administration, PhD.

University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, LL.M

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, M.A

Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, B.A. (graphic design)