Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka handles a range of litigation and arbitration mandates, for clients such as global corporations and state entities. Practice head Jozef Palinka specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on court and arbitration proceedings with a practice spanning construction and infrastructure disputes, corporate conflicts and banking-related litigation. Bartosz Karolczyk specialises in commercial disputes, both before common court and arbitration courts.
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Dispuste Resolution Practice
Position

Member of the Founders’ Council and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice. Attorney ad litem in numerous litigation and arbitration proceedings. Provides advisory service in numerous privatisation, merger and acquisition transactions. Former adviser to the Minister of Finance on banking and insurance law. He plays a role of former member of a team of experts at the Ministry of Privatisation. Author of numerous publications on company law and dispute resolution.

Career

Graduate of Law and Administration, Warsaw University; postgraduate of the Warsaw School of Planning and Statistics, where he was also a lecturer (1993-99). Józef was an adviser to the Minister of Finance on banking and insurance law (1990-92) and former member of a team of experts at the Ministry of Privatisation.

Languages
Polish, English and Russian.
Memberships
Member of the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.
Education

Warsaw University (LLM, 1984).

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    ‘Domański Zakrzewski Palinka is unique due to its combination of extensive experience and a leading position in the Polish market with global reach, a broad network of connections with international partners, and an innovative approach to law, including the use of the Legal Design methodology.’

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Key clients

  • ORLEN S.A. Deutsche Bahn AG ING Bank Śląski S.A. LC Corp Group Stellantis Gliwice Sp. z o.o. (previously Opel Manufacturing Poland sp. z o.o.; part of the Stellantis Group) Duna Polska S.A. (formerly: Mota Engil Central Europe S.A.) Śląskie Voivodship S.E.T. Select Energy GmbH PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (the largest Polish company in the energy sector) and PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. (the largest Polish energy producer) Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt Class Action: Group of 142 shareholders Bauer Publishing Company MULTIMODALHD EESTI OU / UPG UKRPALETSYSTEM Bausch Health PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka S.A.

Work highlights

Acting for PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A., in a dispute brought by a global environmental NGO seeking court-ordered measures to prevent environmental harm and achieve carbon neutrality.