Experience

DLA Piper

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel, Advocate

  • Jun 2008 - Present

  Advising a leading European company developing projects based on renewable energy technologies on complex issues related to the construction of wind farms projects in Poland (representing the client during negotiations with its business partners, advisory relating to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, adjustments of building permits, grid connection, contractual claims, advice in administrative proceedings aimed at challenging building permits, pre-litigation negotiations with investors and subcontractors, claims management and the taking over procedures) Representing an American helicopter parts producer in court proceedings concerning a helicopter accident. Although the accident occurred outside of Poland, the injured passengers were Polish citizens. From a legal point of view, this dispute was interesting due to the allegations concerning the jurisdiction of the Polish courts and the question of which law (Polish or foreign) should be the applicable law that would applied in order to determine the rules of liability Representing an international real estate company, acting as a claimant, in arbitration proceedings against a landlord, concerning fit-out costs borne in connection with a long-term, high-value lease agreement Representing a company providing radiotherapy services, in a court dispute regarding the delivery of radiopharmaceuticals Representing an insurance company in court proceedings regarding a dispute over a design of the Polish National Stadium Representing a foreign investor in ICC arbitration regarding the financial settlement of a contract for the management and development of a shopping centre Representing a construction company in arbitration before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce regarding a claim for liquidated damages based on a contract for the modernization of a water-supply pipeline for a Polish city Representation of several construction companies in negotiations regarding FIDIC contracts Show less