Dr Wojciech Marchwicki heads the Dispute Resolution practice in the Warsaw office of Hogan Lovells. Wojciech has many years of experience in conducting complex, multi-layered court and arbitration proceedings. He supports clients in developing dispute resolution strategies, as well as managing risks related to potential claims. Dr Marchwicki has participated in numerous proceedings before Polish courts, as well as arbitration disputes in Poland and abroad, dealing with disputes within a range of industries primarily related to real estate, infrastructure, and construction projects, as well as in the financial sector.
Dr Marchwicki advises clients in criminal proceedings in business-related cases, particularly involving white-collar crimes. He has advised companies on numerous matters involving civil law liability and compliance procedures.
Wojciech is both an advocate in Poland, and an attorney-at-law in the state of New York. He is both a graduate of the University in Poznań in Poland and of the Harvard Law School in the USA. He defended his doctoral dissertation on constitutional law at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Dr Marchwicki is the author and co-author of various publications on constitutional and procedural law which have been published in Poland and abroad. He teaches Warsaw bar trainees and acts as an examiner in commercial law (contracts) and civil procedure. He is also a judge at the High Disciplinary Court for Advocates (since 2016) - an appellate court for all disciplinary cases of advocates in Poland. He has also been awarded the distinction of "Meritorious Service for the Bar Association".
He supports leading Polish pro bono civil society organisations and collaborates with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in its precedent-setting program.
Dr Wojciech Marchwicki is classified as a "Leading Individual" in the "Dispute Resolution" category of the Legal 500 EMEA ranking. Furthermore, Wojciech has been praised as “probably one of the best (lawyers) for high-end and complex litigation in Poland” (Legal 500 EMEA, 2021). According to the legal guide “as a remarkable lawyer and practice head, Wojciech Marchwicki is praised by clients for combining legal expertise with a practical and business-oriented approach” (Legal 500 EMEA, 2022).