Piotr Nowaczyk

Practice Areas

International arbitration, FIDIC dispute resolution, mediation

Career

1976-1982 Judge trainee and judge in public courts, Poznań

1983-1990 Practicing lawyer, counsel in all levels of the courts

1991 Law Offices of S.G. Archibald, Paris

1991 Qualified for diplomatic service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw

1992 Jeantet et Associés, Paris

1993-2014 SALANS, now DENTONS, core member of Arbitration Practice, partner

2003-2015 ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, court member

2006-2009 President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce

2009-2014 Advisory Board of Vienna International Arbitration Center (VIAC),

2006-2009 Founder and Editor in chief of Biuletyn Arbitrażowy, Warsaw, Poland

2006-2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration and Conciliation Working Group, delegate

since 2010 Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb.)

since 2015 FIDIC Accredited Adjudicator (listed on the FIDIC President’s List, 2021)

since 2015 Full time Independent Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator

Professional Memberships

Bar admission: Poznań Bar (1983), Paris Bar (1993), Warsaw Bar (1994)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb),

International Bar Association (IBA), Arbitration Committee,

Law Society of England & Wales, registered as a Foreign Lawyer,

International Trademark Association (INTA), ADR Committee,

ICC Arbitration Commission, Paris,

Polish Arbitration Association, member of the Executive Committee,

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA),

Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS),

Consulting Engineers and Experts Association (Polish Member of FIDIC),

Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), lifetime member, New Delhi,

Austrian Arbitration Association (AAA),

Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA),

International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA),

ICC Central and Eastern European Institutional Arbitration Group,

ICC Task Force “Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration”,

ICC Court Alumni Group,

International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICAC), Kyiv, member of Presidium.

Publications

Comparison of the security taken by financial institutions in Poland and Canada, Ladner Downs, Vancouver, 1992 Canada,

Taping of telephone conversations, IBL, March 1999; (IBA publication),

Le financement d’une société à responsabilité limitée par un associe étranger, Le Courier de Varsovie, 1999,

"Oral arguments in Polish procedures" by Jongloed, Netherlands as part of “75 jaar juridisch disput Tobias Asser” p. 73-79,

Resolve your disputes amicably, Kaleidoscope, 2003,

Nouvelle loi polonaise sur l’arbitrage , ICC Bulletin Vol. 16 No. 2, 2005;

Polish Arbitration Law amended, American Investor, 2005,

Mediate Your Troubles Away, Warsaw Voice, 2006,

Gerichtsverfahrenpraxis in Polen, 2006;

Discreet Charm of Arbitration, Warsaw Voice, 2006,

Conciliation in Europe: systems in comparison, Cammera Comerciale di Venezia, 2007;

Новый польский закон об арбитраже, «Международный коммерческий арбитраж», 2007;

Arbitrator of the 21st century (on the lookout of an ideal arbitrator) Liber Amicorum to Tadeusz Szurski,

Arbitration costs in Poland in questions and answers, Biuletyn Arbitrażowy No 5,

Новый польский закон об арбитраже, «Международный коммерческий арбитраж» No. 4, 2008, Moscow;

A new set of Rules of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce , Romanian Review of Arbitration, No. 1, 2009,

Clash of Cultures, The Cross-Culture Aspects of Witness Examination. Biuletyn Arbitrażowy No 10,

Less emotion, more calculation, American Investor, vol. XIX, No 6, 2009,

To memory of Robert Briner, Biuletyn Arbitrażowy No 13, 2010,

Sources of the Polish and International Law of Commercial Arbitration, C.H.Beck – Volume 8 of System of Commercial Law, 2010,

Reflection on what is special in an arbitrator’s life, “Between East and West, Essays in Honor of Ulf Franke”, JurisNet, LLC, New York 2010

Institutional arbitration versus ad hoc in the construction disputes, Arbitration Bulletin No 14,

Condition of Polish Commercial Mediation, World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Volume 4, No 1, 2010, Institute for Transnational Arbitration, The Center for American and International Law; NY,

New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Czech Yearbook of International Law, vol. II, 2011, Juris,

Особенности медиации в Польше и в центральной части Европы – in Alternative Dispute Resolution from National and International Perspective (The Experience of certain European and Asian Countries - Сборник статей, Tarnopol, Ukraine,

UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules– Comentarty, C.H.Beck, 2011;

New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Romanian Arbitration Journal, Nr 3, 2012,

Międzykulturowe Aspekty Mediacji Biuletyn Konsultant (SIDiR) Nr 26, 2012,

Anti-suits injunctions in Poland, chapter in Liber Amicorum to honor dr Andrzej Tynel, Polish Chamber of Commerce,

The New ICC Arbitration Rules , Romanian Arbitration Journal, 2012,

Inter-cultural Aspects of Mediation Biuletyn Arbitrażowy No 19, 2013,

Enforcement of Money Judgments, New York, JurisNet, LLC 2013.

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards , Croatian Arbitration Yearbook 2013, Zagreb,

Is it moral to charge VAT on arbitration? Revista Romana del Arbitraj Nr 1 2015, Bucharest, Romania,

No Jokes about Arbitrators! ICC Institute Newsletter Issue 4, 2015,

International Arbitrator, Position, Mission or Career? in Liber Amicorum for prof. Jerzy Rajski The Challenges and the Future of Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Court of Arbitration Lewiatan,

Sources of Law, Guidance and Rules, C.H.Beck – Volume 8 of System of Commercial Law, 2015.

Rethinking costs and costs awards in international arbitration: a call for less criticism of arbitration costs, but improvement of costs allocation practices, ASA Bulletin, volume 33, No.3, 2015

Arbitration is made for gentlemen, MacLawye®

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Poland, in Arbitration and Regulation of International Trade: Russian, Foreign and Cross-Border Approaches – Liber Amicorum in Honor of 70th Anniversary of Prof. A.S. Komarov,

Arbitrators are great individualists, ICC Institute Newsletter, Issue 12,

Efficient Arbitrator – Call for Safety of Arbitrators, Post-conference Book „Efficient Arbitration: What does it mean? - VI. International Arbitration Readings in Memory of Academician Igor Pobirchenko“, Kyiv,

Arbitration is as old as mankind, ICC Institute Newsletter, Issue 14, 2020,

Arbitration can be dangerous; Global Law Experts, 2021

Arbitration is an adventure; ICC Institute Newsletter, 2021,

Arbitration creates new customs – Global Law Experts, 2021,

Привела ли пандемия к дегуманизации арбитража? Ежегодный сборник МТС ТПП, Bishkek, Kirgistan., 2022,

Cóż jest niezwykłego w życiu arbitra? Palestra Nr 1-2/2023,

Wyzwania dla polskiego arbitrażu, palestra.pl/pl/e-palestra/69/2023,

Personal

Lucky man, married with children & grandchildren

Clients

My co-arbirators in recent arbitrations:

Tatyana Slipatchuk, Boguslav Klein, Wojciech Kocot, Rafał Morek, Dariusz Okolski, Marek Wierzbowski, Witold Daniłowicz, Susanne Molitoris, Villia Vastincute, Adrian Ratiu, Derek Ross, Robert Krynicki, Sviatlana Mitskevich, Igor Semerikov, Ola Mestad, Niels Schiersing, Igor Drhchany, Natalia Kuznetsova, Vojtech Trapl, Nurlan Alymbaev, Vladimir Chvalej, Saltanat Sultanatovna Imanova, Yuliya Chernykh, Asko Pola, Philippa Charles, Sarra Kay, Oleksiy Feliv, Levent Irmak, Bazil Olinda, Razvan Dinka, Gene Burd, Pavel Ivanowich Biełołusov, Stanimir Alexandrov, Ludmila Vinokurova, Krzysztof Czeszejko, Christopher Chinn, Michał Kocur, Maciej Bobrowicz, Beata Gesel, Jacek Bendykowski, Jacek Kujawa, Andrzej Zacharzewski, Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Janusz Adamkowski, Kaj Hober, Maciej Jamka, Justyna Szpara, Hon. William Cahill, Hon. Howard Matz.

Work Highlights

representing a major TV broadcasting company in a commercial dispute with a contractor before the Arbitration Court in Warsaw;

assistance to several leading luxury goods manufacturers worldwide in protecting their intellectual property rights in Poland,

representing a global hygiene products manufacturer in disputes over protection of its intellectual property rights,

representing a major European financial institution in protecting its goodwill and trademarks in Poland,

representing a Swiss chocolate producer in three large litigations for copyrights, trademark protection and unfair competition acts

representing a telecom client up to Supreme Court level in a constellation of 26 disputes and post arbitral court proceedings

representing an internet provider in one of the biggest arbitrations ever filed at Polish Chamber of Commerce in a put option execution

assisting a fast-food chain in resolving disputes over its operations in Poland with respect to a number of lease contracts,

representation of a prominent Construction Company in an ICC arbitration in a dispute between its JV Partners

representation in proceedings for recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in Poland of €550 million

Industry Sector Expertise

advertising, agency, anti-counterfeiting, aviation, banking, combating unfair competition, commercial contracts, consortia, construction, copyrights, corporate, cross-border litigation, defense industry, dispute resolution, distribution, domain names, energy, enforcement, engineering, entertainment, environment, fashion, FIDIC, franchising, geographical indications, hostelry, industrial designs, information technology, infrastructure, insurance, international commercial arbitration, investments, IP, IT, joint ventures, licenses, maritime, media, mediation, mergers & acquisition, oil and gas, patents, personal injuries, personal rights, privacy and trade secrets, privatization, sales & purchases, see accidents, shipping, show business, sport, technology, telecoms, trademarks, transportation, and white-collar crimes.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Poland, France, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Quebec

Languages Spoken

English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and some Italian.

Basic: Bulgarian and Ukrainian.

Experience

Judge, Poznań (1978-1982), Advocate Poznań (1984); Avocat à la Cours, Paris (1993), advocate, Warsaw (1994), partner SALANS, now DENTONS (1998-2014) founder of its dispute resolution practice in Warsaw, ICC Court member, Paris (2003-2015), delegate to the United Nations at the Working Group Arbitration & Conciliation (UNCITRAL) 2006-2010, President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (2006-2009), Chartered Arbitrator (2010), fellow of the Dispute Board Federation, Geneva (2013), FIDIC accredited dispute adjudicator (2015), FIDIC certified adjudicator (2021) listed on The FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators, qualified mediator.

Chairman, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, DB chairman or member, expert, or counsel in ca. 570 disputes, handled in English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian, in 30 countries.

Rules Applied: AAA-ICDR, BCCI, CAC, CAC-ADR.eu, CACI, CAS, CICA-CCIR, CCP, CIETAC, DIA, DIS, ECCI, FAI, HCCI, IAA, IAC, IACA, ICAC Kyiv, ICAC Moscow, ICANN, ICC, IHK, FIDIC, Lewiatan, LME, NAF, PBA, PCC, PIIT, PKOL, RCA, SANIG, SCC, SIDiR, Swiss Rules, VCCA, VIAC, WIPO, UNCITRAL, other ad hoc

Education

Awards