Justyna Szpara
Łaszczuk & Partners
Pl. Pilsudskiego 2
Warsaw, Poland
00-073
Began working with Łaszczuk & Partners in 1999, became a partner in the firm in 2005 and the managing partner in 2010.
International Association of Young Lawyers – AIJA (Honorary Member); Polish Arbitration Association (Board Member); Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA).
Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce; International Court of Arbitration at International Chamber of Commerce; Court of Arbitration Lewiatan.
Her experience includes being an arbitrator or chair of the arbitral tribunal in more than 50 proceedings. This includes, among others, serving as a sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration with seat in Paris regarding a major construction project held in Uzbekistan with the amount in dispute exceeding USD 19 million; arbitration regarding purchase of shares of a major EU coal producer with the amount in dispute exceeding EUR 3.5 million as well as serving as a secretary in an ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration related to construction of A2 motorway in Poland with amount in dispute totalling EUR 200 million. As counsel, she has been involved in a number of high-profile domestic and international arbitrations and litigations. This includes co-counselling in an arbitration over validity of a call option regarding a heat and power plant and call option price mechanism with a value in dispute exceeding EUR 90 million; co-counselling (as the lead counsel) in an international ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules seated in New Delhi, India with the amount in dispute exceeding USD 30 million,, and in ICC arbitration proceeding concerning real estate investments with the amount in dispute of over EUR 100 million. She represented as a co-counsel a European conglomerate in investment treaty (BIT) arbitration related to a multi-billion-euro telecommunications investment. She has also represented clients in investment arbitrations and high-profile post-arbitration proceedings.
Is the Parties’ Freedom to Establish the Rules of Procedure before the Arbitration Court Limited in Time? (co-author: Maciej Łaszczuk), [in:] Józef Okolski, Essays in Honour of the 60th Anniversary of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce [Księga pamiątkowa 60-lecia Sądu Arbitrażowego przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w Warszawie], Warsaw 2010; No judicial review of ‘award’ by arbitral tribunal finding that it lacks jurisdiction, IBA Arbitration News, Volume 16, No. 2, September 2011; Setting Aside an Arbitration Award in Arbitration in Poland, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce 2011, Warsaw; How is an insurer bound by an arbitration clause made by the insured?, [in:] Maciej Łaszczuk, Arbitration and Mediation: Essays in Honour of Dr. Andrzej Tynel, Warsaw 2012; Post-Arbitration Proceedings (co-author: Maciej Łaszczuk) [in:] A. Szumański (ed.), The System of Commercial Law. Commercial Arbitration. Volume 8, Chapter 12 [System Prawa Handlowego. Arbitraż handlowy. Tom 8, Rozdział 12], edition I 2009, edition II 2015, A Few Remarks on Enforceability of a Decision on Costs of Arbitration in Case of Lack of Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal to Resolve a Dispute [in:] Jelonek-Jarco Barbara, Kos Rafał, Zawadzka Julita (eds), Usus magister est optimus. Rozprawy prawnicze ofiarowane Profesorowi Andrzejowi Kubasowi, Warszawa 2016, The Arbitration Rules of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. Commentary [Regulamin Arbitrażowy Sądu Arbitrażowego przy KIG. Komentarz], M. Łaszczuk, A. Szumański (ed.), Warsaw 2017 [§ 6(2); § 20-23; § 43-47].