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ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2021 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
ARBITRATION
POWERLIST 2021 |
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
LEGALEASE LTD
INTRODUCTION |
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been Macedonia. As with any publication of this
analysing the capabilities of law firms and sets nature, we were faced with the dilemma of
across the world. In the research team, we including as many worthy candidates as possible
constantly track which sections are used most without diluting the significance of their listing.
by clients, and this often matches up with an After lengthy discussions across the editorial
increase in that section from submissions, team, we decided that a larger selection was
client referees, requests for interviews and necessary to provide sufficient nuance and
feedback – all of which make up the research balance across so many different markets. We
process. The international arbitration rankings hope that by expanding the selection we have
are consistently one of our most used and managed to include some surprises.
read editorial sections and one of the most To collate the list of leading practitioners we
competitive areas for law firms, sets, lawyers have of course drawn on our research team’s
and barristers. This chimes with what we expertise. We have also approached leading
constantly hear anecdotally in the market, with arbitrators, arbitral institutions and general
international arbitration frequently cited as the counsel active in the market to help create a
preferred form of dispute resolution. definitive list of the leading arbitration counsel
The Arbitration Powerlist: Central and Eastern in the Central and Eastern Europe region
Europe showcases the leading practitioners today. As such, we think the listing reflect
working in a broad sweep of countries, those practitioners that are deemed the gold
stretching from Austria and Poland to the standard by business. n
Baltic nations and down to Serbia and North
The Legal 500 – In-house Legal Research Team
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 1
Catalin Alexandru Filip & Company Zoltán Forgó Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners
Assen Alexiev Assen Alexiev Angel Ganev Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov &
Daniel Alexandru Aragea STOICA & Asociaţii Velichkov
Ramūnas Audzevičius Motieka & Audzevicius Assen Georgiev CMS
Jozef Bannert Cerha Hempel Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz GESSEL
Metodi Baykushev Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Attorneys at Law
Valentin Berea RTPR - Radu Taracila Padurari Carri Ginter Sorainen
Retevoescu Jola Giuzi Kalo & Associates
Jelena Bezarević Pajić Moravčević Vojnović and Leon Glikman Gilkman Alvin LEVIN
Partners - in cooperation with Schoenherr Anne-Karin Grill AKG Advisory
Filip Blagojević BOPA Bojanovic Partners Dr Heidrun Halbartschlager Konrad Partners
Filip Boras Baker McKenzie Monika Hartung Wardynski & Partners
Miklós Boronkay Szecskay Attorneys at Law Triinu Hiob NJORD Law Firm
Marcin Boruc Radzikowski, Szubielska František Honsa BBH
i Wspólnicy sp.k. Dr Vít Horáček Legalité
Borislav Boyanov Boyanov & Partners Karolína Horáková Skils
Branco Bulat Savoric & Partners Ivo Janda White & Case
Gheorghe Butra Musat & Asociatii Marek Jeżewski Kochański & Partners
Biljana Cakmakova Cakmakova Advocates Inga Kačevska Inga Kačevska Law Office
Alban Çaushi CR Partners Tomáš Kamenec Paul Q Law Firm
Kina Chuturkova Boyanov & Partners Edin Karakaš Žurić i Partneri
Jasminka Čorda Truhar Hanžeković & Partners Daniela Karollus-Bruner CMS
Rimantas Daujotas Motieka & Audzevicius Paul Keres Gilkman Alvin LEVIN
Ivan Debarliev DDK Theis Klauberg Klauberg BALTICS
Pavel Dejl Kocian Solc Balastik Dejan Knezovic Knezovic & Associates
Marius Devyžis Derling Primus Tijana Kojović BDK Advokati
Ana Diculescu-Șova Nestor Nestor Diculescu Péter Komáromi Eversheds Sutherland
Kingston Petersen Dr Christian W. Konrad Konrad Partners
Tsvetelina Dimitrova Georgiev, Todorov & Co. Leon Kopecký Schoenherr
Law Offices Wojciech Kozlowski Dentons
Dr Vladimir M. Djerić Mikijelj Jankovic & Uroš Križanec Sibinčič Križanec
Bogdanovic Bartosz Krużewski Clifford Chance
Lucie Dolanská Bányaiová Bányaiová Vožehová Jānis Kubilis Vilgerts
Gediminas Dominas WALLESS Peter Kubina Dentons
Ion Dragne Dragne & Associatii Nataša Lalatović ĐorđevićMoravčević Vojnović and
Tamás Éless Oppenheim Partners - in cooperation with Schoenherr
Sokol Elmazaj Boga & Associates Maciej Łaszczuk Łaszczuk & Partners
Emil Emanuilov Kambourov & Partners András Dániel László LFB - László Fekete
Eliane Fischer rothorn legal Bagaméry
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Milan Lazić Karanovic & Partners Anca Pușcașu Țuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Ģirts Lejiņš Cobalt Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef Röhrenschef
Jure Levovnik Jadek & Pensa István Réczicza Dentons
Christoph Lindinger Schönherr Stefan Riegler Wolf Theiss
Liina Linsi Cobalt Aleš Rojs Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik & Partners
Josip Madirazza Madirazza & Partners Robert Roşu Țuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Martin Magál Allen & Overy Markus Schifferl Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich
Arno Mamasyan Georgiev, Todorov & Co Anton Sigal Ellex Raidla
Senka Mihaj Mihaj, Ilić & Milanović Rimantas Simaitis Cobalt
Andrzej Miklas Rymarz Zdort Andrius Smaliukas Ellex Valiunas
Agim Muco Wolf Theiss Stanisław Sołtysiński Sołtysiński Kawecki
Péter P Nagy Nagy és Trócsányi & Szlęzak
András Nemescsói DLA Piper Sylvia Steeva Tomov & Tomov
Valts Nerets Sorainen Cristiana-Irinel Stoica STOICA & Asociatii –
Ivaylo Nikolov Kambourov & Partners Attorneys at Law
Đorđe Novčić JPM Petar D. Stojanović Joksović, Stojanović & Partners
Dr. Zsolt Okányi CMS Michał Subocz White & Case
Marcin Olechowski Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak Kęstutis Švirinas Sorianen
Miloš Olík ROWAN LEGAL András Szecskay Szecskay Attorneys at Law
Solveiga Palevičienė Glimstedt Justyna Szpara Łaszczuk & Partners
Józef Palinka DZP Flonia Tashko-Boriç Tashko Pustina
Magdalena Papiernik Kochański & Partners Oleg Temnikov Wolf Theiss
László Partos Partos & Noblet in cooperation Lazar Tomov Tomov & Tomov
with Hogan Lovells Domagoj Truhar Hanžeković & Partners
Rostislav Pekař Squire Patton Boggs Florentin Țuca Țuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Philipp A. Peters Konrad & Partners Ziedonis Udris Skudra & Udris
Paweł Pietkiewicz Greenberg Traurig Toomas Vaher Ellex Raidla
Aivar Pilv LEADELL (Pilv) Vilija Vaitkute Pavan Ellex Valiunas
Sylwia Piotrowska Baker McKenzie Tadas Varapnickas TGS Baltic
Pirkka-Marja Põldvere LEADELL (Pilv) Paul Varul TGS Baltic
Cornel Popa Țuca Zbârcea & Asociatii Cosmin Vasile Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners
Luminita Popa Suciu Popa Dan Visiou Bucharest International Arbitration
Tatjana Popovski-Buloski Popovski & Partners Court/Independent
Boris Porobija Porobija & Porobija Valentina Wong Wolf Theiss
Roman Prekop Barger Prekop Attorneys Calin-Andrei Zamfirescu Zamfirescu Racoti &
David Premelč Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik Partners
and Partners Gerold Zeiler Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich
Tatiana Prokopová Squire Patton Boggs Levana Zigmund Țuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Dragan Psodorov Joksović, Stojanović & Partners Daiga Zivtiņa Ellex Klavins
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36 TEAM PROFILE: Łaszczuk & Partners
6 9 22
Anne-Karin Grill Dan Visiou Beata Gessel-Kalinowska
Roman Prekop Angel Ganev vel Kalisz
7 10 Paweł Pietkiewicz
Martin Magál Bartosz Krużewski Anton Sigal
Tijana Kojović 23
8 Jure Levovnik
František Honsa TEAM PROFILE 12 Jasminka Čorda Truhar
Sokol Elmazaj CMS Solveiga Palevičienė
Metodi Baykushev
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24 48
Inga Kačevska
Dragan Psodorov
Dr Vladimir M. Djerić
Jelena Bezarević Pajić
62
25 Nataša Lalatović Đorđević
Petar D. Stojanović 49 Ramūnas Audzevičius
26 Đorđe Novčić 50
28 Triinu Hiob
Emil Emanuilov Tatjana Popovski-Buloski Monika Hartung
Theis Klauberg 51
Milan Lazić Tomáš Kamenec 59
29 Eliane Fischer Tadas Varapnickas
Dr Christian W. Konrad 52 Miloš Olík Sylvia Steeva
Dr Heidrun 53 Daniel Alexandru Aragea
Halbartschlager Leon Kopecký 60
Aleš Rojs Anca Pușcașu
TEAM PROFILE 30 54 Karolína Horáková Cornel Popa
Kochański & Partners 55 Florentin Țuca
Carri Ginter 61 Levana Zigmund
Valts Nerets Robert Roşu
46 56 63 Oleg Temnikov
Dr Vít Horáček Tomáš Kamenec Stefan Riegler
Josip Madirazza Luminita Popa 64 Cosmin Vasile
Senka Mihaj 57 Miklós Boronkay 65 Gerold Zeiler
47 András Dániel László 58 András Szecskay Markus Schifferl
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Anne-Karin Grill Roman Prekop
AKG ADVISORY Barger Prekop Attorneys
Location: Austria Location: Slovakia
Number of years in practice: Ten Number of years in practice: 20+
Number of years as an arbitrator: Eight Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven
Admissions: Austria Current appointments: Two
Main sectors covered: Commercial, corporate, Admissions: Slovakia, New York
investment, energy, construction, banking Main sectors covered: Energy, M&A,
and finance, new technologies construction
Geographical areas of focus: Europe (Austria, Geographical areas of focus: Central
Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, UK, and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Austria,
Scandinavia), Northern Africa (Morocco), Asia Switzerland, Italy
(Hong Kong and Mainland China) Languages: English, Slovak, Czech
Languages: German, English, French, Swedish
Roman Prekop has been a partner at Barger
Prekop Attorneys since 2010, leading the firm’s
Anne-Karin Grill is an experienced international dispute resolution practice with a particular
arbitration lawyer who is well-versed in other forms focus on Slovakia, Central and Eastern Europe
of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), especially and the Balkans.
mediation. She has been described as the ‘go-to
mediation specialist’ in Austria by one client, while also serves on the Mediation Advisory Board of the Prekop is an accomplished arbitrator, frequently
another notes her prolific work in this field and says Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Upon acting in international arbitrations under the
Grill ‘stands apart in the Austrian market.’ the nomination of the Republic of Austria, Grill rules of the ICC and VIAC for clients across the
was appointed to the Panel of Conciliators of the energy, banking and construction sectors. A
Grill advises clients in commercial arbitration International Centre for Settlement of Investment fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
proceedings in accordance with the rules of key Disputes (ICSID). (FCIArb), he is also co-chair of the Slovak chapter
arbitral institutions and has an excellent track- of the New York Bar Association’s International
record in investor-state arbitration. In addition to She has served as arbitrator on numerous Section, and holds an LLM from Cornell Law
her advocacy work before international tribunals, occasions, including in ICC, VIAC and Finnish School.
she serves as arbitrator and acts as CEDR accredited Arbitration Institute proceedings. Her experience as
mediator/conciliator in high-profile international mediator/conciliator is not limited to commercial
disputes. She also advises in litigation proceedings matters only. Grill has acted as neutral in a number
before the Austrian state courts, in particular in of disputes involving sovereigns and international
proceedings for the domestic enforcement or organisations. Since 2020, her vision of modern
setting-aside of international arbitral awards. international dispute resolution services supports
her own legal advisory business: AKG ADVISORY is
Grill is a member of the International Court of an international ADR-focused boutique based in
Arbitration of the International Chamber of the heart of Europe with a truly global outlook and
Commerce (ICC), a member of the Board of the corporate client-base.
Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut), and
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PROFILES
Martin Magál Tijana Kojović
Allen & Overy BDK Advokati
Location: Slovakia Location: Serbia
Number of years in practice: 22 disposals, joint ventures and privatisations. He
Number of years in practice: 19
frequently acts as party representative in numerous
Number of years as an arbitrator: 12 arbitrations conducted under the arbitration rules Admissions: Belgrade Bar
Current appointments as arbitrator: Two of the ICC, VIAC, SCAI, SCCI (Court of Arbitration of Main sectors covered: All sectors
as sole arbitrator, two as chair, eight as co- the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Geographical areas of focus: Serbia,
and PAC SBA (Permanent Arbitration Court of the
arbitrator Slovak Banking Association). He has also acted Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Admissions: Slovak Bar Association as an arbitrator in arbitrations conducted under Languages: English, French, Serbian,
Main sectors covered: M&A, energy, real International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), German
Croatian, Montenegrin, Bosnian
Institution for Arbitration (DIS), London Court
estate, commercial of International Arbitration (LCIA) and Vienna
Geographical areas of focus: Europe, MENA International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) rules. Tijana Kojović is the founding and managing
Languages: Slovak, English, German partner of BDK Advokati, with a particular
Magál is currently serving as a member of the expertise and experience in international
(understand French and Russian) board at the Arbitration Court of the Slovak Bar arbitration and litigation. She is active in the
Association and has been one of the key individuals firm’s strategic transactional, advisory and
behind the plan to develop the body into one contentious work, and has recently led the
Martin Magál is managing partner and head of of Slovakia’s most trusted domestic arbitration effort to launch a human rights litigation
Allen & Overy’s litigation and arbitration practice institutions. He is also a fellow of the Chartered practice within the firm. At the very beginning
in Slovakia. He also co-ordinates the dispute Institute of Arbitrators. of her career, Kojović worked at Allen & Overy
resolution practice in Allen & Overy’s Central and in Budapest and London, and at Austrian firm
Eastern Europe offices. Magál holds law degrees Additionally, Magál has contributed articles and Wolf Theiss. Kojović represented Mytilineos in
from Comenius University in Bratislava and summaries to several domestic legal journals and the successful investment arbitration against
Cambridge University, and has been a member of international arbitration handbooks, and was the Serbian state, and is a board member of the
the Slovak Bar Association since 2001. the principal drafter of new Slovak legislation on Belgrade Arbitration Centre.
commercial arbitration, in effect since 2015. He is
Magál has been practicing law since 1999, also Slovakia’s national correspondent to UNCITRAL Kojović holds an LLM and PhD in international
advising clients on a wide range of corporate and on commercial arbitration. business law from the Central European
commercial transactions including acquisitions, University in Budapest. She has published
articles in international legal publications on
topics including arbitration, competition and
commercial law.
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František Honsa Sokol Elmazaj Metodi Baykushev
BBH Boga & Associates Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.
Location: Czech Republic Location: Albania Location: Bulgaria
Number of years in practice: 25 Number of years in practice: 24 Number of years in practice: 15
Number of years as an arbitrator: 15 Number of years as an arbitrator: Nine Admissions: Sofia Bar Association
Current appointments as arbitrator: Five Current appointments as arbitrator: Three Main sectors covered: Contract law,
Admissions: Czech Bar Association Admissions: Albanian Bar Association international trade, energy, sports, real
Main sectors covered: Dispute resolution with Main sectors covered: Energy, estate, construction, infrastructure, public
a main focus in commercial and banking law, infrastructure, financial institutions, real procurement and concessions
frequently nominated in construction disputes estate, telecommunications Geographical areas of focus: Bulgaria, EU
Geographical areas of focus: Czech Republic, Geographical areas of focus: Albania and Languages spoken: Bulgarian, English,
Slovak Republic Kosovo Macedonian
Languages: Czech, English, Russian Languages spoken: Albanian, English,
Italian Metodi Baykushev is a managing partner at
A founding partner of the BBH firm, František Dimitrov, Petrov & Co., leading the firm’s dispute
Honsa has worked on a number of major disputes Sokol Elmazaj is a partner at Boga and resolution practice and co-heading the public
that have been pivotal for the development and Associates, joining the firm in 1996. procurement practice. With wide experience
interpretation of Czech laws and regulations. A in commercial litigation and arbitration, he
specialist in commercial and banking law, he has He is an experienced counsel in international has represented a number of major Bulgarian
advised on several cases that have set important commercial arbitration proceedings involving and international companies in arbitration and
precedents and standards for banks operating in Albanian law. He is a listed arbitrator for the ADR complex disputes, both under ICC rules and
the Czech Republic. These include the obligations of Centre of the American Chamber of Commerce before the Bulgarian Supreme Court.
banks arising from the adoption of ISDA standards, in Kosovo, and serves as chairman of the ADR
as well as defining banks responsibilities towards Steering Council, part of the American Chamber Baykushnev is actively involved in the Bulgarian
their customers’ accounts. of Commerce in Kosovo. arbitration community, serving as Secretary
General of the ICC’s Bulgarian National
Actively employing his specialist knowledge as an Elmazaj is an active member of the ICC Albania Committee, and has also lectured in business
arbitration counsel, Honsa is currently acting as Commission of Arbitration and the ADR, and is law at the American University in Bulgaria from
lead counsel in a dispute between leading Czech currently involved in the consultation process 2017-18. Additionally, he is co-founder and
banks surrounding an anti-competitive takeover of for new law on arbitration prepared by the volunteer at Smoke Free Bulgaria, a pressure
a business entity. The compensation being sought Albanian Ministry of Justice. group advocating smoking bans in indoor
in this claim totals billions of Czech crowns. Honsa public areas.
is also representing one of the largest technology
companies in the Czech Republic over a claim in
excess of CZK11bn brought by foreign companies
over non-existing contracts. Honsa is also currently
involved in the largest claim for damages in the
history of the Czech Republic, representing Safe
Diesel as plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit stemming
from the “Dieselgate” scandal, where more than
CZK20bn is being sought.
Honsa is an arbitrator and board member of the
Czech Arbitration Court attached to the Economic
Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural
Chamber of the Czech Republic. He is also an
arbitrator with the London Court of International
Arbitration (LCIA), and has represented a number of
clients including PPF group, KKCG, Komerční banka,
Moneta Bank, Česká pojišťovna, Moravské naftové
doly, Škoda Transportation and Koh-i-noor.
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Dan Visiou Angel Ganev
Bucharest International Arbitration Court/Independent Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov
& Velichkov
Location: Romania
Location: Bulgaria
Number of years in practice: 22
Number of years in practice: 21
Number of years as an arbitrator: Nine
Number of years as an arbitrator: 15
Admissions: Bucharest Bar, Florida Bar
Admissions: Sofia Bar
Main sectors covered: International sports law,
Main sectors covered: International and
international construction law including FIDIC
domestic arbitration, litigation, insolvency,
contracts, investor-state (ICSID) arbitration,
restructuring, competition, international
international commercial arbitration
trade, debt collection
Geographical areas of focus: European Union
Languages: English, Bulgarian
and North America
Languages: English and Romanian Angel Ganev has been a partner at Sofia-based
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Dan Visiou is one of the founding members of for the last 16 years, with a particular practice
the Bucharest International Arbitration Court focus on competition, litigation, corporate
(BIAC), a new arbitral centre in the CEE region of workouts and insolvency. He and his team
which he is also currently Secretary General. His handle complex commercial and insolvency
practice as arbitration counsel has been focused on disputes for a host of domestic and international
international arbitration in the English language, clients, with a strong emphasis on cross-border
seated in North America and Europe. He is on the disputes.
closed-list of Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
arbitrators (as per the CAS’ site, the closed list Ganev is an accomplished arbitrator, and has
comprises approximately 300 arbitrators from 87 been a member of the Chartered Institute of
countries), and one of the few Fellows with The Arbitrators since 2007, one year after earning
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) based in a Diploma in International Comparative
the CEE region. He is also registered as an arbitrator Commercial Arbitration from the School
in the ICC’s arbitrator database and was involved of International Arbitration in London. For
in the first ICSID case to hold video hearings at almost a decade he has acted as an arbitrator
the beginning of April 2020, in lieu of face-to-face at the Vienna International Arbitral Centre.
hearings in Paris. Additionally, he frequently authors legal articles
on Bulgarian and international arbitration law.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 9Bartosz Krużewski
Clifford Chance
Location: Poland bilateral treaty case regarding a renewable energy we represented in a case regarding the construction
Number of years in practice: Over 20 investment in the region, representing a US investor of a steam power plant. These cases make up a large
Number of years as an arbitrator: Ten (ICC, DIS, against the Republic of Poland. proportion of my work.
ad hoc, Polish Chamber of Commerce) Bartosz Krużewski has been the Chairman of the Central and Eastern Europe has seen a lot of
Admissions: Polish Bar Arbitration Committee of ICC Poland for several construction work over the past decade, which
Sectors covered: Oil & gas, infrastructure, years and a member of the Board of Directors of inevitably means there have been a lot of
ICC Poland. He was also chairman of the appointing construction related disputes. There are still large
construction, post-M&A, investment committee at the Lewiatan Arbitration Court in funds going into infrastructure, and when one looks
Geographical areas of focus: Continental Warsaw and an officer of the European Forum of the into the new EU budget and the recovery fund
Europe International Bar Association. there will be funds flowing all over Europe that will
go into the transformation of heavy industry and
Languages: Polish, English the development of green economy, including
renewables. This will ultimately create a number of
disputes.
Bartosz Krużewski is one of the leading lawyers in
Poland specialising in construction and infrastructure In conversation with… As a leader of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution
disputes and investment treaty arbitration, in which practice for Continental Europe I have been
capacity he typically acts for large international ‘Like many of the more senior lawyers in this recently thinking about what, if anything, might
investors. Recently, he was named as the firm’s head region, I began my career working on corporate and be distinctive of “Central and Eastern European
of litigation and dispute resolution practices for all commercial matters and of course on the pioneering style disputes” vs the types of matters one more
of Continental Europe – a rare achievement for a privatizations of the 90s. In the late 90s, following typically encounters in Western Europe. Ultimately,
partner based in Warsaw and one which shows just the large wave of post-privatisation arbitrations, I there are no significant differences that would
how highly he is regarded both as an arbitration and gradually began to specialise in disputes, though prevent someone familiar with Central Europe from
litigation practitioner and as a leader. I have retained my understanding of the ways practicing in the West. There are, however significant
in which an M&A transaction itself can drive cultural differences.
Krużewski acts on the largest and most complex subsequent disputes.
commercial and investment treaty cases, often as One of the more notable differences is that a
co-counsel alongside London-based arbitration Interestingly, we are seeing a surge of these sorts client which originates in this part of the world is
star Audley Sheppard QC. His recent standout of issues in arbitration. One of the discernible trends typically less familiar with the steps and processes
instructions include representing one of the parties that we have already seen resulting from the global involved in an international arbitration. For many
in an ICC arbitration related to the construction pandemic is in the M&A space. There is already a of these clients, the dispute you are assisting them
of the first LNG terminal on the Baltic coast. Other significant number of disputes where buyers are with will be the first large arbitration that they have
highlights from his illustrious career include unhappy about the price they agreed before the been a part of, and they will not be familiar with the
representing Manchester Securities Corporation pandemic. procedure and process of international arbitration
Management Corporation against the Republic of institutions such as ICC or LCIA. As such, dealing
Poland. In my first investor-state case we defended Poland with clients requires lawyers to take a different and
against Mercuria Energy Group, a multinational more hands-on approach. There is also perhaps a
This 2015 UNCITRAL case concerned claims arising commodity trading company. We eventually won greater degree of distrust from the clients towards
out of the Polish courts’ decision to nullify a mortgage this case in what was a rewarding victory for us. arbitration that one must overcome when compared
over an unfinished apartment complex in Krakow in Later, I have mainly acted on the investor side of to Western European clients.
southern Poland. Krużewski and his team introduced investor-state disputes.
some novel arguments, establishing that a judgment There is a big concern in this part of the world
of the Polish Supreme Court constituted a denial I have built up a record of handling complex cases, about the rule of law and the independence of
of justice. Such cases are rare and difficult to win, many of which have concerned disputes in the the courts. The upshot of this is that international
and it is testament to the skill of Krużewski and his energy, construction and infrastructure sectors. arbitration is likely to be the beneficiary of the
team that a favourable result was obtained. More About a year ago we won a significant award for our undermined legitimacy of the courts’. n
recently, he was involved in a pending Poland-US client, a Spanish infrastructure conglomerate, which
10 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2021PROFILES CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 11
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Zsolt Okányi
CMS
Job title: Partner, global and CEE regional to the construction of the city’s Metro 4 and Metro
head of dispute resolution 2 underground railway lines, which led to a highly
Location: Hungary favourable outcome for Okányi’s client. A further
notable case saw Okányi acting for a large German
Number of years in practice: 19 bank in a successful €168m arbitration related to
Number of years as an arbitrator: 14 the development of a new residential area outside
Admissions: Hungary, New York, Italy Budapest which was followed by a second, related
dispute for €520m, which CMS also won.
Main sectors covered: Construction, energy,
transportation, telecoms, financial, aviation He is currently representing one of the CEE region’s
Geographical areas of focus: Western Europe, largest oil companies, in its dispute with a regional
construction giant in a large and complex ICC
Italy, Central and Eastern Europe arbitration relating to the construction of a gas
Languages: Hungarian, English, German, Italian pipeline in Poland. The case draws heavily on the
strengths of CMS’s disputes practice across Europe,
involving teams from Hungary and Poland alongside
Zsolt Okányi is a partner admitted in Hungary, New assistance from the firm’s Vienna and Zurich offices.
York and Italy and has been serving as the global
head of the disputes practice at CMS. He is based
in the firm’s Budapest office and is also the acting
head of the disputes practice across Central and
Eastern Europe. With nearly 20 years of litigation disputes. This is precisely why we have built a
and arbitration practice, Okányi has a great deal of In conversation with… disputes practice from native dispute specialists in
experience in all major segments of the profession: each jurisdiction that can operate seamlessly and
in investment arbitration under ECT and ICSID ‘CMS has an office with an arbitration practice deliver high quality work across the region.
rules, in commercial arbitration under the ICC, in every single jurisdiction in Europe. As a result,
LCIA, VIAC and some local arbitral institutions in we really show our strength when it comes to Of course, investments into the CEE region do not
CEE jurisdictions as well as in ad hoc arbitration international arbitration. It is not uncommon to act only come from the Western world. Investment from
under the UNCITRAL rules, and in corporate / M&A on disputes involving parties from three or more Asian nations, particularly Japan and Korea, has been
and construction disputes, though his more recent jurisdictions, and it is at such times that clients truly increasingly significant in recent years. Occasionally,
practice has been focused on banking, telecoms and appreciate our wide geographical coverage and the these investors find themselves in court against
media disputes. Okányi is recognised as one of the closely integrated nature of our offices. local parties. I must say, cultural differences in
leading litigation and arbitration experts in Hungary the approach to arbitration can be fascinating in
by all the various directories. In Central and Eastern Europe historical, cultural such cases, that we learnt and adding our local
and economic ties between the various jurisdictions knowledge we are managing these situations to the
Highlights from his arbitration practice include remain very strong. This brings a very significant benefit of our foreign clients.’ n
representing a large German conglomerate in its amount of investment, which is in turn, quite
dispute against the Municipality of Budapest related naturally, followed also by a good number of
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Assen Georgiev
CMS
Job title: Partner
Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in
Location: Sofia Bulgaria, as well as with the Arbitration Court at the
Number of years in practice: 21 Bulgarian Football Union.
Admissions: Sofia Bar Association
Main sectors covered: Energy, construction, real
estate, transportation, telecoms
Geographical areas of focus: Bulgaria
Languages: Bulgarian, English
In conversation with...
‘There has been a significant increase in the
Assen Georgiev is head of the litigation, arbitration, number of international businesses operating
insurance and employment practice groups at the in Bulgaria over the past five years, and while,
Sofia office of CMS. He has more than 20 years’ of realistically, Bulgaria will not become an arbitration
experience in dispute resolution, from litigation hub in the near future, this growth in investment will
to domestic and international arbitration and inevitably mean that international arbitration is set
mediation. to become an increasingly important feature of the
country’s disputes landscape.
His expertise includes representing clients before
various civil, commercial and administrative courts The Bulgarian arbitration system is very well
in Bulgaria, including supreme courts, and major established, being over 120 years old. Naturally, for South Korean investor in arbitration with their
domestic arbitration institutions. He represents nearly half of the twentieth century there was almost local subcontractors involving one of the largest
clients in international arbitration institutions such no arbitration in Bulgaria, and it was not until 1989 solar parks in Bulgaria. My Korean client was not
as tribunals constituted under the rules of the that the Bulgarian state allowed - for the first time happy with the performance of the subcontractors
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the since 1952 - the arbitration of domestic disputes – significant delay and poor quality of works. Given
International Centre for Settlement of Investment between commercial entities. Since then, there have my client’s dissatisfaction, it came as something of
Disputes (ICSID) in Washington DC, USA. been significant improvements in the domestic a surprise, in the final hearing, to have my opposing
arbitration laws, and the Bulgarian International counsel produce a letter, signed by my client, in
Most recently, he represented the owners of the Commercial Arbitration Act has adopted most model which the contractor was praised as among the best
largest solar power station in the Balkans in an law provisions. There has also been a proliferation construction companies ever!
ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Bulgaria of arbitral institutions in Bulgaria, though it should
arising from violations of the energy charter treaty be noted that newly emergent ones have not yet Upon later inquiry, I learned that this arose
(ECT) and the Bulgarian state’s failure to ensure a reached the reputation of older institutions. from the exquisite politeness embedded in the
stable and predictable operating environment for Korean culture. Despite his unhappiness with the
producers. In late 2020, Georgiev and the CMS team While making arbitration more widely available contractor, his perfect manners dictated he issues
in Bulgaria was engaged by another large renewable to business is a good thing, we must be cautious a recommendation letter to any company with
energy producer to prepare arbitration proceedings that a proliferation of new institutions does not which they had worked. My client did not consider
against the Republic of Bulgaria. compromise the perceived quality of the process. It is it important and necessary to mention the existence
important to note that in Bulgaria, as in many other of this letter. In the end we won the case, but it is a
Prior to joining CMS, Georgiev served as one of the European countries, the advantages of arbitration great example of how important cultural differences
managing partners of a leading Bulgarian law firm (such as speed, cost, and flexibility, to name just a are and, being aware of them will always allow us, as
and was involved in many of the largest privatisation few) are becoming less clear to many businesses. lawyers to provide the best protection for our clients
deals on behalf of the buyers. He is a certified in any international arbitration.’ n
mediator registered with the Bulgarian Ministry Navigating cultural differences is often the most
of Justice and an arbitrator with the Arbitration amusing, and challenging, aspect of international
Court at the Bulgarian Industrial Association, the arbitration. A few years ago, I acted for a major
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 15Daniela Karollus-Bruner NedeljkoVelisavljević
CMS CMS
Job title: Partner, head of dispute resolution Job title: Partner
Location: Vienna Location: Belgrade
Daniela Karollus-Bruner is a partner at CMS and UNCITRAL Rules. She represents companies Nedeljko Velisavljević is a partner and head of
leads the dispute resolution group as well as the in a wide range of industries, in particular the dispute resolution practice at CMS Belgrade
insurance industry team of CMS Reich-Rohrwig construction (FIDIC-based contracts), and at CMS Podgorica. He is recognised as one
Hainz. She is recognised as one of the leading energy, banking, financial services and of the leading litigation lawyers in Serbia. He has
litigation lawyers in Austria. insurance. 20 years of experience in litigation and dispute
resolution, arbitrations, compliance matters,
Karollus-Bruner has over 20 years of experience During and after law school in Vienna and Paris, white-collar crime and investigation matters,
in conducting complex litigation and arbitration she held assistant positions with the University and has advised a number of companies with
proceedings in particular in tort, contract, of Vienna Law School (eg at the Department regard to potential and pending complex
product liability, corporate and competition law. of civil law). Karollus-Bruner has over 20 years disputes.
of experience as a lawyer in Vienna and Linz.
She regularly acts as counsel in international In addition, she is a sought-after speaker at Velisavljević represents clients operating across
commercial arbitration cases administered executive seminars, as well as author and co- a wide range of industry sectors, including real
by leading arbitral institutions, most notably author of various expert articles. She works in estate, construction, banking and finance, life
ICC, VIAC and in ad hoc arbitrations under the German, English and French. sciences, consumer products, IT, technology,
etc., before the courts of Serbia and Montenegro
and other authorities.
As part of his practice, Velisavljević has
represented clients in complex arbitration
proceedings on the national level in both Serbia
and Montenegro, as well as in international
arbitrations.
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Sandra Lisac Dunja Jandl
CMS CMS
Job title: Partner Job title: Partner
Location: Zagreb Location: Ljubljana
Sandra Lisac has been a partner since 2009 and Dunja Jandl is a legal practitioner with more
heads the Zagreb dispute practice. Her focus is than ten years of experience, who leads the
dispute resolution and legal matters concerning Slovenian dispute resolution team. She has
real estate, physical planning, construction and strong experience in representing clients,
employment law. domestic and foreign corporates, in litigations
and out-of-court disputes. She focuses on
Lisac has more than 15 years of experience construction and IP-related disputes and is
representing clients on a full range of corporate regularly leading legal teams performing due
and commercial issues, with her initial focus diligence and forensic reviews.
including transactional and development
support. She focuses on disputes regarding real As a very experienced litigator, she also
estate title, spatial planning and construction, represents her clients, who come from a variety
and commercial and financial contracts. of sectors, especially retail, energy and hotel
and leisure, in court as well as in alternative
Lisac’s industry focus lies in property dispute resolution proceedings, acting as
development, healthcare, insurance and counsel, mediator and arbitrator.
banking. She is native in Croatian, and
proficiently fluent in both English and German.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 17Malgorzata Surdek Arkadiusz Korzeniewski
CMS CMS
Job title: Partner Job title: Partner
Location: Warsaw Location: Warsaw
Małgorzata Surdek is a Polish-qualified arbitral institutions including ICC, SAKIG Arkadiusz Korzeniewski is a Polish-qualified
advocate and a partner in the dispute and SA Lewiatan. advocate and a partner in the dispute resolution
resolution department at CMS. Małgorzata department at CMS. He also leads the CEE
heads the dispute resolution practice in On 1 July 2018, Surdek was appointed corporate crime practice. Korzeniewski has
Poland. She regularly acts as counsel in member of the International Court of over 20 years’ experience representing clients
international commercial arbitration cases Arbitration of the International Chamber in proceedings before Polish civil and criminal
administered by leading arbitral institutions, of Commerce (ICC) in Paris. She is also courts as well as domestic and international
most notably ICC, SCC, LCIA-DIFC, VIAC, in ad a member of the ICC Commission on arbitration tribunals. In addition, he has advised
hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules, Arbitration and ADR, the Arbitration and represented clients in corporate disputes and
as well as in investment arbitrations. Commission at the ICC Polish National criminal proceedings.
Committee, the Arbitration Commission
Her recent cases include representing at the Polish Bar. Surdek is a Fellow of Korzeniewski has been engaged in many high-
the Republic of Poland in investment the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and profile cases concerning foreign investments
arbitration against an investor in the mining member of Arbitral Women. In December in Poland, including representing Eureko in a
industry; a PPP company in an UNCITRAL 2020 she was appointed a member of the complex dispute with the State Treasury based
arbitrations related to a motorway project Global Steering Committee and the Co-Chair on the Netherlands-Poland Bilateral Investment
in Poland; a Hungarian contractor in an of the EMEA edition of the Delos Remote Treaty concerning a leading privatised Polish
ICC arbitration related to the construction Online Advocacy Program. insurance company. He also has unique
of a gas pipeline in Poland; and a Chinese experience in arbitration and litigation
provider of telecoms services in an LCIA- She regularly appears as a speaker at cases involving the largest infrastructure
DIFC arbitration related to termination of international arbitration conferences and is projects in Poland, particularly in proceedings
a contract in North Africa. Surdek also acts the author of multiple publications in the against public sector representatives (public
as an arbitrator in proceedings concerning field of arbitration. authorities). He has also represented clients
energy, infrastructure, commercial, and post- from various sectors, including financial
M&A disputes, administered by various institutions (banks and insurers) in a wide
variety of commercial disputes.
Korzeniewski is the author of numerous
publications and a frequent speaker at
conferences, where he speaks on issues
concerning arbitration issues.
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Anna Cudna-Wagner Tomas Matejovsky
CMS CMS
Job title: Partner Job title: Partner
Location: Warsaw Location: Prague
Anna Cudna-Wagner is a partner and an Tomáš Matĕjovský is a partner and head of the
attorney-at-law in the dispute resolution commercial, regulatory and disputes practice at
department at CMS. CMS Prague.
She also has many years of experience in He focuses on litigation and arbitration,
representing business clients in civil and compliance matters and white-collar crime,
commercial disputes before common courts and on commercial law, including employment,
and arbitration tribunals. She specialises IP and competition. As part of his practice, he
primarily in disputes relating to the banking represents clients in various types of litigation
sector and competition law. and arbitration proceedings at all levels,
such as commercial, unfair competition and
Cudna-Wagner has represented entities from damage claim disputes before regional courts,
the financial services sector in collective superior courts, the Supreme Court, and the
actions and individual client actions. She Constitutional Court and local and international
also represented clients before the Court of arbitration bodies.
Competition and Consumer Protection in
competition law and consumer protection In recent years, Matĕjovský has represented
cases, practices that violate collective consumer clients in arbitration proceedings related to
interests and practices restricting competition. M&A transactions, cross-border investments,
She also advised on disputes concerning the product liability and commercial disputes
protection of intellectual property. before national and international courts, as
well as at local and international arbitration
Cudna-Wagner is an arbitrator entered in the tribunals.
list of arbitrators of the Lewiatan Court of
Arbitration.
International legal directories Chambers and
The Legal 500 recommend Cudna-Wagner in
the area of dispute resolution.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 19Horia Draghici Olga Shenk
CMS CMS
Job title: Partner Job title: Senior counsel
Location: Bucharest Location: Kyiv
Olga Shenk is a counsel in the commercial,
Horia Drăghici is the partner coordinating the regulatory and disputes practice group
commercial and dispute resolution team at in Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna
CMS in Romania. With over 16 years’ dispute Nabarro Olswang. Olga’s expertise includes
resolution practice, he has a great deal of representation of local and international clients
experience in commercial litigation and in the areas of dispute resolution and litigation,
arbitration, for both multinational clients and investment and international commercial
significant domestic companies in Romania, arbitration, bankruptcy, criminal proceedings
including experience with the ICC, VIAC, and compliance.
LCIA, ICSID and the Court of International
Commercial Arbitration in Bucharest. Drăghici Shenk has more than 13 years of experience
has a particular focus on disputes in the energy in highly complex litigation and arbitration
and infrastructure sectors and has advised a proceedings in Ukraine and abroad, including
number of global energy businesses on disputes in international investment and commercial
in Romania. His practice deals extensively arbitrations (under ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC,
with arbitration (both international and SCC, VIAC, ICAC rules), enforcement of arbitral
national) and commercial litigation, including awards in Ukraine and abroad and cross-border
insolvency, disputes with public authorities litigations. She also advises clients across a wide
and international investment disputes. Drăghici variety of sectors, including IT, agribusiness,
is qualified to plead before all national courts pharmaceuticals, insurance, energy and
(including the Supreme Court of Romania) banking.
and is a skilled negotiator, familiar with several
alternative dispute resolution techniques. Shenk’s practice covers tax and compliance.
She has conducted numerous compliance
investigations of the alleged/reported corrupt
practices and regularly delivers anti-corruption
trainings for management and compliance
officers of top-ranked international businesses.
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Oleksandr Protsiuk Nedzida Salihovic-Whalen
CMS CMS
Job title: Counsel Job title: Partner
Location: Kyiv Location: Sarajevo
Oleksandr Protsiuk is a counsel at CMS Reich- Nedžida Salihović-Whalen is a partner at
Rohrwig Hainz focusing on the dispute CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz in Sarajevo. She is
resolution practice of the firm. He has admitted to the Bosnian bar and has worked as
almost ten years of professional experience a corporate lawyer for local and international
in consulting and prior to joining CMS in companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 20
late 2017 Protsiuk worked as head of the years. She has an LLM from a US university and
dispute resolution practice in an international has been continously selected as a leading
consulting firm. Overall, he has more than lawyer in BiH by The Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and
16 years of professional experience in Chambers & Partners with excellent client
litigation, arbitration and supporting criminal feedback.
proceedings, including tax and commercial
disputes, alternative dispute resolution, and Salihović-Whalen represents local and
representing clients in courts of all levels. international clients in various types of litigation
proceedings at all levels, such as commercial
Protsiuk has provided full-scope support to litigation including insolvency, disputes with
a number of international companies and public authorities and international investment
their representative offices in administrative disputes before regional courts, superior courts,
(pre-trial) appeal, tax (customs), arbitration the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court
and commercial litigation. He also has broad as well as advising the clients together with the
experience in supporting clients during pre-trial team in conection with arbitration proceedings.
criminal investigation of economic crimes. She has been engaged in many high-profile
cases concerning foreign investments in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 21Anton Sigal Beata Gessel-Kalinowska Paweł Pietkiewicz
Ellex Raidla vel Kalisz Greenberg Traurig
GESSEL Attorneys at Law
Location: Estonia Location: Poland
Number of years in practice: 21 Location: Poland Number of years in practice: 25
Number of years as an arbitrator: 15 Number of years in practice: 30 Number of years as an arbitrator: 15
Admissions: Estonian Bar Number of years as an arbitrator: 25 Current appointments: Three
Main sectors covered: Construction, Current appointments as arbitrator: Four Admissions: Warsaw Bar Association
energy, M&A, real estate as sole arbitrator, one as chair, nine as co- Geographical areas of focus: Europe,
Geographical areas of focus: Estonia, Latvia arbitrator United States, Asia
Languages: Estonian, English, Russian Admissions: Warsaw Bar Association Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian
Main sectors covered: M&A, energy,
Anton Sigal is a partner at Ellex Raidla in construction, commercial Paweł Pietkiewicz is a partner at Greenberg
Tallinn, and a key figure in the firm’s dispute Traurig, heading up the firm’s Warsaw dispute
resolution department. He represents a Geographical areas of focus: Central and resolution practice since November 2015.
variety of private and state actors in major Eastern Europe
arbitration proceedings dealing with a broad Languages: Polish, English, Russian Pietkiewicz has been involved in a number of
range of issues – from telecoms and energy group actions, representing banks, insurers, and
to construction and consumer goods – under developers, and also has extensive experience
the rules of the PCA, the Stockholm Chamber Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz is an expert in product liability cases. He has led a number of
of Commerce, the Estonian Chamber of practitioner in arbitration, M&A, private equity dispute and resolution teams and represented
Commerce, and the LCIA. and commercial law. A renowned arbitrator, she hundreds of clients in some of the most
has participated in around 150 arbitration cases, complex litigations and arbitrations before
Prior to joining Ellex Raidla, Sigal had an in- both domestic and international, conducted Polish and international courts.
house career as head of legal at Alta Capital according to rules of the ICC, UNCITRAL, FCC,
Partners, a private equity firm operating in IAA, SCAI, SCC, Lewiatan, Polish National Pietkiewicz has successfully acted for clients
the Baltics and Central and Eastern Europe Chamber of Commerce, SIDiR, and the National in many arbitration disputes, including under
region, representing the firm in complex M&A Depository for Securities. the rules of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration,
transactions. the Polish Chamber of Commerce’s Court of
The majority of the arbitral proceedings she Arbitration, and the ICC in Paris.
is involved in concern M&A transactions and
construction law, including FIDIC regulations,
and she is also a member of the ICC
International Arbitration Court.
She is also a respected figure in the academic
field, as adjunct professor at the Cardinal
Stefan Wyszynski University and visiting
academic at Oxford University, Cambridge and
Wolfson College from 2015 to 2018, where she
conducted comparative law research on M&A.
Her recent book “Legal, Real and Converged
Interest in Declaratory Relief” published by
Kluwer Law International, focuses on declaratory
relief in litigation and arbitration.
22 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2021PROFILES
Solveiga Palevičienė Jure Levovnik Jasminka Čorda Truhar
Glimstedt Jadek & Pensa Hanžeković & Partners
Location: Lithuania Location: Slovenia Location: Croatia
Number of years in practice: 22 Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 30
Number of years as an arbitrator: 12 Admissions: Slovenian Bar Number of years as an arbitrator: One
Admissions: Lithuanian Bar Association Main sectors covered: Construction, Admissions: Croatian Bar Association
Main sectors covered: Contracts, investments, infrastructure, energy, electronic Main sectors covered: Construction law,
insurance, shareholder disputes, construction communications contract law, infrastructure
Geographical areas of focus: Lithuania, Latvia, Geographical areas of focus: Slovenia, Geographical areas of focus: Croatia, Bosnia
Estonia, EU European Union and Herzegovina, Romania
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian, Languages: Slovenian, English, Croatian, Languages: Croatian, English, German
French Serbian, German, French and Spanish
A Legal 500 ranked leading individual in
Solveiga Palevičienė has been managing partner Since 2015, Jure Levovnik has been head of the Croatia’s dispute resolution space, Jasminka
at Glimstedt since January 2020, after heading dispute resolution department at Jadek & Pensa. Čorda Truhar advises on cases across a range of
the firm’s dispute resolution practice. Joining He also heads both the energy and electronic different practice areas including commercial
Glimstedt in 2014, she has extensive arbitration communications practices at the firm. law, construction and infrastructure, contract
experience, acting in corporate and commercial law, public procurement public law and EU
disputes at both domestic and international Levovnik possesses extensive experience in law. She is also heavily involved in litigation,
level representing financial institutions and representing foreign and domestic clients in arbitration and dispute resolution matters,
corporations. She a recommended arbitrators of complex commercial litigation and arbitration including as a counsel on UNCITRAL arbitration
the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration, and cases. He has experience in representing and/or cases.
was appointed to the ICSID Panel of Conciliators advising clients in international arbitration cases
by the Lithuanian government. before the International Chamber of Commerce Truhar is actively involved in the arbitration
(ICC), Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) sphere, sitting as chair of the ICC Croatian
She has also served in a number of chief advisory and ICSID. In a number of cases that make up national committee’s Commission on Arbitration
roles, firstly to the chairman of the Lithuanian Levovnik’s portfolio, the value in dispute has and ADR. She is a counsel and Arbitral Tribunal
Supreme Court from 2006 to 2008, and then to the exceeded €20m, €50m and €100m. member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2013 as head at the Croatian Chamber of Economy.
of the administration’s legal department. Levovnik is also active in sports law arbitration,
and currently serves as a member of the
Outside of her practice, Palevičienė is a professor Slovenian Handball Association’s arbitration
at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, where board.
she teaches comparative contract law and
investment law at Masters level, and heads the
Study Programme Committee. She also regularly
speaks at local and international conferences, and
publishes articles on international investment law
as well as arbitration related topics in prominent
legal journals across Europe.
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