Aleksander Woźniak

Education

• Master of Laws – University of Warsaw (2014)

Professional career

• February 2013 – now – Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm sp. k. – work in the Dispute Resolution Department led by Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka;

• September 2018 – June 2019 – Regional Counsel (CEE), Uber B.V. – full-time secondment as in-house counsel responsible for regulatory and commercial matters in jurisdictions of the Central & Eastern Europe (Poland, Czechia, Romania, Ukraine).

Arbitration experience

In the role of counsel:

• investment arbitration concerning a mining project (UNCITRAL Rules, English)
• international arbitration concerning an international sale of goods agreement (SA KIG Rules, English)
• international arbitration concerning a project in the energy sector (ICC Rules, English)
• international arbitration concerning an infrastructural project – advice on pre-arbitration stage (VIAC Rules, Polish/English)
• domestic arbitration concerning a construction project (SA KIG Rules, Polish)
• international arbitration concerning a project in the energy sector (SA KIG Rules, Polish)
• domestic arbitration concerning a services agreement (SA KIG Rules, English)

In the role of arbitral secretary:

• domestic ad hoc arbitration concerning a commercial agreement (Polish Code of Civil Procedure, Polish)
• international arbitration concerning an infrastructural project (ICC Rules, English)

Awards and recognition:

• Legal500 EMEA 2021 – Recommended Lawyer
• Lewiatan Arbitration Moot 2015 – 1st place in the competition (as a team)
• Lewiatan Arbitration Moot 2015 – 2nd place for the best statement of defense (as a team)

Other:

• Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – participation as a team member and an arbitrator, coaching the University of Warsaw team in 2015-2017
• ICC YAF: The real cost of arbitration and how to manage it – participation as a speaker in a satellite conference during the 2021 Baltic Arbitration Days in Riga
• Participation in professional trainings:
  • 2021/2022 – Construction Arbitration Online Training Course, organized by the European Center for Arbitration and Mediation together with the International Construction Projects Committee of the IBA
  • 2020 – Warsaw Arbitration Workshops, organized by the ICC Poland
  • 2016 – Advocacy Academy, organized by the University of Warsaw together with the Institute of Advanced Legal Skills
  • 2015 – Introductory Course in International Commercial Arbitration, organized by the European Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • 2013 – Training for Counsel – International Commercial Arbitration, organized by the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration together with the European Branch, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Providing advice and conducting trainings on arbitration agreements

Membership in organizations

• The Warsaw Bar Association
• Arbitration & Mediation Section at the Council of the Warsaw Bar
• Lewiatan Arbitration Moot Organizing Committee (Komitet Organizacyjny Konkursu Arbitrażowego Lewiatan)
• Polish Arbitration Association (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Sądownictwa Polubownego)
• ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)

Publications

1. Third-Party Funding – A Revolution in the Financing of Commercial Disputes?, Automotive Industry Report 2021/22, Polski Związek Przemysłu Motoryzacyjnego,
   https://www.pzpm.org.pl/Publikacje/Raporty/Rocznik-Raport-Branzy-Motoryzacyjnej-PZPM-i-KPMG-2021-2022
2. Interim Measures in Poland, CMS Expert Guide to Interim Measures 2021,
   https://cms.law/en/int/expert-guides/cms-expert-guide-to-interim-measures/poland
3. Third-Party Funding of Litigation and Arbitration In CEE, CMS International Disputes Digest, Winter Edition 2020, https://cms.law/en/int/publication/international-disputes-digest-winter-edition-2020
4. Out-of-Court Resolution of Consumer Disputes, Automotive Industry Report 2017/18, Polski Związek Przemysłu Motoryzacyjnego, https://www.pzpm.org.pl/pl/Publikacje/Raporty/Rocznik-Raport-Branzy-Motoryzacyjnej-PZPM-i-KPMG-2017-18
5. What Are the Costs of Court Disputes?, Automotive Industry Report 2016, Polski Związek Przemysłu Motoryzacyjnego, https://www.pzpm.org.pl/pl/Publikacje/Raporty/Rocznik-Raport-Branzy-Motoryzacyjnej-PZPM-i-KPMG-2016
6. Class Action in the Automotive Industry, Automotive Industry Report 2015, Polski Związek Przemysłu Motoryzacyjnego, https://www.pzpm.org.pl/pl/Publikacje/Raporty/Rocznik-Raport-Branzy-Motoryzacyjnej-PZPM-i-KPMG-2015