Julia Dyras

Education

• Postgraduate studies in bankruptcy and restructuring law – Łazarski University (2021)
• Master of Laws – Jagiellonian University (2012)
• American Law Program – Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (2010)

Professional career

• December 2014 until now: Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Pośniak i Bejm Sp. K. – in the Dispute Resolution Department led by Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka
• April 2018 until July 2018: Regional Counsel – secondment at Valeant Pharmaceuticals, responsible for negotiating and reviewing contracts in the Central and East-Central Europe regions (over 10 jurisdictions)
• June 2012 until November 2014 – Junior Associate, Dentons – in the Arbitration Practice led by Michał Jochemczak

Arbitration experience

In the role of counsel:

• investment arbitration concerning a mining project (UNCITRAL Rules)
• international arbitration concerning an infrastructure project (pre-arbitration advice, UNCITRAL Rules)
• domestic arbitration in a dispute concerning a construction project (Lewiatan Rules)
• international arbitration concerning an agreement for the sale and provision of technological solutions for the energy sector (ICC Rules)
• international arbitration concerning a project in the energy sector (SA KIG Rules)
• domestic arbitration concerning a construction project (Rules of the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Gdańsk)
• representing clients in post-arbitration proceedings before state courts.

Awards and recognition:

• Recommendation in the Legal500 EMEA 2020 ranking
• 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)
• 19th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2012)
  • Martin Domke Award – Best Individual Oralist in the General Rounds – wyróżnienie
  • Werner Melis Award – Best Memorandum for Respondent – wyróżnienie
  • Frédéric Eisemann Award Team Orals – Finalist (ćwierćfinał)
• 18th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2011)
  • Martin Domke Award – Best Individual Oralist in the General Rounds – wyróżnienie
  • Werner Melis Award – Best Memorandum for Respondent – wyróżnienie
  • Frédéric Eisemann Award Team Orals – Finalist (64 najlepsze drużyny)

Other:

• Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2011 and 2012) – participation as a team member
• ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition (2010) – participation as a team member
• 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
  • 2021 – Delos Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP)– oral submissions course and cross-examination course
  • 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
• Providing advice and conducting trainings on arbitration agreements.

Membership in organizations

• Warsaw Bar Association
• Arbitration & Mediation Section at the Council of the Warsaw Bar Association
• ArbitralWomen (NGO)
• Lewiatan Arbitration Moot Organizing Committee (Komitet Organizacyjny Konkursu Arbitrażowego Lewiatan)

Publications

1. Chapter „Poland” – The International Arbitration Review, Fourth ed., James H. Carter (ed.),
   2013