Ewa Rutkowska

Education

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań – Master’s degree in Law, Master’s degree in European Studies;
• University of Wales (Aberystwyth, United Kingdom) – Scholarship under the EU Tempus Programme;
• M.C. Asser Institute (Hague, Netherlands) – Postgraduate program on EC law, arbitration and private international law;
• Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) – LL.M. in International Business Law awarded by the University of the State of New York;
• Warsaw District Bar Association – Bar training – Attorney-at-law (qualified lawyer).

Professional career

• Hogan Lovells (formerly: Lovells Boesebeck Droste and Lovells) [1999 – 2010], including secondment in the law firm’s office in Munich;
• Baker & McKenzie [2010 – 2014];
• KRK Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński [2014 – currently].

Arbitration experience

• Representation in proceedings before permanent arbitration tribunals, and in ad-hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules;
• Arbitration Committee of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration (member 2015-2019);
• Nominating Committee of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration (member 2019-2020; chairperson since 2020).

Selected lectures:

1. “Investment arbitration in the Life Sciences sector” – Academy of Arbitration (2016);
2. “Where is arbitration used in the Life Sciences sector? Examples from practice” – organising an arbitration seminar for the pharmaceutical industry at the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration (2016);
3. “The specifics of arbitration in the pharmaceutical sector” – Autumn Meeting of the Arbitration Youth Forum at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (2017);
4. „Substitute appointment of arbitrators in practice” – conference “Arbitration and mediation in theory and practice” organised by the Arbitration Court in Nowy Tomyśl (2022);
5. „Conversion from litigaition to arbitration under the Code of Civil Procedure, arbitration clauses in contracts between entrepreneurs – Why should entrepreneurs resort to arbitration in the event of a dispute over performance of contract?” – conference “Arbitration and mediation as support for the entrepreneur in labour and business disputes” organised by the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration (2023);
6. “Doing Business and Resolving Disputes in a Rule of Law Crisis” – moderator of the panel at 2024 DRI International Seminar Madrid (2024);
7. “Cross-examination in international arbitration” – co-panelist at the workshop organised by the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw held during the conference “Solidarity Arbitration and Mediation Days” (2024).

Membership in organizations

• The Warsaw Bar Association;
• Polish Arbitration Association – member of the Audit Committee;
• New Technology Law Association;
• International Bar Association – Vice Chair of the Product Law and Advertising Committee;
• International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization;
• DRI International.

Publications

1. “The seller’s liability for the dangerous product imported to Poland from another EU Member State”, co-author, iKAR 8(5) 2016;
2. “Civil product liability”, co-author, Kwartalnik Chemiczny – PRAWO I WIEDZA 2/2019;
3. “Who will be responsible for damage caused by artificial intelligence?”, co-author, Rzeczpospolita 19.04.2021;
4. “A new procedure for compensating damage suffered by a study participant according to the draft of the Act on clinical trials”, co-author, Badania kliniczne, 9-10.2021;
5. “The characteristics of advance payment for covering expenses exemplified by the advance for covering costs of an expert’s opinion in civil proceedings”, co-author, Monitor Prawniczy 10/2022.