Radosław L. Kwaśnicki

Radosław L. Kwaśnicki

Rok urodzenia

1978

Place of residence

Warsaw

Nationality

  • Polish

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Polish

Specializations

  • commercial agreements in general
  • company law
  • Private Client and Private Wealth Law

Professional certification

Legal Counsel

Education

  • Obtaining a master’s degree in law cum laude from the University of Warsaw
    1997 – 2001
  • Obtaining the title of legal advisor
    2006
  • Rotary International scholarship holder (Tübingen University)
    2000 – 2001
  • School of German Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration (University of Warsaw and University of Bonn)
    2000 – 2001
  • Obtaining a doctorate in legal sciences (Jagiellonian University)
    2009
  • Value Creation Through Effective Boards (IESE and Harvard)
    2017
  • AMP (Advanced Management Program) at IESE Business School, University of Navarra
    2015 – 2016

Professional career

  • Senior Partner at RKKW – KWAŚNICKI, WRÓBEL & Partners
    2009 – present
  • (since 2001, associate of leading law firms)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Creotech Instruments S.A.
    2021 – present
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Sanok Rubber Company S.A.
    2021 – currently
  • Member of the Audit Committee of LuNa Smelter Ltd (Kigali, Rwanda)
    2022 – currently
  • Lecturer at the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw (full-time and part-time studies) in corporate disputes
    2024
  • in the past
  • Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ORLEN S.A. (including independent Member of the Supervisory Board)
    2014 – 2019
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SGT EuRoPol GAZ S.A. (ORLEN Group S.A.)
    2022 – 2024
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of ENEA S.A.
    2022
  • Interim Administrator of 100% of shares to which PAO Gazprom was entitled in SGT EuRoPol Gaz S.A. (shares were acquired by the company for compensation)
    2022 – 11.2023
  • Interim administrator of shares to which Acron group companies are entitled in Grupa Azoty S.A. (package of less than 20% of these shares)
    2023 – 2024
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of AAS Balta (Riga, Estonia)
    2022 – 2024
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of PGNiG Supply&Trading GmbH (Munich, Germany)
    2022 – 2024
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Orlen Deutschland GmbH (Elmshorn, Germany)
    2020 – 2024
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of G Inwestycje Sp. z o.o. (DRUTEX S.A. group)
    2019 – 2023
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of SFINKS Polska S.A.
    2016 – 2018
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
    2015
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Impera Capital S.A.
    2012 – 2014
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NAVI GROUP S.A.
    2014
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of MAGO S.A.
    2012 – 2013
  • President of the Arbitration Court at the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw
    2010 – 2012
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of PGE ENERGIA S.A.
    2008 – 2009
  • Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PGE ZEW-T Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o.
    2008 – 2009
  • Secretary of the Supervisory Board of BOT Elektrownia Turów S.A.
    2007 – 2008
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A.
    2007
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Geotermia Pyrzyce Sp. z o.o.
    2006 – 2008

Arbitration experience

  • Judge of the Stock Exchange Court at the Warsaw Stock Exchange S.A.
    2022 – currently
  • Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the “Lewiatan” Confederation
    2009 – currently
  • Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the National Chamber of Commerce
    2009 – presently
  • Arbitrator of the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris
    2011 – currently
  • Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the OIRP in Warsaw
    2012 – currently

Membership in organizations

  • Member of the Association of Independent Members of Supervisory Boards
    2024 – currently
  • Member of the Corps of the Polish Institute of Directors, Professional Member of the Supervisory Boards of PID
    2010 – present
  • Associate of the Polish-German Center for Banking Law (Jagiellonian University)
    2002 – present
  • Member of the Editorial Board, and then Member of the Program Council of the “Monitor of Commercial Law” (C.H. Beck)
    2011 – 2023
  • President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation “We are together. We help!”, which raised and donated more than PLN 52 million in the pandemic – also one of the three Founders of this Foundation
    2020 – 2023

Publications

  1. The Code of Commercial Companies. Commentary to changes (so-called holding law) [Kodeks spółek handlowych. Komentarz do zmian (tzw. prawo holdingowe)], editor, C.H. Beck Publishing House, Warsaw 2022;
  2. Harmonisierung des Wirtschaftsrechts in Deutschland, Östrreich und Polen (Hrsg. M. Liebscher), co-author: D. Nillson, authors of the chapter entitled KONZERNRECHT – für eine abhängige Gesellschaft nachteilige Rechtsgeschäfte, pp. 237 – 254, Nomos 2008.
  3. Theoretical and practical issues related to the problem of determining the moment of expiration of the mandates of members of bodies of capital companies [Zagadnienia teoretyczne i praktyczne związane z problematyką określenia momentu wygaśnięcia mandatów członków organów spółek kapitałowych], co-author: P. Letolc [in:] The Code of Commercial Companies after 15 years in force under the scientific editorship of J. Frąckowiak, Wolters Kluwer Polska 2018.
  4. On the irrevocable and object-unlimited corporate power of attorney as an instrument of hostile passage of a non-public capital company (taking into account procedural aspects) [W sprawie nieodwołalnego i nieograniczonego przedmiotowo pełnomocnictwa korporacyjnego jako instrumentu wrogiego przejścia spółki kapitałowej niepublicznej (z uwzględnieniem aspektów procesowych)] [in:] Souvenir Book of the 60th Anniversary of the Arbitration Court at the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, co-author: A. Sujak, pp. 786-811, Warsaw 2010.
  5. Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court in commercial companies law cases 2006 – 2009[Orzecznictwo Sądu Najwyższego w sprawach z zakresu prawa spółek handlowych 2006 – 2009 r.], scientific editor and co-author, OIRP Warsaw Publishing House, Warsaw 2010.