Violetta Wysok

Rok urodzenia

1975

Place of residence

Warsaw

Nationality

Polish

Languages

English, French, Russian

Specializations

Agency, Distribution, Franchising; Commercial agreements in general; Real Estate, Construction; Corporate law; Finance, banking; Intellectual property; Transport; Infrastructural projects; Labour law, management contracts; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Energy law

Professional certification

Legal Advisor

Education

  • 1994-1999 – Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw, master thesis on commercial law, diploma with distinction
  • 1997-1998 – British Centre for English and European Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw (University of Cambridge’s Certificate in An Introduction to English Law and The Law of The European Union)
  • 2000-2001 – DESS postgraduate studies in French and European commercial law, a joint initiative of the University of Warsaw and the University of Poitiers
  • 1999-2004 – legal training conducted by the Legal Advisors Bar in Warsaw accomplished with the best result of the group

Professional career

  • Violetta Wysok is the founder of the boutique law office WYSOK Kancelaria Radcowska in Warsaw specializing in dispute resolution.
  • She is also a permanent mediator on the list maintained by the President of the Regional Court in Warsaw, a co-founder and mediator at the Mediation Center of the Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors, a mediator at the Center for Economic Mediation and the LEWIATAN Mediation Center, as well as the Center for Dispute and Conflict Resolution at the University of Warsaw.
  • Earlier, for more than 9 years, she was a member of a Litigation and Arbitration Department of CMS Cameron McKenna. During her one-year secondment to the London office of CMS Cameron McKenna she worked in International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Department.
  • She was a member of the Management Board of the Council at the Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisors and the President of the Professional Development Committee in 2007-2010.

Arbitration experience

  • In the years 2008-2010 Violetta Wysok was the President of the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Legal Advisors Bar in Warsaw.
  • As an attorney, she participated in many arbitration cases, including those taking place abroad.
  • As an arbitrator, she conducted numerous arbitrations according to the Rules of Arbitration Court at Konfederacja Lewiatan, ICC Arbitration Rules, Permanent Arbitration Court at the Legal Advisors Bar in Warsaw. She also acted as an ad hoc arbitrator.

Membership in organizations

  • Member of the Arbitration Committee at Polish National Committee of ICC.

Publications

She is the author of numerous articles on arbitration and dispute resolution in commercial matters and the lecturer at many conferences on the subject.