Witold Daniłowicz

Education

• Faculty of Law at the University of Wrocław (Poland) (M.L., 1977)
• Postgraduate program in international law at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (The Netherlands) (1981)
• Postgraduate program in international law at and The Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague (The Netherlands) (1982).
• Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA, USA  (J.D. (1985), LL.M. (1985)).
• Polish Academy of Sciences – doctorate in law (2018)

Professional career

• Independent arbitrator since 2024
• 2017 – 2023 r. law firm NOERR Biedecki sp. k. (Of Counsel).
• 2012 – 2017 r. Daniłowicz Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy law firm (managing partner)
• 1993 – 2012 r. White & Case LL.P (Warsaw office, managing partner)
• 1985 – 1993 Vinson & Elkins LL.P. (Houston (Texas), London and Warsaw offices, partner)

Arbitration experience

• Arbitrator in the Court of Arbitration of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, arbitrator in the Court of Arbitration of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers “Lewiatan”
• Served as a sole arbitrator,  member of  a panel and presiding arbitrator in numerous proceedings conducted under the regulations of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, UNCITRAL as well as in ad hoc arbitrations

Membership in organizations

• Arbitrator in the Court of Arbitration of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, arbitrator in the Court of Arbitration of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers “Lewiatan”
• Served as a sole arbitrator,  member of  a panel and presiding arbitrator in numerous proceedings conducted under the regulations of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, UNCITRAL as well as in ad hoc arbitrations

Publications

1. The Relation between International Law and Domestic Law in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, Polish Yearbook of International Law 1983
2. The Choice of Applicable Law In International Arbitration, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 9/1986
3. „Floating” Choice of Law Clauses and Their Enforceability, International Lawyer 20/1986
4. Ethical theory of J. Bentham and dereification and animal rights [in Polish], Studia Prawnicze PAN 1/2020
5. Limits of public disobedience [in Polish], Państwo i Prawo 1/2023
6. Protection of the rights of landowners in the establishing and leasing of hunting areas [in Polish], Państwo i Prawo 1/2024