Profession
Polish qualified lawyer (radca prawny)
Experience
Cezary is a specialist in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and international arbitration. He focuses on serving multinational companies in connection with their activities and investments in Poland. He has broad experience in international arbitration and is a member of the Arbitration Board of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce.
Recent transactions and matters of significance where his substantial involvement can be disclosed include advising:
- the Polish State Treasury in arbitration proceedings relating to a BIT arbitration in a dispute with Vivendi and Vivendi Telecom International
- the Polish State Treasury in arbitration proceedings relating to a BIT arbitration in a dispute with Deutsche Telekom
- the Polish State Treasury on the settlement of the largest corporate dispute ever in Poland concerning ownership rights in PTC, a leading Polish mobile services provider
- Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., a leading Polish telecommunications provider, in the international arbitration with DPTG concerning the building of the North-South Line fibre optical telecommunications system in Poland
- the selling shareholders on the EUR 2.1bn IPO of PZU S.A., the largest insurance company in Poland and the CEE region; it was the largest IPO in Europe since 2007
- J.P. Morgan on a privatisation process comprising the PLN 347m sale of the remaining shares of Mennica Polska S.A., globally the only listed mint, to institutional investors
- HSBC Bank Polska on the EUR 300m sale of its consumer loans and credit card receivables in Poland to Alior Bank
- the Ministry of the Treasury in connection with the agreement between the Ministry of the Treasury and UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. concerning the merger of Pekao and BPH banks
Professional experience
June 2008 - to date Co-Managing Partner, Linklaters Warsaw
2006 - to date Arbitrator, a member of the Arbitration Board of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce
2001 - 2008 Partner, Linklaters Warsaw
1987 - 2001 Partner, Alliance Consultor, then Komosa, Wiœniewski, Grzybowski & Partners
1997 - to date Legal Counsel to the Ambassador of Germany (Vertrauensanwalt)
1995 - 1997 President of the School of German Law at the University of Warsaw
1984 - to date Assistant Professor - lecturing in civil and commercial law at the University of Warsaw
Education
1995 Doctor in Law, Warsaw University
1990 - 1991 University of Bonn
1979 - 1984 University of Warsaw - Master in Law
Languages
Polish, English, German
