Profession
Polish qualified lawyer (radca prawny)
Experience
Zbigniew has extensive expertise which covers all aspects of corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international. Principally his clients have included the Polish state, IT and telecommunications companies, banks and other financial institutions.
Recent matters of significance where his substantial involvement can be disclosed include advising:
In the field of Arbitration
- Advising TP SA in relation to the enforcement of an international arbitration tribunal award in Poland in a dispute with a Dutch company DPTG, over the calculation of the remuneration due to DPTG in relation to building the North-South Line fiber optical telecommunications system in Poland; the value of claim is DKK 2.4bn
- Acting for the Minister of the Polish State Treasury in arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL rules relating to a multi-party dispute between Vivendi S.A., Vivendi Telecom International, Deutsche Telekom AG, Elektrim S.A., Elektrim's bondholders, Zygmunt Solorz-Żak and our client (for ca. EUR 2.5bn), involving shareholding rights in the leading Polish telecoms firm, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC), operator of the Era mobile network; the value of claim is EUR 2.5bn
- a leading telecommunications provider in international arbitration proceedings in relation to contractual claims arising as a result of a service supply arrangement
In the field of Litigation
- Advising MasterCard in relation to various proceedings initiated by the Polish competition authorities against MasterCard, Visa and a number of Polish banks over alleged irregularities in the process of setting interchange fees for payment card settlements
- Advising a leading Polish bank in relation to claims for damages brought by a number of individuals for alleged client negligence
- Representing NCC, a Scandinavian construction group, in arbitration proceedings concerning the alleged unfounded enforcement of performance during construction of the Berlin-Warsaw A2 motorway in Poland
- Acting on behalf of BGŻ, a major Polish bank, in relation to a multi-million euro claim against Towarzystwo Leasingu i Finansów CLIF S.A. (Clif) under a number of credit facilities extended to Clif and terminated by the bank due to defaults by the latter
- Advising a subsidiary of Millennium Bank in relation to a dispute concerning the recognition of legal acts as being ineffective (actio pauliana), with the range of the claim being circa PLN 160m
- Advising Cap Gemini Polska in a dispute lodged by the bankruptcy receiver of Pamotex SA, once a major Polish textile producer, over alleged professional negligence in preparing a report forecasting the development of certain segments of the Polish and selected foreign textile product markets
Professional experience
2011 - to date Counsel, Head of Litigation, Linklaters Warsaw
2005 - 2011 Managing Associate, Head of Litigation, Linklaters Warsaw
1999 - 2005 Senior Associate and Managing Associate, Linklaters Warsaw
1994 - 1999 Associate and Senior Associate, Law Office „INTERPRET”
1986 - 1994 Assistant Judge and Judge of District Court for the City of Warsaw
1984 - 1986 Trainee, Voivodship Court, Warsaw
Education
1979 - 1984 University of Warsaw, Master in Law
Languages
English, Polish
