Investment arbitration

We help investors to resolve disputes via international investment arbitration (i.e. in a neutral forum outside the jurisdiction of the state which is being sued).

Investment arbitration is an alternative to litigation before the common courts of the state being sued.

We not only represent clients during arbitration proceedings, but also advise as early as the investment planning stage, on optimising the form and structure of the investment to ensure that you benefit fully from the protection of international law.

We help to draft agreements between investors and the state authorities where the investment project is implemented.

How can we help?

  • Advising at the investment planning stage;
  • Optimising an investment’s form and structure to ensure maximum protection of international law;
  • Preparing agreements between investors and state authorities;
  • Advising on every stage of disputes concerning ongoing investments;
  • Assessing how international law protective mechanisms may apply to investments;
  • Assessing alleged violations of international law;
  • Negotiating amicable resolutions of disputes;
  • Preparing realistic, cost-effective litigation strategies;
  • Managing arbitration proceedings.

Selected projects

  • Representing the respondent in arbitration proceedings instituted by Servier and others based on a bilateral investment treaty
  • Supporting an international legal team which represented a claimant in arbitration based on a bilateral investment treaty
  • Advising the Polish state in post-arbitration proceedings initiated by Flamingo DutyFree Shop to enforce a judgment of a foreign arbitral tribunal
  • Planning organizational structures to maximise the protection that international investment law offers to foreign investments made by Polish investors
  • Assessing the grounds for initiating proceedings pursuant to international investment treaties, issuing opinions on the related risks and costs
  • Representing parties in numerous commercial arbitration proceedings, both at an international level (inc. at the ICC, LCIA and ICDR/AAA) and domestic level (inc. before the Lewiatan Arbitration Court and the Polish Chamber of Commerce’s Court of Arbitration)
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