Damian is an attorney-at-law in the Dispute Resolution and White Collar Crime practice with over 10 years of experience in litigation, arbitration and criminal law.​

Damian’s practice covers complex commercial disputes before Polish courts and international arbitral tribunals, including proceedings under the ICC, LCIA, ICDR and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as before the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG). His arbitration experience includes construction and real estate disputes, transactional and corporate matters, and IT-related claims.​

Within the firm Damian also deals with fraud recovery cases, advising foreign companies and individuals on the tracing, preservation and recovery of funds transferred to Polish bank accounts as a result of Business Email Compromise (BEC), invoice fraud, payment diversion and other forms of payment fraud. His work in this area spans the full range of legal tools available in Poland, from urgent criminal complaints and asset preservation orders to bank-level interventions and civil claims against account holders and other liable parties.​

Damian is a member of the Audit Committee of the Polish Arbitration Association (PAA).

 

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Education

  • Master’s degree in Law, University of Lodz

Languages

  • English
  • Russian

Main areas

Other areas

Selected projects

  • Representing capital companies in criminal proceedings brought against debtors who transferred their assets to other entities in order to prevent effective enforcement of receivables
  • Representing management board members of capital companies in criminal proceedings concerning actions to the detriment of the company involving the illegal transfer of assets
  • Representing the proxy of a well-known fuel company in pre-trial and court proceedings concerning allegations of tax fraud using a disappearing taxpayer (tax carousel); representing the client in pre-trial detention proceedings
  • Representing a global advisory firm before the Polish common courts in disputes with minority shareholders arising from an allegedly incorrectly calculated share exchange ratio applied when merging energy companies (PLN 600 mln)
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  • Representing a German insurance company in litigation concerning post-warranty motor vehicle damage
  • Representing a Dutch company, operating on the commodities market and trading in oil, coal and natural gas, in a case concerning the enforceability in Poland of foreign arbitral awards
  • Representing Polish real estate companies in over 30 court proceedings concerning their title to real estate
  • Appearing before British courts as an expert in Polish law in cases concerning the award of damages and compensation for injuries sustained in traffic accidents