Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Band 1
About
Provided by Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz
Practice Areas
Beata is a founding partner, recognised international arbitrator, she has decided more than 150 cases in domestic and international arbitration (conducted under ICC, SCC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, FCC, IAA, SCAI, Lewiatan, KIG, NDS, SIDiR rules) in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, construction, energy law and international commercial contracts.
Career
She combines her career as an arbitrator with her academic activities. In 2023, she was appointed to the Scientific Council of the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
She has given guest lectures at, among others, Stockholm University, Humbolt University, University of Leicester, Queen Mary University London, and the Virtual Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration of the Royal Institute of Arbitration in London (CIArb).
Professional Memberships
Member of advisory bodies and working groups of the world’s largest arbitration institutions: the ICC Committee on Arbitration and ADR, the SCC Arbitrators’ Council, the ICDR/AAA ICDR Rules Revision Task Force and the International Bar Association Council Task Force for the revision of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration. Chair of the Audit Committee of the Polish Private Equity Association (PSIK), member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Arbitration Association.