Marek Świątkowski

Practice Areas

Specialises in advising businesses on civil and commercial law, particularly in M&A, due diligences and vendor due diligences, investment agreements and commercial contracts. He has advised both buyers and sellers, including private equity funds, on over a hundred projects involving domestic and international mergers and acquisitions.

He supports the development of foreign investments in Poland, advising companies investing in special economic zones.

He has handled numerous restructuring projects for domestic and international capital groups, inter alia, mergers, transformations, demergers and liquidations.

Attorney ad litem in arbitration proceedings based on investment treaties and adviser to investors and the State Treasury in numerous BIT-based proceedings. Arbitrator at the Arbitration Court of the Polish Chamber of Commerce. An expert in the field of bankruptcy and liquidation.

Professional Memberships

Member of the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.

Publications

Author of numerous publications, including:

[CETA – a revolution in investment arbitration too], Przegląd Prawa Handlowego 2017, no. 1

[Enforcement of awards issued in investment arbitration] in: Anniversary Book Dedicated to Dr Maciej Tomaszewski, Warsaw 2016

[Is a court judgment an ‘investment’ within the meaning of investment treaties?] in: Arbitration and Mediation, Anniversary Book dedicated to Dr A. Tynel, Warsaw 2012