Michał Kocur

Practice Areas

Michał Kocur regularly sits as an arbitrator, in both international (ICC and VIAC, ad hoc) and national arbitral institutions. He was entered on the roster of arbitrators of VIAC, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce and the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration. Michał serves as counsel in arbitration and national court proceedings. He represents clients in commercial and corporate and disputes as well real property and construction matters.

Career

Before establishing Kocur & Partners, Michał was the founding partner of Wozniak Kocur (2007-2014), a dispute resolution boutique law firm. He also worked at Allen & Overy (1999-2005) and Gide Loyrette Nouel (2005-2006).

Professional Memberships

Warsaw Bar Association

Secretary General of the Polish Arbitration Association

Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage)

Member of the LCIA European Users' Council (London Court of International Arbitration)

Publications

Michał’s following publications are available in English:

• Case Management in Arbitration: A View from Poland, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 5 November 2019 (http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2019/11/05/case-management-in-arbitration-a-view-from-poland/)

• The Polish Arbitration Survey 2019. Case Management in Arbitration (https://arbitrationsurvey.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/polish-arbitration-survey-2019-eng.pdf)

• Why Civil Law Lawyers Do Not Need the Prague Rules, Prague Rules, June 2018 (http://praguerules.com/upload/iblock/a41/a41366c67308ea1286a4d3a3a3fde2a7.pdf) and http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2018/08/19/why-lawyers-from-civil-law-jurisdictions-do-not-need-the-prague-rules/ ).

• Arbitrate in Poland Like It’s 2016, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 23 August 2016 (http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/2016/08/23/arbitrate-in-poland-like-its-2016/)

• The Polish Arbitration Survey 2016 (http://kocurpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Polish-Arbitration-Survey-2016-eng-2.pdf)

• Chapter in ‘Retention of Title in and out of Insolvency’, Globe Law and Business, December 2015 (http://www.globelawandbusiness.com/books/retention-of-title-in-and-out-of-insolvency)

• Witness Statements in Commercial Arbitration [in:] The Challenges and the Future of Commercial and Investment Arbitration. Liber Amicorum Professor Jerzy Rajski, Warsaw 2015 (http://kocurpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Witness-Statements-in-International-Commercial-Arbitration.pdf)

• The Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce Adopts New Rules, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 5 December 2014 (http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/2014/12/05/the-court-of-arbitration-at-the-polish-chamber-of-commerce-adopts-new-rules/)

• Polish Decisions on Submission to Jurisdiction, Conflict of Laws.net, 22 April 2014 (http://conflictoflaws.net/2014/polish-decision-on-submission-to-jurisdiction/)

Personal

Michał is a graduate of the University of Silesia in Katowice (1998) and holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from the Central European University in Budapest (1999). He has published various articles on arbitration, civil procedure and commercial law. Michał speaks English and French.

Contact details

Kocur & Partners

ul. Wspólna 35/7

00-519 Warsaw, Poland

tel.: +48 22 622 15 62

[email protected]