Piotr Machnikowski

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Practice Areas

Prof. Piotr Machnikowski is of counsel in the Litigation and Arbitration practice group in Dentons' Warsaw office.

With civil and business law as his areas of focus, he advises clients on complex litigation matters. He has extensive experience as an arbitrator, in permanent courts and ad hoc arbitrations, where he has participated in the resolution of numerous international and domestic disputes, often chairing arbitral tribunals. He has also taken part in legislative work as a member of the Civil Law Codification Committee of the Republic of Poland.

He is the author of numerous publications on Polish, European and comparative private law. He is known for his commentary to the Polish civil code, monographs on the law of obligations and many others.

Career

• With Dentons since 2016

• Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Law and Private International Law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wroclaw

• Member of the Civil Law Codification Committee, Ministry of Justice, 2013-2015

• Admitted to the Polish bar (2004)

Professional Memberships

• European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law

• European Law Institute

• International Academy of Comparative Law

• Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA)

• International Bar Association