Przemysław Drapała

Prof. Drapala has over 20 years’ experience in domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, especially with focus on construction disputes. Head of Litigation and Arbitration Team. He represents and advises leading contractors and private investors in proceedings before Polish common courts and Supreme Court as well as arbitral tribunals concerning complex construction and infrastructure projects. He also acts for companies from the automotive and real estate industries, manufacturers and suppliers of technology and financial institutions.

Partner at JDP since 2008. Professor of Civil Law, Head of the Department of Civil Law at the Kozminski University in Warsaw.

Member of the Board of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of ICC Poland, member of Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, member of the Polish Arbitration Association, chairman of the Expert Group on Law and Legislation of the Polish Association of Construction Employers, member of the Public Procurement Council, member of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA).

Author of over 100 publications on civil and commercial law and arbitration, including The Construction Contract. Legal Character and Nature, C.H.Beck, Warsaw 2025 (author); System Prawa Prywatnego [Private Law System], vol. 5, 6 and 7 (Prawo zobowiązań – część ogólna, Prawo zobowiązań – część szczegółowa [Obligations law – general part, Obligations law – specific part] C.H. Beck, 2006–2020); co-author together with judges of the Supreme Court of a commentary to the Civil Code (Kodeks cywilny. Komentarz. Zobowiązania – część szczegółowa [Civil Code. Commentary. Obligations – specific part]), J. Gudowski (ed.), Wolters Kluwer, 2013–2017); author of monographs “Umowy odnoszące się do osób trzecich” [Contracts relating to third parties] (C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2016); “Prowadzenie cudzych spraw bez zlecenia” [Negotiorum gestio] (C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2010), “Przejęcie długu, przejęcie praw i obowiązków z umowy” [Take-over of debt and rights and obligations under an agreemen] (C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2016)