Justyna Szpara, FCIArb

partner

advocate

@show email justyna.szpara@laszczuk.pl

• Arbitration
• Bankruptcy and restructuring
• business crime
• construction | infrastructure
• litigation in the courts | arbitration
• real estate

Justyna Szpara is a partner heading the Dispute Resolution Practice. She is a renowned expert in the field of international arbitration and litigation, with over 20 years of experience in legal advisory for businesses.

She has worked as counsel in high-profile international and domestic commercial arbitrations, i.a., under ICC Rules, SCC Rules, VIAC Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, LCIA Rules, Polish Chamber of Commerce Rules and Lewiatan Rules. She has represented investors in investment arbitrations. She also frequently represents clients in commercial litigations.

Justyna is listed as a recommended arbitrator by the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, Lewiatan Arbitration Court, LCIA, VIAC and SCIA. She is Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She has served as an arbitrator in more than 100 cases under ICC Rules, SCC Rules, VIAC Rules, as well as the rules of domestic institutions. She is frequently appointed as the presiding arbitrator or a sole arbitrator.

Justyna is one of the most recognized Polish lawyers in the field of dispute resolution and arbitration, regularly recommended by prestigious international rankings such: Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal and the Polish ranking of law firms organized by Rzeczpospolita.

Her social involvement includes serving as Vice-Chair to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the Vice-President of ICC Poland and the Chairperson of its Arbitration Commission.

She is the author of numerous publications on arbitration both in Poland and abroad, and a frequent speaker at conferences dedicated to this subject.

Justyna graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. In 2000, she graduated from the School of German Law at the University of Warsaw and she also studied at the University of Regensburg, Germany. In 2011, she completed advanced training on international arbitration at International Arbitration Academy in Paris.

She has been cooperating with Łaszczuk & Partners since 1999. For many years, she held the position of managing partner.

experience

• Representing an insurer in proceedings before the state courts and in ICC arbitration in a dispute over liability for injury caused by a fire at a shopping centre

• Representing an industrial client in a dispute for payment under a joint-venture agreement under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules with the place of arbitration in New Delhi

• Representing a client from the real estate industry in an ICC arbitration with an international financial institution concerning a share purchase option, with the place of arbitration in London

• Representing an investor in arbitration under the bilateral investment treaty between Poland and the Netherlands

• Representing a client in the telecommunications industry in a multi-billion-dollar dispute over control of a leading mobile phone operator, including representation in post-arbitration proceedings, judicial proceedings, and related investment arbitration

• Representing a client from the consulting industry in ad-hoc arbitration concerning exclusion of a partner from the partnership

• Advice in an arbitration dispute concerning an option to acquire shares and assume control over an SPV company operating a heat and power plant

• Representing a general contractor in a dispute with the investor concerning repayment of amounts drawn under a bank guarantee and defective performance of construction work on a residential building

education

• Advanced training on international arbitration at International Arbitration Academy in Paris

• Qualified as an advocate

• Department of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw

• Law studies, University of Regensburg

organizations

• Polish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce - Vice President of ICC Poland and the President of the Arbitration Commission

• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - member of the Commission on Arbitration and ADR

• Polish Bar Council - member of the Arbitration Commission

• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) - Honorary Treasurer

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Fellow member

• ADR Arbitration and Mediation quarterly - member of the Editorial Advisory Board

Selected publications

Commercial Arbitration Know-how 2024 – Poland » »

GAR, 05/2024

Zawarcie klauzuli arbitrażowej przez odesłanie do innego dokumentu w kontekście uznawania i wykonywania wyroków arbitrażowych w międzynarodowym arbitrażu handlowym

(współautor: Aleksandra Orzeł-Jakubowska) [w:] M. Dumkiewicz, J. Szczotka, K. Kopaczyńska-Pieczniak (red.), Sto lat polskiego prawa handlowego. Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesorowi Andrzejowi Kidybie. Rozdział II, Warszawa 2020

Postępowania postarbitrażowe

[w:] A. Szumański (red.), System prawa handlowego. Tom 8. Arbitraż handlowy, C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2009

Kilka uwag o wykonalności rozstrzygnięcia o kosztach postępowania arbitrażowego w przypadku braku właściwości sądu polubownego do rozstrzygnięcia sporu

[w:] Jelonek-Jarco Barbara, Kos Rafał, Zawadzka Julita (red.), Usus magister est optimus. Rozprawy prawnicze ofiarowane Profesorowi Andrzejowi Kubasowi. Warszawa 2016

Regulamin Arbitrażowy Sądu Arbitrażowego przy KIG

Komentarz, M. Łaszczuk, A. Szumański (red.)