Anita is a Doctor of Law (Ph.D. holder), advocate and Managing Associate in WKB Lawyers based in Warsaw. She is a member of the dispute resolution team. Recommended in the Legal 500 EMEA ranking for Dispute Resolution, laureate of the “Rising Stars – Lawyers Leaders of Tomorrow” competition by Wolters Kluwer Polska.
A graduate of the University of Warsaw, the Hague Academy of Private International Law and the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris.
She authored a Ph.D. dissertation titled “State in international commercial arbitration”.
Anita represents clients in commercial disputes before the common courts and the Polish Supreme Court, as well as in investment, commercial and sports arbitrations.
She specializes in disputes with a cross-border element, corporate disputes, disputes concerning the implementation of investment agreements and projects, and post-M&A disputes.
She is a recommended arbitrator at the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration and the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce and has been appointed as a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Lewiatan Arbitration Court.
Selected experiences
Advised, among others:
- enterprises in a variety of industries in corporate disputes between the shareholders of public companies;
- enterprises in a variety of industries in cross-border disputes (contract disputes, including shareholders agreements and torts) before common courts and arbitration tribunals, including before the ICC, SCC, Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (SAKIG), Court of Arbitration at the Polish Confederation Lewiatan, and ad hoc tribunals;
- the awarding entity in infrastructure disputes concerning public utility facilities with their contractors;
- the contractors of public utility facilities in disputes with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) and with their sub-contractors;
- was a member of a team representing an foreign investor in a dispute with the Polish state;
- aviation companies in cases related to their business activities before common courts, as well as before the Court of Justice of the European Union;
- third party funders regarding the due diligence of potential claims;
- employers in employment disputes with a cross-border elements;
- publishing companies in cases concerning the infringement of intellectual property rights;
- urban communes in cases concerning grants/subsidies, including disputes with the State Treasury.
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