About Pawel Pietkiewicz

Pawel Pietkiewicz is the Head of the Litigation and Arbitration Practice at the Greenberg Traurig Warsaw Office. He advises domestic and international clients across a wide range of litigation and arbitration cases. Pawel has extensive experience as an arbitrator in proceedings conducted on the basis of the rules of Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, and the Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Pawel has been involved in a number of group actions representing banks, insurers, developers and other firms. Pawel also has extensive experience in product liability cases.

Pawel is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Polish Arbitration Committee, and the ICC Task Force on Decisions as to Costs. He was also the Chairman of the Appointing Committee of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration and is entered on the list of arbitrators of that court.

Concentrations

•Commercial arbitration
•Commercial litigation
•Insurance claims
•Post M&A disputes
•Product liability

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

Chambers Global:
•Band 2 in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (2016-2026)
•Band 3 in Litigation: The Elite (2026)
•Band 3 in Dispute Resolution (2024-2025)
•Band 2 in Dispute Resolution (2020-2023)
•Band 2 in Most in Demand Arbitrators (2015-2021)
•Band 1 in Dispute Resolution (2015-2019)
Chambers Europe:
•Band 2 in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (2017-2026)
•Band 3 in Dispute Resolution (2024-2026)
•Band 2 in Dispute Resolution (2020-2023)
•Band 2 in Most in Demand Arbitrators (2015-2021)
•Band 1 in Dispute Resolution (2015-2019)
Legal 500 EMEA:
•Hall of Fame in Dispute Resolution (2018, 2020-2026)
•Recommended in White Collar Crime (2020-2024)
•Leading Individual in Dispute Resolution (2015-2020)
•Listed, Lexology Index
•Arbitration, Highly Recommended, 2026
•Commercial Litigation, Thought Leader, 2025
•Product Regulation & Liability, Recommended, 2025
IFLR1000:
•Leading Lawyer in Disputes (2017)
•Leading Lawyer in Energy and Infrastructure (2017)
Benchmark Litigation Europe: Lawyer of the Year in Poland (2019), Dispute Resolution Star (2018, 2020)
Best Lawyers: Recommended in Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation (since 2010)

 

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Areas of Law

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Other 1
    • International Arbitration & Litigation

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Polish
    Native
    English
    Fluent
    French
    Fluent
    Russian
    Fluent
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Litigation: Represented a European airline
    leasing companies in proceedings related to the return of a plane leased to a local operator.
    Represented a drilling company in a number of court matters related to its activities.
    Represented a Dutch party in an investigation
    in subsequent court proceedings related to misappropriation of real estate assets.
    Represented a Polish bank in a litigation brought to court by construction industry leaders against a governmental authority managing Polish national roads.
    Insurance Disputes: Represented insurance companies in a number of cases concerning D&O insurance policies
    BBBs.
    Represented insurance companies, including AIG, Allianz, PZU
    foreign insurers, in claim processing
    court proceedings in dozens of litigations related to property insurance.
    Product Liability: Represented a tobacco manufacturer in numerous individual
    class action proceedings related to claims for personal injury caused by alleged tobacco-related diseases.
    Represented numerous producers of medical products in proceedings concerning claims related to personal injury due to participation in clinical trials
    the use of such products.
    Represented producers of medical devices in proceedings related to claims arising from the use of such devices.
    Represented producers of consumer goods in proceedings related to claims arising from the use of such goods.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Pietkiewicz prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.
    Group Actions/Collective Redress: Represented a bank in a case concerning a claim by over 1,200 individuals in connection with overpayments of credit installments denominated in a foreign currency.
    Advised a developer in a case concerning residents' claims related to building defects.
    Represented a bank in a case concerning the activity of an agent of the bank.
    Represented a bank in a case concerning the increased amount of mortgage loan installments due to deferring the repayment of part of the principal
    interest.
    Represented an insurer in a group action concerning a claim for the reimbursement of a back-end-load fee collected by the insurer for the termination of a unit-linked life insurance agreement.
    Advised an insurer with respect to a group action against it for reimbursement of the amounts retained after the payment of the surrender value for the termination of a unit-linked life insurance agreement.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Pietkiewicz prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.
    Arbitration: Acted as sole arbitrator in a post M&A dispute between Russian parties (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as presiding arbitrator in an international construction dispute regarding final settlement between parties in a construction consortium (Lewiatan Arbitration Court in Warsaw).
    Acted as counsel to an Employer in a construction arbitration regarding one of the major construction projects in Pol
    (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as counsel to a major real estate fund in a post M&A arbitration dispute (Arbitration Court at the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).
    Acted as counsel to a party in a post M&A dispute regarding an investment in a wind farm project (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as sole arbitrator in a dispute between a construction company
    a leading producer of synthetic fuels (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as presiding arbitrator in a dispute between a state gambling monopoly
    a licensee (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as presiding arbitrator in a dispute between construction companies
    a south-eastern European state related to construction of road infrastructure (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as counsel to a party in an arbitration dispute regarding acquisition of shares of a Polish entity (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as an arbitrator in a corporate dispute over the ownership of shares between an Irish investor
    a Polish entity (Arbitration Court of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).
    Acted as an arbitrator in a dispute between a Dutch entity
    a Polish car manufacturer regarding financing of car manufacturing operations (Lewiatan Arbitration Court in Warsaw).
    Advised a Polish party in arbitration proceedings related to its failed investment in a south-eastern European state (Vienna Arbitration Rules).
    Acted as counsel to a party in a post M&A arbitration dispute related to an investment in an automotive distribution network (ICC Rules of Arbitration).
    Acted as counsel to a foreign party in a number of corporate disputes, including a dispute regarding a company's dissolution (UNCITRAL ad hoc Rules of Arbitration).
    Represented a foreign party in arbitration proceedings related to the acquisition of a business in Pol
    (Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).
    Acted as counsel to a Polish party providing construction designs for big structures in a dispute regarding the collapse of a building in a south-eastern European state (ad hoc arbitration).
    Acted as counsel to a consulting company related to damage allegedly caused by the professional negligence of that company (Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).
    Acted as counsel to a Polish party which lost its financing due to the withdrawal of its partner from a joint venture (Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).
    Acted counsel to an American party disputing a sale
    exclusivity agreement (International Centre for Dispute Resolution).
    Acted as counsel to a Polish entity in a dispute with a Chinese supplier of bathroom fixtures (CIETAC Arbitration Court).
    Acted as counsel to construction companies in various arbitration proceedings.
    Acted as counsel to Polish, Romanian
    Greek parties in recognition
    enforcement proceedings of arbitration awards.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Pietkiewicz prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2000, Poland
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Warsaw Bar Association
    •International Advisory Board Member, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (2023-2025)

  • Education & Certifications
    Other Education
    University of Warsaw
    Studies at the Sociology Department

    Utrecht University
    Studies on European Law

    Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
    Studies on French Civil and Commercial Law

    The University of Warsaw
    Master of Law

    Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
    DEA Droit International Private on Private International Law and International Arbitration

    Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
    French Civil and Commercial Law

    Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
    DEA Droit International Private on Private International Law and International Arbitration

    Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
    French Civil and Commercial Law
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1970
    Poland, February 12, 1970

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    Pawel Pietkiewicz speaks Polish, French, Russian, Native, Fluent, Fluent and Fluent.
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