Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek
Specialist, Gessel Attorneys at Law
[email protected]PhD, managing associate, attorney-at-law. She specialises in arbitration and litigation. Her practice focuses on various disputes with business law aspects, including ones arising from M&A transactions and from construction and infrastructure projects.
Represents clients before the general courts and in arbitration proceedings (at, among other forums, the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, the International Arbitration Association, the Arbitration Court of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, and the Arbitration Court of Lewiatan Confederation, and also in ad hoc proceedings). Also serves as secretary to Polish and international arbitration tribunals. She is a member of the GESSEL for Climate team that prepared the unprecedented climate lawsuits against Polish government.
Joanna is an author of numerous publications in the realms of arbitration, law of obligations, and comparative law. In 2020 she was awarded with a PhD title on the basis of thesis "Legal effectiveness of actio Pauliana in Polish and German law".
As part of her pro bono work, cooperates with the Po DRUGIE Foundation dedicated to supporting at-risk youth.