Pawel Pietkiewicz

Experience: Litigation: Represented a European airline and 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 and 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 and BBBs.; Represented insurance companies, including AIG, Allianz, PZU and foreign insurers, in claim processing and court proceedings in dozens of litigations related to property insurance.; Product Liability: Represented a tobacco manufacturer in numerous individual and 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 and 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 handled 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 and 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 handled 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 Poland (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 and a leading producer of synthetic fuels (ICC Rules of Arbitration).; Acted as presiding arbitrator in a dispute between a state gambling monopoly and a licensee (ICC Rules of Arbitration).; Acted as presiding arbitrator in a dispute between construction companies and 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 and a Polish entity (Arbitration Court of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw).; Acted as an arbitrator in a dispute between a Dutch entity and 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 Poland (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 and 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 and Greek parties in recognition and enforcement proceedings of arbitration awards.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Pietkiewicz prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokinski sp.k.