Karolina Brzeska | White & Case LLP International Law Firm, Global Law Practice

Karolina Brzeska

Associate, Warsaw

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Overview

Karolina Brzeska specializes in conducting litigation and arbitration, in particular regarding disputes arising from infrastructure investments (including based on FIDIC book).

Karolina's experience also includes advising on commercial disputes with cross-border elements and labor law disputes.

Before joining White & Case, Karolina gained her experience in leading Polish law firms.

Bars and Courts

  • Advocate trainee, Regional Bar Chamber in Warsaw

Education

  • ICC Arbitration School, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University, (in cooperation with the ICC)
  • English and European Law Centre at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, (in cooperation with Cambridge University)
  • School of Spanish Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
  • Master of law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
  • Master of Spanish Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, Institute of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Warsaw

Languages

  • Polish
  • English
  • Spanish

Experience

Advising a consortium of general contractors in litigation against the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways.

Advising a general contractor in a dispute concerning the expansion of a coal mine.

Advising a general contractor in a dispute concerning the alteration of an office building.

Participating in a due diligence process for one of the largest telecommunication firms in connection with a takeover by an international group.

Representation of a foreign construction company and foreign bank in court proceedings concerning the obligation to pay a bank guarantee securing a contract for the construction of a motorway in Poland, which the parties rescinded.