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Marcin Boruc
Partner
Advocate, arbitrator and mediator. For 20 years his practice has focused on representing clients in high-profile litigation and arbitration, as well as in settlement processes (negotiation and mediation).
With our law firm since 2001.
Practice Areas
- Litigation and Arbitration
- Negotiation
Representative Experience
- Acted as attorney for an electricity producer in a lawsuit against a lignite mining company regarding the existence of a long-term lignite supply agreement
- Acted as attorney for an electricity producer in court and enforcement cases against the President of the Energy Regulatory Office and Zarządca Rozliczeń S.A. regarding stranded costs
- Acted as attorney for a US-based wind farm developer in a number of litigation cases (against one of shareholders and the former president of the management board) determining the future of the client’s Polish projects
- Acted as attorney for well-known Polish alpinists and filmmakers in a precedent-setting and widely publicized case (against the author, the publisher and a major bookstore network operator in Poland) regarding a book promoted as a fiction novel but undermining the clients’ actual achievements
- Represented a large undertaking operating in the automotive industry in a case involving around PLN 300 million claims under a privatization agreement before the Regional Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court
- Acted as attorney for an Italian-based company in litigation and enforcement proceedings related to recovery of production line machinery against its former business associate engaged in a joint innovative production project
- Acted as attorney for Italian-, UK- an US-based companies in arbitration cases regarding claims resulting from their business relationships
- Acted as attorney for an electricity trading and distribution company in litigation and administrative enforcement proceedings related to the alleged non-compliance with a decision issued by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office obliging the client to supply electricity to a steel mill that was the largest electricity consumer in Poland
- Acted as attorney for a subsidiary prosecutor in a criminal case against former members of its management board and their aiders in connection with fraud in selling real estate of a value of a few dozen million PLN (the defendants were sentenced by a final judgment to several years’ imprisonment and fines and were required to repair the damage in full by paying multimillion sums to the injured company; the cassation appeals of the convicted persons were finally dismissed by the Supreme Court)
- Acted as attorney for the owner of a large retail facility in bankruptcy proceedings concerning a lessee of that facility (retail chain operator) in the course of which (with the proceedings still pending) he successfully secured a settlement with the receiver and performance of the settlement agreement by the receiver
- Acted as attorney for a hotel operator in a number of civil, enforcement, criminal and administrative proceedings in connection with the reprivatization of Warsaw land related to hotel operations
- Acted as attorney for a Ukrainian investor in a litigation case concerning claims against that investor in connection with the alleged failure to perform obligations under the privatization agreement
- Acted as attorney for a few dozen companies active in the laboratory industry in connection with their claims against a trade fair organizer (related to cancellation of the fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
- Acted as attorney for a company active in the laboratory industry in a number of civil, enforcement, criminal and Land and Mortgage Register proceedings in connection with acts of unfair competition of a former employee
- Acted as an arbitrator (including as the presiding arbitrator) in around a dozen arbitral proceedings
- Acted as a negotiator of a settlement agreement concluded (as a result of private mediation) between a Polish distributor and a U.S. manufacturer of sports equipment
- Provided comprehensive legal services for the World Judo Championships (Kraków 2022) and acted as advisor to the Championships organizer
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member of the Warsaw Bar Association
- Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw
- Arbitrator and co-founder of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Confederation Lewiatan
- Mediator at Mediatorzy.pl mediation centre and Lewiatan Mediation Centre
- Assessor of the Certifying Institution (SWPS University) as part of the Integrated Qualifications Register (in the scope of business mediation)
- Board Member of the foundation “The Center for Innovative Education,” 2020-2021
- Secretary General of the Polish Arbitration Association, 2002-2007
- Lecturer at SWPS University (postgraduate studies “Negotiation and Mediation”)
- Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Section and the Civil Law and Civil Procedure Section at the Warsaw Bar Association
- Member of the Polish Arbitration Association
- Member of DIS Rules Clinic Settlement Facilitation Group (from 2022)
Honours
- Recognized by the international rankings of law firms and lawyers Legal 500 (2018-2024) and Who’s Who Legal (2018-2024) as one of the recommended lawyers in the area of dispute resolution in Poland
- In 2022, obtained the qualification certificate “Conducting in-court and out-of-court mediation in civil cases”
- In 2009, awarded by the National Council of Legal Advisors for the essay “Lawyers’ Mediation Sensitivity” (co-authored by Agata Gójska, PhD)
- Awarded “Pro Bono Award” granted by Chadbourne & Parke LLP (2003, 2004 and 2005)
Publications
- Wirusy w sercu znowelizowanej procedury cywilnej (English: Viruses at the heart of the amended civil procedure), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 18 March 2020
- Ślad węglowy nowej procedury cywilnej (English: Carbon footprint of the new civil procedure), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 12 February 2020
- Revolution in Polish civil procedure, co-author, in: “CEE Legal Matters”, issue 6.12, January 2020
- Wrażliwi wojownicy, czyli o pożytkach z mediacji dla prawników procesowych (English: Sensitive warriors or the benefits of mediation for litigation lawyers), in: “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 27 November 2014
- Marki w branży prawniczej (English: Brands in the legal services sector), co-author, in: “Gospodarka pod własną banderą”, (English: “The Economy under its Own Flag”), Instytut Marki Polskiej, 2001
Education
- Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, Master of Law, 1997
- Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw, 1996
- Center for American Law Studies at Faculty of Law and Administration, the University of Warsaw, 2006
Foreign Languages
- English
I am passionate about martial arts.
