Attorney-at-law in the Litigation and Arbitration Team, the Infrastructure Team. He specialises in civil law and administrative law. Author of over 70 scientific publications in the field of civil law (general part, property law, law of obligations) and public law. His publications on civil law deal with such issues as liability for the so called indirect damage, rebus sic stantibus clause, obligations denominated in foreign currencies, construction contracts and cooperative law. Co-author of the Commentary to the Civil Code edited by Konrad Osajda (Legalis – electronic edition, C.H. Beck – 2013 and 2017 printed editions), commentary to the act on repayment of certain outstanding amounts owed to companies resulting from performance of public contracts (Wolters Kluwer – Lex 2012 electronic edition, C.H. Beck – 2013 printed edition). Author of the commentary to the act of 21 June 1990 on return of benefits groundlessly gained to the detriment of the State Treasury or other state-owned legal persons (C.H. Beck – Legalis 2018, ed. K. Osajda).
Scientific activity
- habilitated doctor of juridical science
- since 2019 assistant in the Regional and Global Studies Department, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
- 2012–2019 assistant professor in the Section of Law and International Institutions, Institute of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Professional experience
- since 2019 JDP DRAPAŁA & PARTNERS
- 2014–2017 Bureau of Research of the Chancellery of the Sejm
- 2010–2014 Salans/Dentons
- 2007–2011 Dąbrówka Municipality Office
- 2006–2007 Clifford Chance
Education
- 2007–2011 Warsaw Bar Association, adviser trainee
- 2006–2011 full-time PhD studies at the Institute of Civil Law, Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw – PhD thesis defended with honours on 18.04.2011 – degree of Doctor of Juridical Science in the field of law
- 2005–2008 British Law Centre and European Law Centre at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw
- 2002–2007 master’s degree in International Relations in the field of European Integration, Institute of International Relations at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw, honours degree
- 2002 passed examination for candidates for members of supervisory boards of state-owned companies
- 2001–2006 master’s degree in law sciences, Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, honours degree
Selected publications
- Time-related consequences of legal transactions, pub. C.H. Beck, series: Private Law Institutions, Warsaw 2019
- [in:] Commentaries to Private Law. Volume I. Civil Code. Commentary. General part. Introductory provisions of the Civil Code. Notary Public Act, ed. K. Osajda, Warsaw 2017
- [in:] Commentaries to Private Law. Volume II. Civil Code. Commentary. Ownership and other real rights. Act on land and mortgage registers and on mortgage. Act on registered pledge and register of pledges, ed. K. Osajda, Warsaw 2017
- [in:] Commentaries to Private Law. Volume IIIA. Civil Code. Commentary
- [in:] Commentaries to Private Law. Volume IIIB. Civil Code. Commentary. Obligations. Specific part. Act on payment deadlines, ed. K. Osajda, Warsaw 2017
- Act of 21 June 1990 on return of benefits groundlessly gained to the detriment of the State Treasury or other state-owned legal persons. De lege lata and de lege ferenda comments [in:] Law and State. Jubilee book for 200th anniversary of the General Counsel to the Republic of Poland, ed. L. Bosek, Warsaw 2017
- Civil liability for indirect infringement of personal interests, pub. Wolters Kluwer Polska, series: Monographs, Warsaw 2013
- [in:] Act on repayment of certain outstanding amounts owed to companies resulting from performance of public contracts. Commentary, pub. C.H. Beck, series: Beck’s Short Commentaries, Warsaw 2013
