Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Team and the Infrastructure Team. He specialises in civil and commercial proceedings, cross-border disputes and arbitration proceedings conducted under rules of Polish arbitration courts. He has experience in handling proceedings regarding restructuring, excessive delays in payments in commercial transactions and acts of unfair competition. Dmytro has also been involved in due diligences of companies. He advises clients both at the pre-litigation stage and during proceedings before common and arbitration courts. His experience also includes handling infrastructure disputes between contracting entities and contractors, financial disputes between entrepreneurs and consumers as well as disputes involving entities from the aviation, military, TMT and FMCG sectors.
Selected projects
- representation of general contractors in court proceedings against GDDKiA regarding payments for additional works;
- representation of a leading supplier of professional electronic equipment for the Polish Armed Forces in court proceedings against the State Treasury – Armament Agency;
- representation of a Danish leading supplier of solutions for the chocolate, bakery and confectionery industry in arbitration proceedings against a contracting entity;
- representation of an EU top home improvement retail chain in disputes with a carrier, resulting in a court settlement;
- representation of companies from the energy sector in court proceedings against PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Warsaw regarding payment of receivables arising from invoices and payment of contractual penalties;
- representation of a company managing supply chains of, among others, McDonald’s Polska sp. z o. o. with its registered office in Warsaw and Costa Coffee Polska S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw in disputes with suppliers;
- representation of a manager of the national railway network in court and arbitration proceedings against a company exercising corporate governance over companies from the PKP Group;
- representation of Polish airlines in court proceedings against insurers regarding payment of the aerocasco insurance;
- representation of an agent running bank establishments in court proceedings against Alior Bank S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw regarding payment of compensation and redress of damage resulting from improper performance of an obligation.
Professional experience
- since 2024 JDP DRAPAŁA & PARTNERS
- 2019–2024 Kochański & Partners
- 2019 White & Case
- 2019 Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
- 2017 District Prosecutor’s Office for Białystok-Północ in Białystok
Languages
- Polish
- English
- Russian
- Ukrainian