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Julia Dyras

Advocate

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  • Polish
  • English
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Julia Dyras is an advocate and a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution Department at CMS.

She specialises in arbitration and litigation, including in complex high-value disputes. Her particular area of interest is international and domestic arbitration. She provides comprehensive legal assistance both in ad hoc arbitration proceedings conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and in arbitration proceedings before arbitral institutions (e.g. ICC, SCC, Lewiatan Arbitration Court, Arbitration Court at the National Chamber of Commerce). Her practice also includes representation in disputes following M&A transactions and in shareholder disputes. She specialises in advising entities in the energy and infrastructure, technology, transport and construction sectors.

Julia is registered in the list of recommended arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Lewiatan Confederation. She actively participates in the initiatives of ArbCEE, an association of the arbitration and ADR community in CEE.

She regularly participates as a speaker in training courses and conferences on international arbitration. She has participated in training courses organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 

Julia is also actively involved in the CMS pro bono legal aid programme.

She is recommended in Legal 500 ranking in the area of dispute resolution and in Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) in the Arbitration Future Leaders – Non-Partners category as a Future Leader. 

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Malgorzata Surdek and Julia Dyras are excellent partners for handling a complicated case. Not only with regard to purely legal matters but especially technical topics, where they have excellent access to the core of the dispute."
    Legal 500 EMEA 2020

Relevant experience

  • An international market leader in the heavy lifting and transport sector in a dispute with a contractor concerning remuneration for additional works performed. The matter required an innovative approach which successfully provided the client with injunctive relief and full security of its monetary claim during the proceedings.  
  • A global leader in the forming technology sector in a dispute related to business interruption losses incurred by a company in relation to a breakdown. 
  • A private equity fund in relation to a dispute concerning the amount of the purchase price due to the seller as a result of the enforcement of a call option in a share purchase agreement for shares in a company operating in the health & natural foods sector. The dispute primarily revolves around the interpretation of the contractual mechanism of calculating the purchase price. 
  • A majority shareholder of a publicly traded company in the energy sector on a highly contentious corporate dispute (comprising five parallel proceedings before several different courts across Poland) between the majority shareholder and the remaining shareholders, who had taken actions to push our client out of the company by replacing the entire supervisory board and voting on several crucial share-capital increases. The dispute strategy employed allowed the client to obtain injunctions that fully secured its interests in the proceedings, all of which were concluded favourably for the client.  
  • AXA in relation to two group proceedings regarding insurance contracts with an insurance capital fund and liquidation fees.
  • A British company in bankruptcy proceedings of its debtor – a Polish naval company. The case involves highly complex issues, including the issue of the existence and effectiveness of attachments on Polish assets established as security for loans granted under English law.  
  • Anonymous client - representing the client in an investment dispute based on an agreement on the mutual promotion and protection of investments with a mining company concerning a concession for the exploration and prospection of copper and silver deposits.

Publications

  • 2013 - The International Arbitration Review, Fourth ed (Chapter "Poland"), James H. Carter (ed.).

Memberships & Roles

  • Advocate, Warsaw Bar of Advocates.
  • Member - Arbitration and Mediation Committee of the Warsaw Bar Council.
  • Member - Young ICCA association.
  • Member - Arbitral Women.
  • Member - Organising Committee of the Lewiatan Arbitration Moot (the largest moot court competition for legal trainees in Poland).

Education

  • Post-graduate diploma in bankruptcy and restructuring law, Łazarski University, Warsaw.
  • Master of Laws, Jagiellonian University, Cracow.
  • American Law Program, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Cracow.
Practice Areas

Further reading

  • CMS number one in Polish arbitration competition

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