Clifford Chance
Karolina Rozycka is a partner in the Firm's International Arbitration Group.
Karolina's practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration as well as annulment proceedings and enforcement actions in France and worldwide. She advises major corporate clients on complex and high value disputes, involving a variety of arbitration seats, applicable laws and arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, ADCCAC, ICDR-AAA, etc). She acts as both counsel and arbitrator.
Karolina's experience encompasses a range of dispute types and business sectors, including mining & natural resources, energy, aerospace & defence, post M&A/joint ventures, construction, general commercial disputes as well as disputes involving allegations of corruption/illegality. Karolina has also substantial experience in risk advisory & dispute management as well as other types of ADR such as mediation.
Karolina lectures at various universities in arbitration/international dispute resolution and regularly speaks and writes on related issues. She is also part of the steering committee of the Concours d’Arbitrage International de Paris (CAIP) and is active in other arbitration-related initiatives. She is recognised in Legal 500 and other directories such as Lexology (WWL).
- Advising a consortium of European companies against a State in a dispute arising out of a contract for the procurement of complex military defense equipment. The claims exceed USD 3.5 billion.
- Representing a Mauritius investment firm in a major ICC arbitration against a DRC State company. This dispute arises from the revocation of the investor's lithium mining exploitation permit to exploit the Manono lithium and tin territory. The claims exceeded USD 900 million.
- Representing a major Middle Eastern company against a global mining company in a major LCIA dispute arising out of a long-term iron ore supply agreement. Total claim value USD 8 billion.
- Advising a major Korean corporation in a major ICC arbitration arising in connection with the generation and construction of a major real estate project in Asia. The claims exceeded USD 2 billion.
- Representing a major aerospace group in numerous arbitration and litigation disputes across several common and civil law jurisdictions. The disputes involved compliance issues and arose in the context of regulatory and criminal investigations in multiple jurisdictions.
- Acting for a leading energy company in relation to an ICC arbitration against a Saudi Arabian company arising out of a failed joint venture agreement (French law; Paris seat; amount in dispute: EUR 433 million).
- Acting for a Chinese minerals distributor against a Canadian mining company in relation to a partnership for the long-term supply of iron ore, both in ICC arbitration and enforcement proceedings in the US and Canada (New York; New York seat; amount in dispute: USD 220 million).
- Representing a leading South Korean electronics company against a French chemicals company in an ICC arbitration seated in Brussels under Belgian law concerning the sale of a resin used in electronic products. Claims exceeded USD 250 million.
- Acting for a French company in an ICC arbitration against another French company arising from a contract for the supply of a steam turbo-generator.
- Regurarly representing clients in setting aside proceedings and exequatur order appeals before French courts.
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Paris
- +33144055169
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- Speaks French, Polish, English and German
- Practice area Litigation, dispute resolution & risk management
Career and qualifications
- Sciences Po Paris (Master in Economic Law) 2011
- University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Master in Global Business Law) 2011
- New York University School of Law (LL.M. in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration) 2012
- Joined Clifford Chance 2012
- Admitted as an attorney and counselor-at-law in New York State 2013
- Admitted as an avocat in Paris 2014
Professional bodies
- Member of the Paris Bar
- Member of the New York Bar