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Urszula Wiśniewska

Partner

Legal counsel

Urszula Wiśniewska

Specialisation

  • Energy and natural resources
  • Public procurement law
  • Corporate law and mergers and acquisitions

Experience

Advising in complex M&A transactions in the energy sector.

Advising in litigations in connection with the power purchase agreements and green certificates with the highest litigation value of PLN 4 billion.

Legal advisory to renewable energy companies.

Professional practice

2007-2012 — Fellow in the Department of Public Procurement Law at Cracow University of Economics

2007-2010 — Trainee at the regional court in Cracow

2010-2017 — Porwisz and Partners

2017-2019 — Director of the Legal Department at GK TAURON

2019-2020 — Managing Director at GK TAURON

Since 2020 — Porwisz and Partners

Education

Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University

MBA, Cracow University of Economics and Cracow School of Business CUE

ICAN Leadership Program

Publications

Among others:

"Capacity Market. Commentary", Filip Grzegorczyk, Urszula Wiśniewska (ed.), Lucyna Dygas, Oskar Parkitny, Paulina Piasecka, Tomasz Rytlewski, Laura Waloszczyk, Warsaw 2021.

„Legislation on managing state-owned assets. Commentary”, F. Grzegorczyk, M. Wierzbowski (ed.), U. Wiśniewska, B. Chłodzińska, K. Buszyński, P. Durzyński, K. Majewski, Warsaw 2020

„Payment from profits by state-owned one-person companies—dividend or tax?”, F. Grzegorczyk, U. Walasek-Walczak, Warsaw 2011

“Financial sector organisations and services”, co-author, Warsaw 2010

“Time limit for vindication of claims due to building defects” Warsaw 2010

"Exercise of claims under statutory liability for physical defects in construction work from subject of personal security", Warsaw 2010

"Exercise of claims under statutory liability for physical defects in the construction work from the subject matter of the security in rem", Warsaw 2010

“Implementation and results of obligations breaching. Draft with commentary”, Cracow 2009

"Contractual indemnity for non-pecuniary damage under British law", Warsaw 2009

"Non-material damage and the indemnity obligation of a contractual debtor in the process of Europeanization of liability rules. Part 1: Origin of the problem in European law and the concept of non-material damage", Cracow 2007

"Non-material damage and the indemnity obligation of a contractual debtor in the process of Europeanization of liability rules. Part 2: Rules of liability for non-pecuniary damage in contract law—postulates de lege ferenda", Cracow 2007

Additional achievements

Recommendation in the 2022 law firms ranking by Rzeczpospolita daily for one of the best lawyers in Poland in the area of the energy law and renewable energy

Recommendation in the 2021 law firms ranking by Rzeczpospolita daily for one of the best lawyers in Poland in the area of the energy law

Fellow at Warsaw School of Economics and Cracow University of Economics

One of the most influential in-house lawyers according to GC Powerlist Legal 500

Member of teams preparing changes to the civil code and Business Constitution – Entrepreneurs Law

Black belt (1DAN) in Karate Shotokan

Foreign languages

English