Piotr Wilinski

Piotr is a Managing Associate (Knowledge) in Linklaters’ Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations practice group in Amsterdam. He specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration. In his role, Piotr conducts research on complex legal issues and analyses developments relevant to his practice group. He contributes to Linklaters' internal courses, academic publications and organization of external events.

Piotr regularly publishes articles on international arbitration, acts as a mentor to younger generations of arbitration lawyers (Young ICCA Mentorship Programme, MAA Mentorship Programme) and is a member of RAI, Young ICCA, ICC YAF and LCIA YIAG amongst others.

Next to his work at Linklaters, Piotr is an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus University and teaches international commercial arbitration as well as investment arbitration. His research focuses on powers of the arbitral tribunals, intersection between climate change and arbitration as well as intra-EU disputes. Piotr acts as an Academic Coordinator of International Arbitration variation of Commercial Law LLM.

Prior to joining Linklaters, Piotr worked as an inhouse counsel and as a full time academic before taking up Professional Support Lawyer in two leading Dutch firms as of 2018. 

Next to his work at Linklaters, he continues to work at the Erasmus University as an Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of International Arbitration (LLM). He also co-leads the Research Group on Sustainability in Arbitration and Investment Law (Erasmus University) and volunteer to mentor young lawyers in different professional mentorship programmes.

Piotr studied law at the University of Wroclaw. He holds Commercial Law LLM from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, where he also obtained his PhD on Excess of Powers in International Commercial Arbitration (awarded Honourable Mention at the CEPANI Academic Prize). He speaks Polish, English, Dutch and French.

Piotr's published works include:

• Excess of Powers in International Commercial Arbitration
  
• Transparency in international arbitration as a catalyst to combat climate change: is it time to embrace democratised access to data in climate change related disputes?
• Interaction between international commercial arbitration and EU law before the award is rendered