Marek Furtek elected President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce for a third consecutive term

On 27 November 2014, the board of the Polish Chamber of Commerce appointed Marek Furtek, partner at FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz, to the position of President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce for a third consecutive term of office running between 2015-2018. Marek Furtek has held the position of the President of the Court of Arbitration at the PCC since 26 March 2009.   

An arbitrator or representative in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings before permanent courts (including SAKIG, VIAC, ICC, ZBP) and ad hoc courts. Additionally Marek Furtek has relevant experience as an arbitrator in proceedings involving the State Treasury and in disputes over infrastructure projects.

His involvement in representing both Polish and international clients has been consistently appreciated in international rankings, including latest editions of Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and Legal 500 EMEA 2014.

In his coming term of office, Marek Furtek intends to follow the principal direction of the court’s present activity:

- I think that we need to focus on promoting arbitration as an efficient and professional means of dispute resolution between business entities, as well as on creating a legislative environment which facilitates the development of arbitration – he says. Other objectives are to strengthen the position of the Court of Arbitration at the PCC as the largest and the most prestigious Polish institution of arbitration and to reinforce its presence internationally.