Dr. Maria Hauser-Morel
Counsel
Dr. Maria Hauser-Morel
Radca prawny (also registered with the Paris Bar (Directive 98/5/CE))
News
- HANEFELD opens office in Paris and hires former ICC Counsel Dr Maria Hauser-Morel
Effective 1 March 2020, Germany’s premier dispute resolution boutique HANEFELD has opened an office in Paris. The firm has recruited Dr. Maria Hauser-Morel, a Polish qualified lawyer admitted to the Paris bar under Directive 98/5/EC, as counsel to be based in the Paris office. After having worked for reputable Polish and international law firms in Warsaw and Paris, Maria has until recently headed the ICC Court’s case management team dealing primarily with cases in Central and Eastern Europe. For further information: Press release
Maria Hauser-Morel is based in our Paris office. She acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings, focusing on construction & engineering (specifically FIDIC model contracts) disputes, energy disputes and disputes involving states and state entities.
Maria is a Polish qualified lawyer. She is also a member of the Paris Bar (Directive 98/5/EC). Maria holds a doctorate of law from the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and a Master of European and International Business Law of the University of Saint Gallen.
Prior to joining HANEFELD, Maria worked in a reputable Polish law firm, two international law firms in Paris as well as at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. There, she headed the Case Management Team that primarily handles matters from Central and Eastern Europe, often involving sovereign States or State related entities.
Maria lectured for three years international arbitration at the University of Cracow (Poland).
She speaks Polish, English and French.
Arbitration in general
Case management of approximately 1000 ICC arbitration proceedings and scrutiny of hundreds of ICC awards (Central and Eastern Europe). Specific experience in construction & engineering (including FIDIC model contracts) disputes, energy disputes and disputes involving states and state entities.
As counsel in arbitral proceedings
ICC and ad hoc arbitral proceedings
- Construction & Engineering (special focus on FIDIC contracts), energy, distribution
- Polish, French and international contract and sales law, commercial law
Polish
- Polish
- English
- French
- Russian (basic understanding)
- Since 2020
Attorney with HANEFELD, Paris - 2012 - 2019
Counsel with the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris - 2010 - 2012
Attorney with SALANS (Arbitration Group), Paris - 2007 - 2010
Deputy Counsel with the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris - 2006 - 2007
Attorney in the Competition Law department of ALLEN & OVERY (Competition Law Department), Paris - 2006
Bar Admission (Polish bar – radca prawny) - 2006
PhD, University of Wroclaw (Poland) - 2003 - 2005
Executive Master MBL – HSG at the University of Saint Gallen (Switzerland) - 2000 - 2003
Attorney at SOLTYSIŃSKI KAWECKI SZLĘZAK (Litigation Department), Poznań and Warsaw (Poland) - 1997 - 2002
Law studies at the University of Poznań (Poland)
Lecturer at the University of Cracow (Poland) for international arbitration (2014-2017)
| Date | Event | Speech | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Paris Arbitration Week | Do and Don'ts When Choosing a Seat and Enforcing in CEE / Russia / CIS | ./. | Online event |
| 2020 | VIAC | Virtual Hearings and How to Tackle Complex Technical Issues | ./. | Online event |
| 2020 | UAA | Guerilla Tactics in Online Hearings | ./. | Online event |
| 2020 | Warsaw Arbitration Workshops | Panelist (Panel on the constitution of arbitral tribunals and conflict of interest) | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2019 | Dispute Boards in the Nordics DRBF Conference and Workshops | Panelist | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 2019 | IV Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) | Panelist | Minsk | Belarus |
| 2019 | ICC Institute of World Business Law Training | Panelist | Minsk | Belarus |
| 2019 | 5th Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2019 | Luxembourg Arbitration Day – ICC Arbitrator Training | Moderator | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 2019 | 2nd Annual GAR Live Construction Disputes | Panelist | Paris | France |
| 2019 | 3rd ICC European Conference on International Arbitration | Moderator | Paris | France |
| 2019 | ICC Training for Judges | Lecturer | Bucharest | Romania |
| 2019 | ICC Conference Construction Disputes: ICC Tools and Recent Experience in Arbitration & ADR | Panelist | Bucharest | Romania |
| 2017 | ICC Conference Arbitrators: Independence and Impartiality – Procedural Aspects | Panelist | Bucharest | Romania |
| 2017 | 4th Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2017 | Helsinki International Arbitration Day (HIAD) | Panelist | Helsinki | Finland |
| 2017 | 1st ICC European Conference on International Arbitration | Panelist | Paris | France |
| 2017 | Seminar on New ICC Rules | Moderator | Moscow | Russia |
| 2017 | International Dispute Resolution Involving Russian and CIS Parties | Panelist | London | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | ABA’s 8th Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes | Panelist (closing plenary) | London | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Damages in International Arbitration – Warsaw University | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2015 | ICC Conference International Dispute Resolution: Diversity Towards Convergence? | Panelist and co-organizer | Cracow | Poland |
| 2015 | 3rd Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2015 | Emergency, Interim and Conservatory Measures in Arbitration – Warsaw University | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2014 | ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy | Panelist | Paris/Prague | France/Czech Republic |
| 2014 | Kiev Arbitration Days | Panelist | Kiev | Ukraine |
| 2014 | AIJA Conference: The Future of Arbitration and ADR Practice in CEE Countries | Panelist | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 2014 | AFSIA / DAV Conference: Germany as Seat of Arbitration | Panelist | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
| 2014 | Current Trends in Arbitration Laws and Rules – Warsaw University | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2014 | International Dispute Resolution Involving Russian and CIS Parties | Party Autonomy and Arbitral Tribunal’s Power to Manage the Procedure | London | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Conference: Poor Law Enforcement – How to Fight Against the Greatest Weakness of Business | Panelist | Bratislava | Slovak Republic |
| 2013 | ICC YAF on Selection of Arbitrators | Panelist and co-organizer | Cracow | Poland |
| 2013 | ICC YAF Event: Time and Costs of the Proceedings: ICC Court Perspective | Panelist and co-organizer | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2013 | Seminar on ICC Arbitration (ICC France) | Panelist | Paris | France |
| 2013 | Evidence in Arbitration – Warsaw University | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2012 | IBA European Forum – Central-Eastern Europe Regional Conference | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2012 | Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) Conference: Arbitration from the Point of View of International Regulations | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2012 | ICC YAF Event: Selection of Arbitrators | Panelist | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | ICC PIDA Training | Panelist | Vienna | Austria |
| 2011 | Confidentiality vs. Transparency in International Arbitration – Warsaw University | Panelist | Warsaw | Poland |
| 2011 | ASA Annual Conference on Post-Award Issues | Correction and Interpretation of Arbitral Awards and Additional Awards | Basel | Switzerland |
| Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Conference on Construction Disputes (jointly with Laetitia de Montalivet) | Revista Romana de Arbitraj 2/2019, pp. 115 et seq. |
| 2019 | International Chamber of Commerce: a century of business (jointly with Ziva Filipic) | Arbitration.ru (review of the Russian Arbitration Association), 7/2019 |
| 2017 | Arbitral tribunal’s questions to parties based on ICC practice (in Polish) | Liber Amicorum Tadeusz Wiśniewski |
| 2015 | Duty to provide reasoning under the ICC Rules – recent experience | Liber Amicorum Professor Jerzy Rajski |
| 2015 | Chapter 9 on arbitral proceedings in commercial arbitration (in Polish, jointly with Tadeusz Wiśniewski) | Andrzej Szumański (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 2. Ed. |
| 2015 | Chapter 10 on arbitral awards and other ways of concluding arbitral proceedings (in Polish, jointly with Tadeusz Wiśniewski) | Andrzej Szumański (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 2. Ed. |
| 2012 | Article on exclusion of setting aside proceedings for an arbitral award, based on Swiss practice (in Polish) | ADR, 1/2012 |
| 2011 | Correction and interpretation of arbitral awards and additional awards | Tercier (ed.), Post Award Issues, ASA Special Series No. 38 |
| 2011 | L’arbitrage en Pologne après la réforme de 2005 | Revue de l’arbitrage 2011, pp. 415 et seq. |
| 2010 | Views previously expressed by an arbitrator as grounds for a challenge – comments based on the ICSID decision in the Urbaser case | Arbitration E-review, 3/2010 |
| 2010 | The New International Chamber of Commerce Statement of Acceptance, Availability and Independence for Arbitrators | Arbitration E-review, 2/2010 |
| 2010 | ICC International Court of Arbitration | Arbitration E-review, 1/2010 |
| 2010 | Chapter 9 on arbitral proceedings in commercial arbitration (in Polish; jointly with Tadeusz Wiśniewski) | Andrzej Szumański (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 1. Ed. |
| 2010 | Chapter 10 on arbitral awards and other ways of concluding arbitral proceedings (in Polish; jointly with Tadeusz Wiśniewski) | Andrzej Szumański (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 1. Ed. |
| 2008 | References in proceedings before the Constitutional Tribunal (dissertation, in Polish) | Wydawnictwo Sejmowe |
| 2007 | The new French leniency programme | e-Competitions, No. 14051 |
| 2007 | Amendments to the German Telecommunications Act - One step back in the liberalisation of European electronic communications (jointly Olivier Fréget) | e-Competitions, No. 13668 |
| 2007 | The French Supreme Administrative Court annuls a merger authorisation in the press sector (Société France Antilles) (jointly with Olivier Fréget and Alban Saget) | e-Competitions, No. 13378 |
| 2006 | The French Constitutional Council rules on electricity and gas tariffs (GDF privatization) (jointly with Olivier Fréget and Mathieu Guennec) | e-Competitions, No. 12712 |
| 2006 | EFTA Court’s advisory opinions (in Polish) | Review EPS 10/2006 |
| 2006 | La nouvelle loi polonaise sur le partenariat public-privé (on new Polish PPP Act) (jointly with Jean-Baptiste Morel) | Review RDAI 1/2006 |
| 2005 | Legal references with a mention mutatis mutandis (in Polish) | Review Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis |
| 2003 | Legal references (in Polish) | Review Przegląd Legislacyjny 2003, pp. 38 et seq. |
- Appointed member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- Arbitral Women
- ICC Court Alumni
