Dr. Maria Hauser-Morel

Dr. Maria Hauser-Morel

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About Maria Hauser-Morel

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 Wrocław (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.

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Recognitions

Who's Who Legal
"Maria has developed an impressive practice as arbitrator, particularly for matters involving eastern Europe"
Who's Who Legal
She's extremely well connected and has huge ICC expertise
Who's Who Legal
"She possesses unrivalled procedural experience"
Who's Who Legal
"She is excellent at presenting legal arguments"
Who's Who Legal
"One of the best arbitrators of her generation"
Who's Who Legal
Maria Hauser-Morel is a “very hands-on arbitrator”
Who's Who Legal
”Maria is an excellent lawyer, with strong skills and good exposure to the Eastern European markets.”
Who's Who Legal
“She is experienced counsel in international investment and commercial arbitration.”
Who's Who Legal
“Maria's knowledge of ICC arbitration is impressive.”
Who's Who Legal
“Highly recommended both as counsel and as arbitrator.”

Instruments

Arbitration Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution

Areas of practice

Construction & Engineering Energy Commercial & Trade Law Post-M&A & Corporate Law Real Estate

Experience

  • Sole arbitrator, president, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings
  • Seats: France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Estonia, Hungary
  • Applicable substantive laws: Swiss, Belgian, Austrian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Estonian, Kazakh

Case management of approximately 1000 ICC arbitration proceedings and scrutiny of hundreds of ICC awards (Central and Eastern Europe).

Representation of companies in international arbitration proceedings under various rules.

Languages and nationality

  • Polish
  • English
  • French

  • Polish

Curriculum vitae

  • 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

    Attorney in the Competition Law department of ALLEN & OVERY (Competition Law Department), Paris

  • 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 Poznan (Poland)

Speeches

  • Faculty member
    DELOS ROAP EMEA 2023
    Online

  • Faculty member
    DELOS ROAP EMEA 2022
    Online
  • ICC Arbitrator Training, Moderator
    Luxembourg Arbitration Day
    Luxembourg
  • Costs (together with Crina Baltag)
    ARBinBRIEF Video Series
    Online
  • Lecture in arbitration agreements
    SWPS University (online)

  • Correction Interpretation and Additional Awards, Panelist
    ARBIT Conference (online)
  • Faculty member
    DELOS ROAP EMEA 2021 (online)
  • Panelist and Moderator
    Ukrainian Arbitration Association Annual Conference (online)
  • Faculty member
    FIAA – MIDS Advocacy Workshop (online)
  • The New ICC 2021 Rules of Arbitration: changes to Articles 25 to 30, including emergency arbitrator, expedited procedures, interim measures and the conduct of the arbitral proceedings
    ICC YAF event (online)
  • Faculty member
    Ukrainian Arbitration School (online)
  • Panelist
    Prague Arbitration Day (online)
  • How to select Arbitrators and Mediators, Panelist
    SCAI Webinar (online)

  • International Arbitration in the New Era of Virtual Reality, Panelist (jointly with Inka Hanefeld)
    Harvard, HIALSA (online)
  • Panelist
    Le café des arbitres (10th edition, online)
  • Data Protection and Cyber Security in ICC Arbitration, Panelist
    ICC Japan webinar event (online)
  • Virtual Arbitration: Issues and Possible Solutions as ADR Goes Digital, Panelist
    Digital Transformation Thursdays (online)
  • What makes a Great Arbitration law, Panelist
    ICC YAF event (online)
  • Virtual Hearings – the European Experience, Panelist
    European Circuit of the Bar Annual Conference 2020 (online)
  • Webinar on Virtual Hearings and How to Tackle Complex Technical Issues, Panelist
    Organized by VIAC (online)
  • Webinar on Guerilla Tactics in Online Hearings, Panelist
    Organized by UAA (online)
  • Lecturer
    Warsaw Arbitration Workshops (organized by ICC Poland)
    Warsaw

  • Panelist
    Dispute Boards in the Nordics DRBF Conference and Workshops
    Stockholm
  • Panelist
    IV Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF)
    Minsk
  • Panelist
    5th Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions
    Warsaw
  • ICC Arbitrator Training, Moderator
    Luxembourg Arbitration Day
    Luxembourg
  • Panelist
    2nd Annual GAR Live Construction Disputes
    Paris
  • Lecturer, Bucharest
    ICC Training for Judges
    Bucharest
  • ICC Tools and Recent Experience in Arbitration & ADR
    ICC Conference Construction Disputes
    Bucharest

  • Independence and Impartiality – Procedural Aspects, Panelist
    ICC Conference Arbitrators
    Bucharest
  • Panelist
    4th Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions
    Warsaw
  • Panelist
    Helsinki International Arbitration Day (HIAD)
    Helsinki
  • Panelist
    1st ICC European Conference on International Arbitration
    Paris
  • Panelist
    International Dispute Resolution Involving Russian and CIS Parties
    London, United Kingdom

  • Panelist (closing plenary)
    ABA’s 8th Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes
    London, United Kingdom
  • Panelist
    Damages in International Arbitration
    Warsaw

  • Diversity Towards Convergence?, Panelist and co-organizer
    ICC Conference International Dispute Resolution
    Cracow
  • Panelist
    3rd Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions
    Warsaw
  • Emergency, Interim and Conservatory Measures in Arbitration, Panelist
    Warsaw University
    Warsaw

  • Panelist
    ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy
    Paris
  • Panelist
    Kiev Arbitration Days
    Kiev, Ukraine
  • The Future of Arbitration and ADR Practice in CEE Countries, Panelist
    AIJA Conference
    Prague
  • Germany as Seat of Arbitration, Panelist
    AFSIA / DAV Conference
    Frankfurt am Main
  • Current Trends in Arbitration Laws and Rules – Warsaw University, Panelist
    Warsaw University
    Warsaw
  • Party Autonomy and Arbitral Tribunal’s Power to Manage the Procedure
    International Dispute Resolution Involving Russian and CIS Parties
    London, United Kingdom

  • Panelist
    Conference: Poor Law Enforcement – How to Fight Against the Greatest Weakness of Business
    Bratislava
  • Panelist and co-organizer
    ICC YAF on Selection of Arbitrators
    Cracow
  • ICC Court Perspective, Panelist and co-organizer
    ICC YAF Event: Time and Costs of the Proceedings
    Warsaw
  • Panelist
    Seminar on ICC Arbitration (ICC France)
    Paris
  • Evidence in Arbitration, Panelist
    Warsaw University,
    Warsaw

  • Panelist
    IBA European Forum – Central-Eastern Europe Regional Conference
    Warsaw
  • Arbitration from the Point of View of International Regulations, Panelist
    Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) Conference
    Warsaw
  • Panelist
    ICC YAF Event: Selection of Arbitrators
    Prague
  • Panelist
    ICC PIDA Training
    Wien

  • Confidentiality vs. Transparency in International Arbitration, Panelist
    Warsaw University
    Warsaw
  • Correction and Interpretation of Arbitral Awards and Additional Awards
    ASA Annual Conference on Post-Award Issues
    Basel

Publications

  • Signing an Award in Counterparts: The Paris Court of Appeal Adopts a Flexible Stance
    Kluwer Arbitration Blog (gemeinsam mit Charlotte Matthews)

  • Correction and Interpretation of Awards and Additional Awards
    Kluwer Arbitration Practice Plus (gemeinsam mit Jan Heiner Nedden)
  • What makes a great arbitration law?
    ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin

  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Conference on Construction Disputes
    Revista Romana de Arbitraj 2/2019, pp. 115 et seq. (gemeinsam mit Laetitia de Montalivet)

  • Arbitral tribunal’s questions to parties based on ICC practice
    Liber Amicorum for Tadeusz Wisniewski (auf Polnisch)

  • Duty to provide reasoning under the ICC Rules – recent experience
    Liber Amicorum Professor Jerzy Rajski
  • Chapter 9 on arbitral proceedings in commercial arbitration/Chapter 10 on arbitral awards and other ways of concluding arbitral proceedings
    Andrzej Szumanski (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 2. Ed. (auf Polnisch, gemeinsam mit Tadeusz Wisniewski)

  • Article on exclusion of setting aside proceedings for an arbitral award, based on Swiss practice
    ADR 1/2012 (auf Polnisch)

  • Correction and interpretation of arbitral awards and additional awards
    Tercier (ed.), Post Award Issues, ASA Special Series No. 38, 2011 (gemeinsam mit Jan Heiner Nedden)
  • L’arbitrage en Pologne après la réforme de 2005
    Revue de l’arbitrage 2011, pp. 415 et seq.

  • Views previously expressed by an arbitrator as grounds for a challenge – comments based on the ICSID decision in the Urbaser case
    Arbitration E-review No. 3/2010
  • The New International Chamber of Commerce Statement of Acceptance, Availability and Independence for Arbitrators
    Arbitration E-review No. 2/2010
  • ICC International Court of Arbitration
    Arbitration E-review No. 1/2010
  • Chapter 9 on arbitral proceedings in commercial arbitration/Chapter 10 on arbitral awards and other ways of concluding arbitral proceedings
    Andrzej Szumanski (ed.), The Series on the System of Commercial Law, 1. Ed. (in Polish, jointly with Tadeusz Wisniewski)

  • References in proceedings before the Constitutional Tribunal
    Wydawnictwo Sejmowe (auf Polnisch)

  • The new French leniency programme
    e-Competitions, No. 14051
  • Amendments to the German Telecommunications Act – One step back in the liberalisation of European electronic communications
    e-Competitions, No. 13668 (gemeinsam mit Olivier Fréget)
  • The French Supreme Administrative Court annuls a merger authorisation in the press sector (Société France Antilles)
    e-Competitions, No. 13378 (gemeinsam mit Olivier Fréget and Alban Saget)

  • The French Constitutional Council rules on electricity and gas tariffs (GDF privatization)
    e-Competitions, No. 12712 (gemeinsam mit Olivier Fréget and Mathieu Guennec)
  • La nouvelle loi polonaise sur le partenariat public-privé (on new Polish PPP Act)
    Review RDAI 1/2006 (gemeinsam mit Jean-Baptiste Morel)
  • EFTA Court’s advisory opinions
    Review EPS 10/2006 (auf Polnisch)

  • Legal references with a mention mutatis mutandis Przeglad Prawa i Administracji
    Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis, Wroclaw (auf Polnisch)

  • Legal references
    Przeglad Legislacyjny 4/2003, pp. 38 et seq. (auf Polnisch)

Academic appointments

  • Lecturer at the University of Cracow (Poland) for international arbitration
    2014 - 2017

Memberships

  • Member of the Polish Court of Arbitration of the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw
  • Appointed member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  • Arbitral Women
  • Comité Français d’Arbitrage (CFA)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Ukrainian Arbitration Association
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