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Miroslaw D.

Miroslaw D.

lawyer (jurist)

Summary

I am a double qualified lawyer from Sweden (full-time Master of Law course focusing on international arbitration completed in English, also passed non–mandatory Swedish language exams) and Poland (Master of Law leading to general legal practice) and completed Ph.D. studies focusing on laws of the United States. A former judge trainee in a higher court. The Swedish full-time law degree was obtained from the oldest Scandinavian law school, entirely in English. The Polish law degree was obtained from a major law school that always ranked #2 or #3 in Poland. I lived and obtained legal work experience abroad - in the United States and Sweden, and also experience with legal assignments concerning a few more European and non–European jurisdictions. Since at least 2018 (cooperation existed in 2017) permanent experience with legal assistance for a group of corporate clients (30 hours per week), working entirely in English as a solo law firm (enskild firma) with permanent clients, focusing on international business contract law and business contract-related disputes (arbitration and business litigation). Over 80 long-term and short-term assignments for clients completed to the present date. Received many positive comments and ratings from clients located in many countries, published on www.upwork.com.

Work History

Lawyer - full-time - solo legal practice

Legal Umbrella
08.2018 - Current
  • Jurist (lawyer)
  • Currently, the solo law firm Legal Umbrella registered in Sweden (enskild firma), focuses on multijurisdictional contract law, multijurisdictional and international business contract dispute resolution (litigation and international arbitration), dispute prevention, working almost entirely in English, cooperation with legal and non – legal teams in various time zones
  • 100% client-facing work
  • Upwork Top Rated Freelancer status obtained on January 1, 2018, and maintained until today 100% job success rate, recently received additional badge Top “PLUS” for success in complex and long–term projects
  • Over 70 long-term and short-term assignments for clients completed to the present date., including SaaS companies, experience with compliance regulations, and data protection/privacy regulations including (but not limited to) GDPR
  • Since 2018 working for permanent clients, with experience with business contract law, business litigation and arbitration, and cooperation with mixed teams of lawyers and non–lawyers (e.g
  • Managers) - (permanent in–house experience with both legal and non–legal teams)
  • Experience with remote teams since 2017, recently with online hearings
  • Experience with various business agreements
  • Since 2017 weekly experience with Dutch law (especially contract and corporate law) and US laws (federal and state, particularly Florida, also California, Texas, New York)
  • Experience with international law, including EU regulations
  • Some experience with Canadian law (especially contract law and employment law)
  • Experience with laws of Sweden, Poland, Germany, U.K., Ireland, and other European jurisdictions, Australian law, laws of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, international law
  • Participation in large business disputes, litigation, and arbitration (including disputes concerning an innovative product and software development)
  • Legal assistance provided in English, Recently was additionally distinguished by the award of the badge “PLUS” for excellence in long–term and complex Upwork contracts
  • Experience with complex business disputes in Europe and the U.S., collaboration with external counsels, daily contact with US laws, Dutch, Aruban, and other European contract and corporate laws, especially legal systems of Sweden, Poland, the U.K
  • Corporate (non – permanent) clients from several countries
  • Successful experience with international commercial arbitration – received settlement award for a client amounting to dozens of thousands of dollars

lawyer (judge trainee) - higher court´s “in-house lawyer”

Regional Court in Poznań
01.2007 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: governmental – judiciary, Civil Division and Labor & Social Security Division
  • Independent legal analysis – relevant domestic, EU, and other international law (often in appellate cases), adjudication of various civil claims, mostly labor and social security law, independent analysis of cases, and submission of drafts of judgments with legal grounds, preparation of other non – final and final judicial decisions with legal grounds or without legal grounds (duties of judge referees), writing legal grounds for judgments (usually without prior instructions), creating legal opinions concerning dispute resolutions, other tasks, including participation in training for candidates for attorneys (helping judges to train them)
  • Achievements: periodic evaluations – overall very good scores, the largest workload in the Division while maintaining a very high level of analysis (source: internal statistics covering the period 2010-2013), prepared judgments in difficult appellate cases on regular basis I had some supervisory duties (on behalf of judge) relating to attorney trainees during their legal practice in our court.
  • Received an excellent recommendation letter in June 2016, despite the fact that providing recommendation letters was not a custom of the Court at that time
  • Governmental – judiciary, Civil Division and Labor & Social Security Division

lecturer (part-time)

University of Adam Mickiewicz
10.2011 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: public university
  • Teaching civil law, including contracts law, civil procedure to postgraduate students - non–lawyers (candidates for sworn translators), many students became sworn translators in Poland and abroad, teaching constitutional law to law students
  • Acquired a lot of experience in public presentations
  • Public university

lawyer - law clerk

Sąd Rejonowy w Poznaniu
08.2006 - 04.2007
  • Company Overview: governmental – judiciary
  • Legal analysis, mainly creating legal grounds for judgments, drafts of judgments, other tasks of a Polish judge
  • Promoted to the Regional Court in Poznań after assessment of performance
  • Governmental – judiciary

lawyer

Law Office of Winkler & Wolff
04.2005 - 08.2006
  • Company Overview: private law firm
  • Civil litigation, contract law, negotiations, setting up companies, legal opinions: tax law, public procurement, labor, and social security law, commercial law, M & A, IP, complex cases relating to the expropriation of property between 1945 – 1989
  • Working with clients without supervision, including foreign clients
  • English to Polish and Polish to English legal translations
  • Contributed to maintaining good relationships with existing clients and conclusion of retainers with new clients
  • Learned new areas of law and contributed to the successes of many cases
  • Private law firm

legal assistant/paralegal – English and Polish speaking

Iwona Pankowska & Associates
05.2002 - 01.2004
  • Company Overview: a private law firm, currently 2 offices
  • Full–time job since January 2003
  • My tasks: initial consultations in English and Polish, drafting short legal letters, types of cases: workers compensation, bankruptcy, personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal law
  • Responsible for legal translations and interpreting: English to Polish and Polish to English
  • The company increased significantly the number of clients and opened a second office during my employment
  • Attorneys appreciated my ability to become a self – starter and I received an excellent recommendation letter (we are in touch via Facebook until today)
  • A private law firm, currently 2 offices

Education

LLM - investment treaty arbitration

Uppsala University
07.2017
The program included i.a. international commercial arbitration and international investment law.

Doctoral studies - common law

Adam Mickiewicz University
12.2013
  • The title of the doctoral dissertation: 'Fair trial for non–citizens in U.S. courts'.
  • GPA: very good grades

English as a Second Language -

Triton College, Maywood, IL
01.2002

Master of Law - General law

Adam Mickiewicz University
01.2001
Comparative Master dissertation: 'Process imprisonment. Polish law and international standards'.

Skills

  • Windows
  • MS Office
  • Lex Omega
  • Westlaw
  • Dropbox
  • Martial arts
  • Driving license (Polish/EU, US)

Languages

Polish
English
Swedish
Spanish

Qualifications

lawyer, Sweden, Poland, US, experience with other legal systems, especially  Dutch law, English law, international law

Hobbies and Interests

  • Economy
  • Psychology

Volunteer Experience

  • Oxfam Amnesty International
  • Local church during the pandemic
  • supporting local volunteers in hlping abandoned animals

Personnummer

permanent

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/miroslawd3

The largest online platform for remote work, my page displays the list of legal assignments,  client feedback, and rating. Upwork's  Top Rated Freelancer since January 2018, 100% client's  satisfaction rate, recently received an additional badge "PLUS" due to success in complex and long -term assignments.

Timeline

Lawyer - full-time - solo legal practice - Legal Umbrella
08.2018 - Current
lecturer (part-time) - University of Adam Mickiewicz
10.2011 - 06.2016
lawyer (judge trainee) - higher court´s “in-house lawyer” - Regional Court in Poznań
01.2007 - 12.2017
lawyer - law clerk - Sąd Rejonowy w Poznaniu
08.2006 - 04.2007
lawyer - Law Office of Winkler & Wolff
04.2005 - 08.2006
legal assistant/paralegal – English and Polish speaking - Iwona Pankowska & Associates
05.2002 - 01.2004
Adam Mickiewicz University - Doctoral studies, common law
Triton College - English as a Second Language,
Adam Mickiewicz University - Master of Law, General law
Uppsala University - LLM, investment treaty arbitration

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