Full Profile
Dr. Radosław (Radek) Góral is a pragmatic commercial disputes lawyer admitted to practice in Poland, New York, and California, with more than 20 years of experience garnered at leading law firms. His practice centers on delivering tangible results for clients across the insurance and financial services sectors, alongside energy, transportation, telecommunications, and other regulated industries. Radek provides comprehensive, strategic counsel in legal risk assessment, dispute prevention, and settlement negotiations.
Radosław is recognised for his ability to devise creative legal strategies and find practical solutions for his clients. He has led diverse teams through complex cases, including cross-border disputes in Poland and the CEE region. His portfolio spans insurance, professional responsibility, regulatory compliance, product liability, and mass tort. He regularly advises clients facing regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, or other compliance risks.
Radosław is an authority on litigation funding and fee arrangements, providing pragmatic guidance to clients seeking cost-effective legal strategies. Committed to delivering value and efficiency, Radek seeks to deliver optimal outcomes for his clients in the most challenging legal scenarios.
Experience
- Successfully defended a consortium of banks, also before the Supreme Court, in disputes with a leading energy trader over long-term power purchase agreements and "green certificates" for a major wind-farm project.
- Acted as lead defence counsel in a D&O liability case representing the CEO of a bankrupt manufacturer against the parent entity's allegations of fiduciary duty breach and mismanagement.
- Successfully defended a securities agent against a lawsuit brought by a commodities trader for failure to remit funds required to maintain excess margin amid regulatory investigation and asset freeze.
- Represented a manufacturing company in a multi-jurisdictional dispute and asset recovery efforts due to former executives' breaches, including fiduciary duties, self-dealing, corporate fraud, and money laundering allegations.
- Leading a damages case, including in the Supreme Court and EU Court of Justice proceedings, against a national railway infrastructure manager for overcharges under an unlawful pricing scheme due to improper EU directive implementation.
- Represented a group of cable companies in a landmark private enforcement case against a TV broadcaster over alleged market dominance abuse and predatory pricing of wholesale content licenses.
- Acted for a mobile network operator in a complex dispute for damages against incumbent operators hindering access to the market and engaged in other anticompetitive practices.
- Guided a professional-services client facing reputational risks and claims raised by a former client alleging criminal negligence, violation of regulatory duties, and breach of professional responsibility rules.
- Successfully mediated on behalf of a professional-services firm settling multiple disputes on favourable terms over a breach of non-compete and non-solicitation obligations, misappropriation of trade secrets, and unfair competition allegations.
- Defended a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a product-liability case alleging failure to warn based on inadequate disclosure of adverse events upon introduction of the product to the EU market.
