Joachim Hilla

• radca prawny (legal advisor in Poland) and Rechtsanwalt (barrister in Germany)
• studied law in Katowice, Warsaw and Heidelberg
• registered in 1990 as a practising barrister in Frankfurt am Main
• Until 1998 an associate in a leading German law firm, and then with his own offices in Warsaw and Frankfurt am Main. Many years of experience providing legal services for Polish and German businesses, and advising in investment and privatisation processes in Poland
• former academician at universities in Katowice and Passau
• publications dealing with Polish and German legislation
• arbitrator in Arbitration Courts at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, the German Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as a member of the Deutsche Institution für Schieds­gerichtsbarkeit. Experience in leading international arbitration procedures
• translator of Polish for courts and notaries in Hessen
• languages: Polish, German, English and Russian