Profile

Petr Polášek is an associate at White & Case LLP in Washington, DC, focusing on international arbitration and foreign direct investment. He has been involved in a number of cases before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and matters arising under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), such as Československá obchodní banka v. Slovakia, Plama Consortium Limited v. Bulgaria and Gold Reserve v. Venezuela.

Prior to joining the Washington, DC office of White & Case in 2003, Mr. Polášek worked for several years with the Firm's Prague office, handling various arbitration and litigation matters such as one of the largest cases before the Czech Arbitration Court concerning an oil exploration joint venture and complex cross-border litigations.

Bars and Courts

• New York, 2005
• District of Columbia, 2010
• United States Supreme Court, 2011

Education

• Mgr., Charles University Law School, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
• LL.M., International and Comparative Law, George Washington University Law School, United States, 2003

Languages

• Czech, English, Slovak