Aleksander Kalisz

Aleksander is a Research Associate in Dispute Resolution at the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London since January 2022. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law at Stockholm University and a Co-Founder of the Young Investment Treaty Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law – an association for early-career practitioners and academics in investor-state dispute resolution.

Before joining King's College London, Aleksander was a Researcher in international arbitration and investment law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He also gained practical experience with High Court commercial litigation and international arbitration matters under the DIAC, LCIA, ICC, SCC, VIAC, ICSID and Polish-German Chamber of Commerce arbitration rules having worked at leading London and Austrian law firms. He still works with international arbitration as a Tribunal Secretary and independent Consultant.

Aleksander studied International Business Law LLM at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Law with European Law LLB at the University of Nottingham, undertaking a year abroad at the University of Vienna.

Aleksander is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of The Society of Construction Law, The Society of Legal Scholars and The Swedish Arbitration Association.

Research interests

Aleksander’s research interests are in construction law, arbitration and international economic law. He co-authors an empirical study of construction adjudication in the United Kingdom, took part in the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution response to the Law Commission consultation on the reform of the Arbitration Act 1996 and regularly publishes articles on investor-state dispute settlement with a focus on corruption allegations.

Teaching

• Construction Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration
• Principles of English Law