International Conference: EU Succession Regulation – A Decade in Application

An international conference focusing on the EU Succession Regulation (“EU Succession Regulation: A Decade in Application”) will take place in Warsaw on December 9, 2025. Hosted by the Institute of Justice in Warsaw, the event will comprehensively assess the first decade of the Regulation’s application, highlighting its impact and future challenges.

Organised by Professor Piotr Rylski and Professor Bartosz Wolodkiewicz, the conference will bring together representative of legal professions and scholars from various parts of European Union, to discuss key aspects of the Regulation.

The morning session will feature a roundtable addressing the achievements and future challenges in the application of the EU Succession Regulation. Participants in the roundtable include, among others, Professor Andrea Bonomi (University of Lausanne), Professor Maciej Zachariasiewicz (Kozminski University, Poland), and Dr. iur. Marcin Margonski (Notary in Krapkowice, Poland).

The subsequent panels will feature Professor Anatol Dutta (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) and Professor Louis Perreau Saussine (Paris Dauphine University – PSL), who will discuss the scope and interplay of the EU Succession Regulation with other instruments and international conventions.

The application of jurisdiction rules will be discussed by, inter alia, Professor Jacopo Re and Professor Lenka Válková from the University of Milan.

The panel dedicated to applicable law will feature a presentation delivered by Professor Jens Kleinschmidt (Trier University), followed by a commentary by Dr. Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University in Kraków).

The conference will conclude with a panel on recognition, enforcement, and the European Certificate of Succession, featuring inter alia Alice Perscha (Civil Law Notary in Leoben, Austria) and Professor Bartosz Wolodkiewicz (University of Warsaw).

More information, including the conference program, can be found here.

Live broadcast of the event (without registration) will be available at the main page of the Institute.

Participation in person (free-of-charge) for a limited number of interested guests is also possible. Please register by contacting the Institute at: konferencje@iws.gov.pl