By Dr Robert Lewandowski, lawyer at Derra, Meyer & Partners in Warsaw On 1st January 2017 new amendments were introduced to Polish Construction Law and went into force enhancing the legal status of investors within the construction process. The new laws focus on reduction of administrative duties, clarification of issues causing interpretation difficulties and doubts […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Krzysztof Weremczuk of WBW Weremczuk Bobel & Partners. Krzysztof has joined IR as our exclusive Mergers & Acquisitions Member in Poland. Weremczuk Bobeł & Partners holds a well established position on the legal market. We are one of the most rapidly developing law firms […]
On 15 January 2017 new legal provisions were introduced in Poland according to which the maximum limit of cash business transactions was dramatically reduced from 15 000 Euros to 15 000 PLN[1] (approx. 3700 Euros). These recent changes were inserted into the Polish Act on Freedom of Providing Business Activities and as a result, entrepreneurs will only […]
If partners of a general partnership under Polish law pass a resolution on its termination, then after the adoption of such a resolution the winding – up proceedings of the partnership shall naturally follow. The question arises as to whether partners have the right to end business activities of their partnership in any other way. […]
The Polish legislator has recently passed a new law on combating unfair use of o contractual advantage in trading in agricultural and food products (“Act”) which will come into effect on 12th July 2017. The main purpose of the Act is to counter any unfair agreements between purchasers and suppliers of agricultural food at every […]
Previously the Polish tax authorities has allowed tax payers to include the cost of alcoholic beverages on expense accounts as deductable but you might be both shaken and stirred to learn that recently this situation has been changed. A Polish company intended to reclaim business related expenses incurred during meetings with its partners. During these […]
At the beginning of this year, some new legal provisions were introduced to the Polish Criminal Code and to the VAT (Value Added Tax) – Act by the Polish legislator which punish a new kind of crimes against falsifying and counterfeiting. According to this new legislation, individuals who issue or falsify VAT – invoices or […]
GOOD RIDDANCE 2016 WILL AD AGENCY EXECS SLEEP BETTER IN 2017? by Alan Lowenthal January 4, 2017 2016 was an unusually tough year for U.S. advertising agency executives. The list of things keeping them awake at night include shrinking margins, restless clients and a changing marketplace that seems to be moving away from historically reliable […]
Paraguay has been recognized as an excellent opportunity for foreign goods, products or services – actually for the foreign companies that own those products, goods or services. These are introduced –temporarily– into the country in order to be assembled, repaired, improved, worked on, or processed, and finally exported to the foreign country again, in which […]
On June 23, 2016, UK has voted to leave the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May and the UK government announced that they would use the Crown’s prerogative powers to trigger Article 50 TFUE. The use of such prerogative would allow the government to trigger Article 50 without the approval of the UK parliament. In response […]
Starting with May 2018, a new regulation on data protection will come into force and replace the current Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). One change that comes with the new regulation is the requirement for data protection by design and by default. This can help reduce the risks identified in each stage of the development of […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Alicja Rumpel of Rumpel & Partners. Alicja has joined IR as our exclusive IP – Patents Member in Poland. Firm Description The Rumpel & Partners offers a wide range of legal services. Our Legal Advisors and Patent Agents represent Clients in legal proceedings […]