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News from Poland—Business & Law, Episode 13 (part 2): interrogation of a foreigner as a witness

Stanisław Drozd and Konrad Grotowski carry on explaining what to expect if you are a foreigner testifying as a witness before the Polish civil court. The second part of the film will be published in January next year.

Faerch and Paccor

We have once again advised the Faerch group, this time in its acquisition of the Paccor group, a manufacturer of rigid packaging solutions for the food industry, from the private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg.

In principle: Legal studies and analyses, no. 2/2021

The fifth issue of our semiannual scholarly journal In principle: Legal studies and analyses has just been published (in Polish, with English abstracts), with 180 pages, 10 authors, and 9 articles (including an interview). We encourage you to read it.

Contracting authority can make its own finding of bid-rigging

Poland’s Public Procurement Court issued a judgment on 23 November 2021 (case no. XXIII Zs 99/21) upholding our argument that a contractor which colluded with the aim of interfering with competition must be excluded from the contract award procedure (under Public Procurement Law Art. 108(1)(5)), even if the collusion was not confirmed through a decision by the president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection or a judgment from the court.

News from Poland—Business & Law, Episode 13 (part 1): interrogation of a foreigner as a witness

This time Stanisław Drozd and Konrad Grotowski explain what to expect if you are a foreigner testifying as a witness before the Polish civil court. The second part of the film will be published in January next year.

IDEX and Nexsight

We advised IDEX in an indirect acquisition of Wincan sp. z o.o., a Polish company specialising in software development, as part of the acquisition of Nexsight, LLC, and its market-leading businesses Envirosight, WinCan, MyTana, and Pipeline Renewal Technologies (PRT) for USD 120 million.

Postgraduate studies in Direct Taxation under EU and International law

The Centre of Fiscal Studies at Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu is launching a brand-new postgraduate programme, in English, focused on direct taxation under EU and international law. This highly practical programme is tailored for young tax professionals.

News from Poland—Business & Law, Episode 12: receivables as an asset and opportunity

Daniel Smarduch discusses the transactions involving receivables from the Polish perspective. Receivables as an asset are present everywhere in the business world. This asset could be a problem for some, but at the same time an investment opportunity for others.

Lex Mundi Global Attorney-Client Privilege Guide

Lex Mundi announced an expanded guide, which allows users to compare common and civil law attorney-client privilege information for 105 jurisdictions around the world. Wardyński & Partners has contributed the Polish part of the guide.

News from Poland—Business & Law, Episode 11: binding instructions in holding law

Aleksandra Drożdż explains the liability for binding instructions that the parent company will be able to issue to its subsidiaries under the proposed provisions of the holding law.