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August 04, 2022
We’ve Reached 1,500+ LinkedIn Followers! - Woźniak...
We are delighted to announce that Woźniak Legal has reached an exciting milestone - 1,500 + followers on LinkedIn and we could not...
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July 29, 2022
Likwidacja spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością...
Likwidacja spółki z o.o. to ogół czynności prawnych i faktycznych, które następują po rozwiązaniu spółki. W tym okresie...
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July 08, 2022
How to execute documents in Poland?
In Poland, contracts can be made orally or in writing. Typically contracts will be made in writing, on the basis that this provides a written...
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July 01, 2022
Docelowe podwyższenie kapitału zakładowego w spółce...
W trakcie prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej spółki akcyjnej niejednokrotnie zachodzi potrzeba dokonania podwyższenia kapitału zakładowego....
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June 24, 2022
M&A transactions in Poland
M&A transactions, public or private, have several components and go through a variety of phases. These typically include agreeing the deal...
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June 23, 2022
Prawo konkurencji dotyczy nie tylko dużych firm
Prawo konkurencji dotyczy nie tylko dużych firm – także mniejsze spółki a nawet fundacje mogą być zagrożone postępowaniem antymonopolowym,...
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June 22, 2022
Competition law is not only a concern for big companies...
Competition law is not only a concern for big companies - smaller firms and even charities have been among the recent targets of the Polish Antimonopoly...
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June 09, 2022
How to employ someone in Poland by a UK employer?
The world of work is changing and the changes are particularly visible in the services sector. The pandemic has led many employers and employees...
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May 31, 2022
Zmiany do kodeksu spółek handlowych
Obszerne zmiany do kodeksu spółek handlowych, w tym m.in. przepisy dotyczące grupy spółek (tzw. prawo holdingowe), zostały przyjęte w...
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May 30, 2022
Significant changes to the Polish Commercial Companies...
Significant changes to the Polish Commercial Companies Code were passed on 12 April 2022. The changes include, among other things, a set...
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May 27, 2022
Woźniak Legal offers a lot more than traditional law...
Law firms are not just law firms these days. Lawyers need to have full understanding of the client’s business and be ready to think outside-the-box...
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May 11, 2022
How to buy the business from a Polish owner – a sale...
Despite the Ukraine war and the impact of COVID-19 on the M&A market, the high volume of cross border M&A transactions in Poland continues...
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- We’ve Reached 1,500+ LinkedIn Followers! - Woźniak Legal
- Likwidacja spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością
- How to execute documents in Poland?
- Docelowe podwyższenie kapitału zakładowego w spółce akcyjnej
- M&A transactions in Poland
- Prawo konkurencji dotyczy nie tylko dużych firm
- Competition law is not only a concern for big companies
- How to employ someone in Poland by a UK employer?
- Zmiany do kodeksu spółek handlowych
- Significant changes to the Polish Commercial Companies Code
- Woźniak Legal offers a lot more than traditional law firm services
- How to buy the business from a Polish owner – a sale and purchase agreement
- Contractual ban on selling the shares under Polish law
- How to buy the business from a Polish owner - steps for buying
- How to confirm the acquisition of inheritance in Poland
- The ABC of serious due diligence: assume nothing, believe nobody and check everything
- How to establish a private company in Poland
- What does a UK company need to hire employees in Poland?
- Due diligence challenges in a remote world
- Najważniejsze zmiany, które czekają pracodawców w 2022 r.
- High-Stakes Litigation: How to Improve Your Chances of Winning the Lawsuit
- How to Do Business Effectively in Poland
- How to Purchase Real Estate in Poland
- “Assume Nothing” and Other Critical Steps of a Successful Due Diligence
- General Data Protection Regulation: New Rules on Transferring Personal Data to Recipients in Countries Outside the EU
- How To Set Up a Polish Limited Company: 11 Steps to Take
- Significant Changes to the Polish Commercial Companies Code To Be Passed Soon
- Zmiany do kodeksu spółek handlowych na ostatniej prostej
- Why Is Poland’s Economy Emerging So Strongly From the Pandemic?
- Co to jest “przedsiębiorstwo w spadku“ i dlaczego warto przyjrzeć się tej regulacji?
- Why GDPR Has Become A Crucial Issue In the Deal Process
- Ważne zmiany w procedurze cywilnej
- Selling Your Business (4) – Employees’ Rights in Case of the Asset Deal
- We’ve Reached 1,000+ LinkedIn Followers! - Woźniak Legal
- Huge Victory for Woźniak Legal as the Adverse Possession Claim Is Dismissed
- Mandatory Dematerialization of Shares – What Needs To Be Done?
- Woźniak Legal wygrywa w sporze o odpowiedzialność członka zarządu sp. z o.o.
- Huge Victory for Woźniak Legal as Former CEO in a Polish Limited Liability Company Is Released From Personal Liability
- Selling Your Business (3) – the Sale and Purchase Agreement
- Selling Your Business (2) – the Due Diligence Process
- Woźniak Legal Impresses in Legal 500 Ranking
- Selling Your Business (1) – Letter of Intent
- Sukcesja firmy rodzinnej – kto odziedziczy firmę?
- Establishing a Private Limited Liability Company in Poland
- What Questions Should You Ask Your Lawyer At the Start of a Dispute?
- Mandatory Dematerialisation of Shares in Joint Stock Companies
- Why Making a Will Is Important in Poland
- How Inheritance Works in Poland
- How to Employ People in Poland by a UK Company?
- What Does It Take For a UK Company to Employ People in Poland?
- Real Estate Opportunities in Poland During the Pandemic
- How To Get Polish Citizenship
- Directors’ Duty of Care and the Business Judgment Rule in Poland
- EU – UK : Personal Data Protection in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
- Do companies have to comply with the European rules on the GDPR while doing business in Poland?
- Enforcement of Judgments After Brexit
- Arbitration: a Solution to the Problem of Enforcement in the Post-Brexit World?
- Choosing the Right Business Structure in Poland
- 10 Reasons to Invest in Poland
- Cross-Border Dispute Resolution After Brexit
- Klauzula rebus sic stantibus, czyli nadzwyczajna zmiana stosunków
- New Restrictions on Return of Premises in Warsaw to Former Owners
- Wozniak Legal Advises Allen & Overy Poland on its New Premises in Warsaw
- Woźniak Legal Acted in the Sale of Chałubińskiego 8 Office Building in Warsaw
- Foreign investors from outside the OECD will face restrictions in investing in Poland
- Draconian Fines for Companies Not Registering the Beneficial Owner by 13 July 2020
- Kontrola nabywania spółek w Polsce przez podmioty spoza UE
- Non-EU firms will face restrictions in purchasing more than 20 % of shares in Polish firms
- Paris and Amsterdam Aim To Become Europe’s Top Arbitration Centers in Post-Brexit World
- The Three Seas Initiative – the Most Important Geopolitical Project of Our Time
- 10 Things Everyone Should Know Before Investing in Poland
- Czy niezłożenie wniosku o upadłość spółki w terminie jest przestępstwem?
- Sąd Najwyższy za unieważnieniem umowy kredytu frankowego
- I compiti dei membri del consiglio di amministrazione (amministratori) durante Covid-19: quali azioni dovrebbero intraprendere ora i amministratori?
- Czy wniosek o restrukturyzację zablokuje pomoc?
- Directors' duties during Covid-19 - what steps should directors be taking now?
- Obowiązki członków zarządu w czasie epidemii Covid-19
- Czy członek zarządu spółki z o.o. odpowiada majątkiem osobistym za długi spółki?
- Can Director in a Polish Company Be Held Personally Liable For Company Debts?
- COVID-19: Polska przyjęła Tarczę Antykryzysową mającą na celu ochronę przedsiębiorców
- Dlaczego Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie uznał umowę kredytu hipotecznego za nieważną – wnioski płynące z pisemnego uzasadnienia wyroku w sprawie państwa Dziubaków z dnia 3 stycznia 2020 r.
- Siła wyższa a wykonanie umowy
- COVID-19: Polonia Lanza Un Escudo Anticrisis De Medidas Que Protegen A Las Empresas
- Dispute Resolution After Brexit
- COVID-19: Poland Launches Anti-Crisis Shield of Measures Protecting Businesses
- Cómo Llevar a Cabo Una Debida Diligencia Exitosa
- Poland Launches Economic Package to Counter Virus Effect
- ¿Qué Debo Considerar Antes de Invertir en Polonia?
- Can Directors Be Held Personally Liable For Company Debts in Poland
- What Should I Consider Before Investing in Poland
- A penalty of PLN 120 m imposed on VW Group Polska
- Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie uznaje umowę kredytu frankowego za nieważną
- Central Register of Beneficial Owners is on the Horizon
- How to Carry Out a Successful Due Diligence
- Do You Know Your Beneficial Owner? You Better Do
- English Law Day 2019 in Warsaw Was a Great Success
- Wozniak Legal Attends the 2019 Law Society Excellence Awards
- Think Ahead and Set Up a Plan of Action Before You Start Legal Proceedings
- Wozniak Legal Attends The Law Society Excellence Awards Ceremony in London
- English Law Day 2019 in Warsaw: the First Edition
- Wozniak Legal Attends the Annual IBA Conference in Seoul
- What’s on the Horizon in Employment Law
- Meet Us in Seoul at the Annual IBA Conference 2019
- What Does it Mean if My Claim is Time-barred
- What Should I Consider Before Suing Someone
- Changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure in Poland
- Limited Liability Company Issues
- Choice of Business Structure
- Succession Planning Involves More Than Making a Will
- Woźniak Legal Shortlisted for the Prestigious Excellence Awards
- How to Protect Your Business in the Age of Compliance?
- Chambers HNW Guide 2019: Woźniak Legal Recognised as “the Centre of Excellence” with “Very Good Legal Service"
- Woźniak Legal Ranked Band 2 in Chambers and Partners' HNW Guide
- Second Polish-British Business Trade Investment Forum Takes Place in Warsaw
- When Is a Director Personally Liable?
- The Anglo-Polish Law Association Is Launched
- Three Seas Initiative Summit in Slovenia
- The Inaugural Meeting of APLA in London on 4 June 2019
- Groundbreaking Changes in the Corporate Criminal Liability in Poland
- Woźniak Legal Attends the IBA Annual Litigation Forum in Berlin
- How to Employ People in Poland by a Foreign Company?
- Head of Strategic Relationships at The Law Society of England & Wales to Attend the Inaugural Meeting of APLA in London
- Woźniak Legal Acclaimed as Top Tier Law Firm in Poland
- We Are NEW CIRCLE And We Are Representing One of the Best And the Most Extraordinary Legal Networks in the World!
- How Corporates Should Prepare to Defend Themselves Against Corporate Criminal Liability
- Act on Criminal Liability of Companies To Be Passed by the Polish Parliament – comments from a litigation lawyer
- Mandatory Disclosure Rules in Poland (effective from 1 January 2019)
- Important Changes to the Operating Principles of a Polish Limited Liability Company and Joint Stock Company (effective from 1st March 2019)
- Act on Criminal Liability of Companies Will Give Rise to Potential Serious Criminal Liability for Company
- 2018 – Woźniak Legal’s Ground Breaking Work Over the Last Twelve Months Is a Game Changer
- Surround Yourself with Successful People - Success Breeds Success
- XII Annual IBA Law Firm Management Conference in Moscow
- Woźniak Legal Helps NGOs and Social Enterprises in a Legal workshop Organised by Thomson Reuters Foundation
- How to Conduct an Internal Antitrust Audit
- Thinking of Buying Your Competitor? Do Your Due Diligence First
- What Should You Consider Before Suing Someone?
- Woźniak Legal Gets Highly Commended by the Law Society for International Legal Services
- Poland’s Credit Rating Raised to A- from BBB+ by Standard&Poor’s
- IBA Annual Conference in Rome
- What Does It Mean If Your Claim Is Time-barred?
- Spotkanie z hiszpańskimi adwokatami
- Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better (in a world of legal networks)
- Poland Has Everything to Gain by Participating in the Three Seas Initiative
- Excellence in International Legal Services to Be Awarded Soon by The Law Society in London
- From Warsaw to Bucharest
- Injunctions Are an Important Part about the Company Litigation
- Woźniak Legal shortlisted for prestigious legal awards
- A Forgotten Hero: Polish consul in Bern saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust
- Woźniak Legal ranked Band 2 in Chambers and Partners' HNW Guide
- Leaders of Japan and EU Signed a Deal to Create One of the World’s Largest Liberalised Trade Areas
- Joint Israeli-Polish Declaration on the Holocaust
- Discussion on i24NEWS TV about the joint Polish-Israeli Holocaust Declaration
- Expert Advice on Choosing the Right Business Structure
- Despite Political Upheaval, Poland’s Economy Is on the Rise
- Are Directors Liable for the Company’s Debts in Case the Company Does Not Pay?
- How Are Injunctions Used in Bet-the-Farm Litigation?
- The Launch of Grzegorz Woźniak’s Blog
- What Is the First Thing a Company Should Do If Threatened by a High-Stakes Lawsuit?
- Controversy around JUST Act – TV Interview
- What Sets Us Apart from Other Trial Lawyers in Poland?
- Woźniak Legal Launches a Full-Service Dispute Resolution Practice
- 3 Steps to Ensure GDPR Compliance
- The Number One Private Client Law Firm for the Third Time in a Row
- Expert Advice on Choosing the Right Business Structure
- Our Lawyers Are Now on ChambersConnect
- Recent CJEU Judgement Signals the End of BIT Arbitration between EU Member States
- How to Set up a Company in Poland
- Is Your Business GDPR Ready?
- Liability of Directors in a Polish Limited Liability Company (Sp. z o.o.)
- The Number One Law Firm in Poland for Private Client
- Golden Age of the Polish Property Market – a Seminar on Investing in Poland held in London
- Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017 Is Being Passed by The U.S. Congress
- ‘Investing in Poland and Transferring UK Business to Poland (a Polish and British Perspective)’: Seminar in London, 25 January 2018
- 2018 Will Be a Decisive Year for the Baltic Pipe Project
- How to Choose the Right Business Structure For Your Polish Investment?
- Do You Need a Family Office?
- ChambersConnect: The New Reality of Client-Lawyer Relations by Chambers
- Looking Back at 2017; It Was a Really Successful Year
- Czy jednolita płaca dla wszystkich pracowników delegowanych to dobry krok?
- Is the Wider Implementation of Equal Pay to Posted Workers a Good Step?
- Employee Privacy and Employee Confidentiality
- My Vision For a Bold, Thriving Poland
- Grzegorz Woźniak and Grzegorz Dudek Among the World's Leading High Net Worth Advisors in 2017
- The Polish Economy Grew 4.9% in the Third Quarter According to the Central Statistical Office of Poland
- In May 2018 GDPR Will Start To Apply Across the EU
- Adrian Andrychowski Chosen as the Construction Disputes Lawyer of the Year
- The GDPR and "Spying" Technologies
- Who Should Manage GDPR Compliance?
- Woźniak Legal Attended the Law Society’s Celebrating Excellence Awards
- Woźniak Legal's Private Client Practice Mentioned by One of the Leading Polish Websites for the Legal Profession
- Draft Law on Restitution of Property in Poland
- Poland Recognised as One of the Best Countries to Invest in by FTSE Russell
- Woźniak Legal Band 1 According to Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2017
- Woźniak Legal’s Private Wealth Practice Has Been Recommended by the Chambers and Partners
- ‘Doing Legal Business in the Visegrád Group’: Law Society’s Seminar
- Why Does Whistleblowing Occur in Practice so Rarely?
- Is the Three Seas Initiative a Good Thing?
- Woźniak Legal Shortlisted for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2017
- Historic Chance for Poland
- ‘Doing Legal Business in the Visegrád Group’: Law Society’s Seminar, London 5th September 2017
- The Story of Ron Balamuth and His Town House in Wadowice
- ‘Doing Legal Business in the Visegrád Group’ Seminar to be Held by the Law Society on 5th September 2017 in London
- The Principle of ‘Adverse Inferences’ in International Arbitration: is Cour d’Appel Paving the Way for Civil Law Jurisdictions?
- How Do I Reclaim My Property in Poland? Four Ways to Help You Uncover Your Predecessors’ Confiscated Property
- Internal Antitrust Audits Are on the Rise
- International Conference Entitled “The Confiscation of Property in Poland and Efforts at Restitution”
- The Age of Antitrust Litigation Has Arrived
- Expert Advice on Carrying out Due Diligence
- Nowe zasady odpowiedzialności inwestora za wynagrodzenie należne podwykonawcy
- Zawezwanie do próby ugodowej - czy zawsze jest skuteczne?
- It’s Now Easier to Enforce a Foreign Freezing Injunction in Poland
- Warsaw – a City Which Has Been Stolen?
- Property Division When a de facto Relationship Breaks Down is Harder than that of an Ordinary Marriage
- The Reprivatization Scandal in Warsaw Continues
- Gun-Jumping – What Does It Mean and How Does It Threaten M&A Transactions?
- Economic Growth in Poland in 2017
- Which Debts of the Deceased May Be Inherited by the Heirs According to Polish Intestacy Rules?
- Is Cyber Security One of the Biggest Security Threats the World Faces Right Now?
- The 22nd Annual International Wealth Transfer Practices Conference in London
- Jessup Poland & 2. Global Law Conference in Warsaw
- Where Is My Factory?
- A Blow Against the Idea of Reprivatization
- First Priority in 2017: COMPLIANCE. Why Be Concerned about Compliance?
- Globalisation or Isolation?
- ECHR: No Right to Divorce
- New Remedies for Individuals under the New EU General Data Protection Regulation
- Zmiany w prawie ochrony danych osobowych - Ogólne rozporządzenie o ochronie danych osobowych (RODO)
- Testament – for the Chosen Few or for Everyone?
- New Insolvency Law in Poland
- Combined Sale of a Computer Equipped with Pre-Installed Software Gets All Clear
- How to Terminate a Fixed-Term Tenancy Earlier?
- A Seismic Shift Is Coming: Adapt or Die
- (2) The Window of Opportunity to Pursue a Restitution Claim in Warsaw Will Not Last Forever; It Expires on 17 March 2017
- (1) The Window of Opportunity for Pursuing a Restitution Claim in Warsaw Won’t Last Forever; It Expires on 17 March 2017
- Will Machines Replace Lawyers?
- Let Me Raise a Question: Is the Global Legal Market Going to Soon Be Dominated by Around 20 Mega-Firms?
- Antitrust Audit as Part of an Effective Compliance Program
- Despite Reprivatization Scandal in Warsaw, a ‘Window of Opportunity’ for Recovering the Property Remains Open
- New Legislation on Warsaw Properties
- How to Prepare a Condominium to Sue the Developer
- Important Amendment for Restitution Claims in Warsaw
- Things to do in Warsaw When You Are Going to Recover Your Grandfather’s Property Confiscated in 1945 by the Communists
- Rising Popularity of Polish Residence Permits for Foreign Investors
- ‘Dieselgate’: Overwhelming U.S. Settlement Achieved. What about Europe?
- Death and Taxes: How to Overcome Certain Uncertainties in Cross-Border Succession with a Well-Drafted Will
- OECD’s Optimistic Forecast for Polish GDP
- “The Future of Justice in Europe” – ENCJ Meeting in Warsaw
- Set-off: an Obstacle in Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
- Poland on the Growth
- The Private Client Category on the Rise
- Poland Takes a New Direction
- The Panama Papers – Can Lawyers Still Be Trusted?
- Woźniak Legal Ranked Tier 1 for Private Client
- Transfer Pricing in Poland – the New Reality
- Poland’s Success in the Jessup 2016!
- Planning to Invest in Poland?
- International Cooperation in Solving Antitrust Issues
- The Age of Antitrust Litigation in Europe Has Arrived
- Poland Is Looking up - Some Good News for 2016
- Follow Woźniak Legal on Social Media
- Expert Advice on Carrying out Internal Antitrust Audits
- The Winners of the 2016 Jessup
- Global Law Conference on Cyber Security and the Future of the Legal Profession
- Law on Property Restitution in Poland is Urgently Needed; 70 Years After Bierut's Decree of 1945 the Time Is High
- Grzegorz Woźniak: Expert Advice on Carrying out Due Diligence
- Polish Rounds of the Biggest Jessup in History!
- 250th Anniversary of the National Theatre in Warsaw
- Woźniak Legal Tightens its Japanese Co-operation
- Woźniak Legal Became a Member of Shokokai
- 70th Anniversary of the So-called Bierut Decree (October 1945)
- Consequences for GIODO After the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Rulling
- Safe Harbor Agreements in Breach of the Right to Privacy
- Woźniak Legal Has Been Appointed an Official Organiser of the Polish National Rounds of the Jessup!
- Polish Davos in Krynica
- Immigration – Issue of the Century
- The Ashley Madison Hack
- The New EU Succession Regulation
- Inheritance of Property Across Europe Update
- Apple Loses Its Appeal on Price-Fixing Case Concerning E-books
- Proposed New Changes to the European Small Claims Procedure
- Will the Class Action Authors Guild v. Google Shape the Future of Books in the Digital Age?
- Landmark Dutch Class Action Concerning Global Warming
- Is the European Order for Payment an Effective Tool for Debt Collection in the EU?
- Important Changes in the Polish Criminal Procedure from July 2015
- The US Federal Court Rules that a Government Takeover of AIG’s Equity was Illicit but Caused No Harm
- Last Call to Register your Information Security Administrator
- The Film “Anatomy of a Murder” – How Far Can an Advocate Go in Suggesting a Defense to a Client Who Hasn’t a Clue?
- Honest and Decent Courts Are Essential for Supporting Democracy and Maintaining Stability – Says the Council of Europe
- Wozniak Legal is Part of the New International Law Firm Network Launched in Europe on 12 May 2015
- The Rules Regarding Inheritance of Property Across Europe Are Soon to Change
- Scrabble v Scramble
- Louis Vuitton Has Lost Rights to Its Chequerboard Pattern
- New Supreme Court’s Resolution Halts the Restoration of Forests to Pre-war Owners
- Woźniak Legal’s Dispute Resolution Practice Has Been Recommended by the Legal 500
- European Legal Networks Summit London March 2015
- New Free Trade Agreements Open New Opportunities for Global Investors
- Woźniak Legal Advises on Restoration of Real Estate to Heirs of Pre-WWII Owners in Warsaw
- Class Action in Poland is an Efficient Tool Against Property Developers in Construction Defect Cases
- Global Law Summit is Starting Today in London
- Stephen Denyer Talks About the New Way of Looking at Law
- Adrian Andrychowski, Associate at Woźniak Legal, Attends the Polish Nationals Rounds of the Jessup
- The European Court of Human Rights Condemns Italy in the Recent Case on Surrogate Mother
- European Networks Summit London March 2015
- Global Law Summit London 2015