Working as a transactional lawyer doesn’t necessarily have to be boring. Actually, it often creates new challenges and offers chances to implement unique and seemingly impossible initiatives. In this article, we will talk about the completion of several complex transactions that added up to a large reorganisation project finalised in less than… 2 months! We […]
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Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the fact that the Dutch law creates good conditions for running investment entities whose assets are comprised of, e.g., start-ups, securities, real estate, but also digital assets, includingcryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Well, the Dutch seem to have overtaken Europe as usual, and the Dutch legal system again has […]
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Market analyses in the context of the number and type of transactions conducted in 2021 clearly indicate that it was record-breaking in terms of finalized M&A processes. And it does not seem to stop there… Looking through the prism of the economic and political situation, one might wonder: how is this even possible? Two years […]
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It is obvious that in business – as in life – it is best to learn from someone else’s mistakes, although in practice it is rarely possible. After all, it is worth trying, because it often turns out that many failures could have been avoided if we had analysed the analogous situation of another entrepreneur […]
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There is no need to convince anybody that in recent years sourcing capital from foreign investors by Polish companies has been hugely popular. The statistics published in January 2022 by the Central Centre for Economic Informationdemonstrate that by the beginning of the year over 90,000 companies with foreign capital were operating in Poland! The increase in […]
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We present, in telegraphic summary, the rules for the operation of a family foundation according to the updated draft, taking into account the changes it will make to the tax and inheritance law already in force. A draft law on family foundations is undergoing proceedings at the Government Legislation Centre. The project was submitted by […]
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Recent years have brought about quite a revolution in the capital markets. Of course, it is already known that Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) are replacing the hitherto popular classical investment funds at a rapid pace. We wrote more about this topic in the article “AIF leads the way on the Polish capital market“. The question, […]
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The pandemic has shown that Polish entrepreneurs are increasingly open to expanding their activities abroad. They primarily focus on mobilisation and taking on new challenges, such as business expansion into foreign markets. We have seen an increase in the number of projects aimed at scaling up businesses. In this article, we will outline what such […]
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The popularity of alternative investment funds has been growing uninterruptedly. It has become clear that investors, looking for opportunities to grow their assets using optimal investment instruments, have already seen how efficient AIFs are. Regulatory easing, high flexibility and preferential taxes encourage investors to choose this vehicle for their investment activities. In 2021, as compared […]
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Alternative Investment Funds were introduced over four years ago and yet they are still scarcely used. This is despite the introduction of preferential tax rules for AIFs in 2019. This is often due to the common notion that running an AIF requires a number of authorisations, that it is subject to onerous supervision by the […]
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In legal and business circles, it is not uncommon to hear this old adage – “a lawyer will always tell you that you need a lawyer” – and although it carries a humorous overtone, a large proportion of investors take it seriously by trying, at all costs, to prove that they can deal with the legal […]
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In this uncertain era of the coronavirus pandemic we hear about the slowing of investment processes, the postponement of long planned M&A transactions and talk of uncertainty about the future of mergers and acquisitions. Can we really be sure that a “transaction quarantine” is coming? We would argue that it is important to not lose […]
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Blog edited by dr Anna Maria Panasiuk
Founder and Managing Partner of Panasiuk & Partners, with many years of expertise in wealth management.
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