Category: Webinars

We would like to invite you to our business breakfast at which we are going to focus on changes to the public procurement law, arising from the so-called “Shield 4.0” and the new Public Procurement Law Act that will come into effect as of January 01, 2021.

Agenda:

1. COVID-19 and its impact on performance of public procurement contracts
– automatic amendments to agreements
– circumstances that give rise to such amendments
– contractual penalties
– relations with subcontractors

2. New Public Procurement Law Act – agreements
– abusive clauses
– specific components of agreements
– application of contractual penalties
– amendments to agreements
– agreement performance and reporting

The breakfast will be combined with a discussion on participants’ professional experience and answers to questions covering the issues listed above.

Speakers:

Sebastian Pietrzyk
Co-Head of Public Procurement
+48 606 406 531
sebastian.pietrzyk@actlegal-bsww.com

Marcelina Daszkiewicz
Co-Head of Public Procurement
+48 665 667 670
marcelina.daszkiewicz@actlegal-bsww.com

Date and place:

October 13, 2020 (Tuesday), 9:30 a.m.
act BSWW, ul. Skorupki 5, Warsaw

Please confirm your participation. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
RSVP: ewa.cacaj@actlegal-bsww.com, until October 05, 2020

We would like to invite you to our business breakfast at which we are going to focus on changes to the public procurement law, arising from the so-called “Shield 4.0” and the new Public Procurement Law Act that will come into effect as of January 01, 2021.

Agenda:

1. COVID-19 and its impact on performance of public procurement contracts
– automatic amendments to agreements
– circumstances that give rise to such amendments
– contractual penalties
– relations with subcontractors

2. New Public Procurement Law Act – agreements
– abusive clauses
– specific components of agreements
– application of contractual penalties
– amendments to agreements
– agreement performance and reporting

The breakfast will be combined with a discussion on participants’ professional experience and answers to questions covering the issues listed above.

Speakers:

Sebastian Pietrzyk
Co-Head of Public Procurement
+48 606 406 531
sebastian.pietrzyk@actlegal-bsww.com

Marcelina Daszkiewicz
Co-Head of Public Procurement
+48 665 667 670
marcelina.daszkiewicz@actlegal-bsww.com

Date and place:

July 9, 2020 (Tuesday), 9:30 a.m.
act BSWW, ul. Skorupki 5, Warsaw

Please confirm your participation. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
RSVP: ewa.cacaj@actlegal-bsww.com, until July 3, 2020

If your business struggles due to the COVID-19 epidemic or you are interested in restructuring and bankruptcy, you should join the webinar organized by our law firm.

Send the details of the event to staff members in your company who may be interested.

Restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings amid COVID-19 epidemic – a to-the-point guide

23 April 2020 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m.

Join us

Agenda

• The latest legal developments – solutions related to bankruptcy and restructuring provided for in the new Anti-Crisis Shield
• The suspension of obligation to file for bankruptcy – practical aspects
• Extended hardening periods during which debtor’s transactions prior to bankruptcy filing are vulnerable to challenge
• Filing for bankruptcy by the creditor
• Judicial restructuring procedure – is it for you and what type is best?
• Public support for restructuring

Questions

If there are any issues you are especially concerned with, let us now. We want to make the webinar worth your while. Contact us with the issues you want us to address at webinar@actlegal-bsww.com no later than one day before the event. You will be also able to ask questions during the webinar.

Host

Barbara Szczepkowska
Attorey-at-law / Partner / Co-Head of Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice
barbara.szczepkowska@actlegal-bsww.com, +48 602 260 127

Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings regarding businesses, during which she represents creditors and debtors alike. She boasts vast experience in advising insolvency practitioners, having advised receivers, court-appointed supervisors and administrators. Barbara also represents clients before courts in a variety of cases, including ones regarding complex fraudulent transfer claims (also those involving a receiver) and major damages recovery cases.
Moreover, she has successfully protected clients’ interests in a few dozen personal bankruptcy processes ending in the release of former business owners and management board members (among others) from their debts.

The webinar is free of charge.

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If you are interested in the commercial real estate market, you should join the webinar organized by our law firm.

COVID-19 – Pandemic’s impact on lease agreements for retail and services premises

8 April, 9:30-10:30

Join us

Agenda

• Solutions proposed in the Anti-Crisis Shield
• Practical aspects of mutual claims expiry
• Entities affected by the regulation
• Lifting the ban – what’s next? How does offer mechanism work?
• Practical issues involved in lease agreement performance
• Temporary ban on termination and automatic renewal of lease agreements – how does it work?

Questions

If there are any issues you are especially concerned with, let us now. We will try to answer all your questions during the webinar. Contact us with the issues you want us to address at ewa.cacaj@actlegal-bsww.com no later than one day before the event. You will be also able to ask questions during the webinar.

Hosts

Alicja Sołtyszewska, Attorney-at-law / Partner
alicja.soltyszewska@actlegal-bsww.com, +48 604 608 728

She has over 10 years of experience in handling a range of real estate issues, focusing primarily on lease agreements for office and warehouse units.
Alicja has advised Polish and international developers, property owners and investment funds in respect of the lease of numerous objects located in, i.a. Warsaw, Kraków, Łódź and Wrocław. and supported tenants, primarily including major multinational corporations. She also advised on the closing of one of the largest recent lease agreements in Poland’s real estate market.

Izabela Żmijewska, Attorney-at-law / Senior Associate
izabela.zmijewska@actlegal-bsww.com, +48 603 300 382

She specializes in real estate law, with a strong focus on lease agreements for retail and office units.
Iza has provided legal support to Polish and international investors and investment funds in respect of the negotiations and closing of lease agreement for office and retail units located in, i.a. Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań and Wrocław.

The webinar is free of charge.

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On 6 March 2020, together with our Partner – Navigator Dom Maklerski, we will host the first in a series of meetings focusing on the shareholder register and shares used as collateral.

The meetings will be hosted by Jakub Salwa – Partner at act BSWW and Bartosz Krzesiak – ECM Director at Navigator Capital Group.

Agenda:

• Commercial Companies Code revision – general assumptions and key changes
• obligatory share dematerialization – selected practical issues from the perspective of creditors:
– interim period until 1 January 2021
– target period after 1 January 2021

The meeting will be combined with a discussion on how to get ready for the changes and take relevant actions.

On 4 March 2020, the Polish Association of Listed Companies will hold Conference on Bonds as a Financing Tool.

Piotr Smołuch, Jakub Salwa and Łukasz Piekarski, act BSWW bond practice members, will participate in four debates focusing on key regulatory changes and their implications, on procedures and costs connected with bond issue as well as on collateral establishment procedure. They will also present a bond issue case study.

The conference agenda is available here.

We hope to see you there.

act BSWW will host two meetings focusing on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regulations.

During the first one, on 4 March 2020, we will discuss the general issues of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism. The second meeting, on 10 March 2020, will be practice-oriented and addressed especially to obligated entities. It will deal with the implementation of anti-money laundering regulations.
The meetings will be hosted by Aleksandra Sztajer, Maciej Iwanejko and Mariusz Grochowski.

Agenda:

4 March 2020, 10:00 a.m.
General issues

• General issues of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
• Legal framework and AML institutions
• AML requirements for obligated entities, esp. risk assessment, financial security measures and transaction monitoring
• Central Register of Beneficial Owners – ownership structure verification, beneficial owner details reporting and disclosure, reporting procedure
• Administrative and penal sanctions

10 March 2020, 10:00 a.m.
Practice-oriented aspects of the implementation of AML regulations

• Money laundering – a threat to the financial system and obligated entity
• AML compliance – obligated entity’s internal procedures and AML Compliance Officer
• Financial security measures and their implementation in light of personal data protection
• Information disclosure to the General Inspector of Financial Information
• Transaction monitoring as an element of risk-based approach
• Special restrictive measures with respect to individuals, groups and entities
• Obligated entity inspection – inspecting entities, inspection place and time, post-inspection statements

Place: act BSWW, Skorupki 5, Warsaw

RSVP by 27 February 2020 (ewa.cacaj@actlegal-bsww.com)

Join us!

On 28 February 2020, act BSWW hosted a meeting on the revision of the Public Procurement Law, focusing on changes regarding appeal measures.

Agenda:
• Key changes to appeal procedure in light of existing regulations
• Key changes to complaint procedure
• Impact on the rights and obligations of parties to tender procedure
• Conciliatory procedure

The meeting was ran by Marcelina Daszkiewicz and Sebastian Pietrzyk, co-heading the law firm’s public procurement practice.

 

The 6th Corporate Bonds Conference was held in Warsaw on October 21-22, 2019.

Once again act BSWW served as the event’s partner.

Piotr Smołuch, Managing Partner, moderated the panel named “Corporate Bonds Market in view of SMEs – the nature of bond issues and credit risk, especially the costs, collaterals and standards of risk evaluation.”
The discussion was attended by:
• Iwona Załuska, President of the Management Board, Partner, Upper Finance Consulting
• Magdalena Śniegocka, Investment Director, Credit Value Investments
• Łukasz Gerbszt, Deputy President of the Management Board, Q Securities
• Jakub Salwa, Partner, act BSWW

Additionally, Piotr Smołuch (Managing Partner) and Jakub Salwa (Partner) ran workshops on different types of security interests for bonds. The scope of workshops covered the following:
• Types of security interests/collaterals
• Security interests that can be implemented in specific financing structures (incl. collateral lending and project finance)
• Important contractual clauses that make it possible to effectively pursue security interests
• Efficiency of security interests as regards proceedings related to the debtor’s insolvency

The Corporate Bonds Conference integrates the professionals and institutions involved in this market. The idea behind the event is to create an opportunity to meet, share experiences and get practical knowledge from experts who are active in the corporate bonds market.

Except for speeches of individuals who have a substantial impact on this market, the Corporate Bonds Conference offers a chance to participate in expert workshops, gain practical knowledge and discuss experiences with specialists in various fields, who are fully committed to their work in narrowly-defined areas of expertise, related to debt issued by businesses.

The details are available here.

The 6th Financial Market Regulation Conference, FinReg 2019, was held in Warsaw on October 17-18, 2019.

act BSWW served as the event’s partner.

Piotr Smołuch, the law firm’s Managing Partner, was the panelist in the session named “New securities trade regulations – the impact of legal changes on the corporate bonds market.”

FinReg is attended by experts from supervisory authorities and entities operating in the financial market. The conference offers a chance to share knowledge and experience, as well as to discuss and solve current problems related to the applicable regulatory system and its stability in Poland and the European Union.

The details are available here.