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                                                                                Rise of tax on wind farms
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            On 1 January 2017, new provisions of the Act on Taxes and Local Charges will enter into force. Under the new provisions, a high real property tax will be imposed on wind farms. The change follows the shift in focus of the energy policy of the Council of Ministers in fav...                                        
                                     
                                    
                                
                                
    
    
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      BSWW Legal & Tax has advised financial investors in respect of an equity investment and refinancing a debt of MZCH Organika S.A
     
    
        
            The lawyers of BSWW Legal & Tax have advised financial investors in the course of a mezzanine financing project involving the refinancing of the entire debt of Malborskie Zakłady Chemiczne Organika S.A. The refinancing took the form of a bond issue and a capital inv...        
     
    
    
    
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      Amendment of regulations concerning the joint and several liability of the investor and the contractor
     
    
        
            On 1 June 2017, the Act of 7 April 2017 Amending Certain Other Statutes entered into force. The purpose of this act is to facilitate claiming debts. Under the act, among other provisions of law, Article 647(1) of the Polish Civil Code was amended. The article concerns t...        
     
    
    
    
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      Improving business processes and data analysis in a company
     
    
        
            On 7 June, in Warsaw a conference was held which focused on “Improving business processes and data analysis in a company”. Our experts, Piotr Ćwiertniewski and Patrycja Leszczuk delivered a presentation about new conditions and restrictions regarding the use of data in ...        
     
    
    
    
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      act BSWW has advised Reino Partners and Buma Group on the Cu Office project
     
    
        
            Reino Partners and Buma Group for the first time join efforts in a construction project. The project in Wrocław will comprise two office buildings with a total area of 23,000 m2. First offices will be delivered to their tenants by the end of 2018.
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      Jysk, Vision Express and Martes Sport – Nowa Stacja in Pruszków secures new tenants
     
    
        
            With the support of act BSWW, ECC Group has signed new lease agreements for space in a shopping centre near Warsaw. The group of Nowa Stacja tenants was joined by a Danish household goods distributor Jysk, one of the leaders in the optical industry Vision Express and a ...        
     
    
    
    
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      Two promotions to partner and a new tax practice leader at act BSWW, the Warsaw office of act legal
     
    
        
            The group of partners of act BSWW has been joined by Iwona Kurylak and Łukasz Piekarski, both specialising in securities issue. The BSWW team has also grown by one more expert – Małgorzata Wąsowska who is a tax advisor with many years of experience gained, among others,...        
     
    
    
    
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      act legal – new european law firm
     
    
        
            In May 2017, the prestigious corporate law firms BSWW Legal & Tax (Poland), AC Tischendorf (Germany), Vivien & Associés (France), WMWP (Austria), MPH (Slovakia), Řanda Havel Legal (Czech Republic) will be joining forces under the name of act legal (www.actlegal....        
     
    
    
    
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      BSWW recognized once again in international legal rankings
     
    
        
            We are pleased to announce that BSWW and its lawyers have been recognized in two top international legal rankings – Legal 500 and Chambers Europe.
Our practices recommended by Legal 500 include:
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Real Estate and Construction
• Di...        
     
    
    
    
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      New personal data protection bill
     
    
        
            On Tuesday, the Ministry of Digital Affairs published a personal data protection bill. The scope of the bill is not final yet. It covers only this part of the regulations which until now has been prepared by the Ministry. Other provisions which the bill is to include ar...        
     
    
    
    
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      BSWW advises Buma Group on the lease of DOT Office
     
    
        
            Ericsson has signed a lease contract with respect to a space of 8000 square metres in DOT Office, an investment project of Buma Group in Cracow. The seat of the company is scheduled to be moved in June 2017. The Tenant is going to lease the entire Building E of the inve...