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Dr Marek Jezewski (Partner in Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners) is the author of a commentary to the Common Commercial Policy of the European Union to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The collaborative study edited by professor Andrzej Wrobel has been published by prestigious publisher Wolters Kluwer Poland.
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We are pleased to send you brief description of the main points of the bill of the Renewable
Energy Sources (RES) Act, published by the Ministry of the Economy in December, 2011,
and its comparison with the current RES support system.
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Table of contents
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Legal Aspects of Exploration and Exploitation
of Shale Gas and Tight Gas in Poland
by A. Wiercinski
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Poland is a civil law country. The Polish legal system follows the
Continental, code-based tradition. The hierarchy of universally binding law
includes the Constitution, treaties, statutes, and executive regulations.
Judicial authority is exercised by courts and tribunals. Courts include the
Supreme Court, the common courts, administrative courts and military courts.
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One issue under discussion is whether Poland should become a party to the
Washington (ISCID) Convention. Because Poland is a party to more than 60
bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and has recently been a party to
several high-profile investment arbitration proceedings, becoming a party to
the ISCID Convention is discussed among practitioners, but faces strong
opposition on the government side. Apart from that, another issue is whether
Poland should continue to maintain BITs at all with other countries within
the EU.
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Agnieszka Galazka and Marek Lazewski of LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners give advice
on obtaining a preliminary injunction in Poland
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Currently a contentious court case is taking place in the United States of America, in which a famous producer of luxury footwear, Christian Louboutin, demands a ban on the sale of shoes with a red sole characteristic for the French fashion house – Ives Saint Laurent.
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On 12 January 2012, the procedure of registration of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has been launched. Check for the related chances and threats for your business.
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With the Act from 16 September, 2011 on the change of act – Code of Civil Procedure and some of other acts, there has been introduced a number of changes in the civil procedure. One of the most significant and meaningful changes is the harmonization of procedures of claiming default in all civil cases, regardless whether the party is an entrepreneur or a person who does not conduct business activity.
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International conference entitled «International Commercial Arbitration in Ukraine and the World: yesterday, today, tomorrow», dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the ICAC at the UCCI.
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The Qatar Law Forum
is a three-day gathering in Doha of invited leaders in law from around
the world, held under the patronage of His Highness the Emir of the
State of Qatar.
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Olympic medallists Roger Black, MBE and Steve Backley, OBE will be the VIP speakers at an
Olympic-themed event hosted by International Law Firm, Hassans. The event will take place
in the run up to the London Olympics, on the 12th July, at the Khaima at the Rock Hotel.
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Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to the lenders in the course of restructuring of financial obligations of “Potok8” (former Mirax Group), one of the leading Russian construction and development companies, under the outstanding USD 180 million credit linked notes.
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Theta Capital Pte. Ltd., a unit of property developer PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk (LPKR) has on 9 May 2012 launched the issue of US$150 million senior notes, to be used for (a) the development of new retail malls, hospitals and large scale integrated development and (b) working capital requirements and general corporate purpose . The notes will be guaranteed by LPKR and its subsidiaries. Citigroup and Deutsche Bank were joint global coordinators and lead managers in the issuance.
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Public and Employment Law barristers from 11KBW will tackle the big questions in local authority law for Wales. They will look at what’s happening in legislation and case law across a number of key
areas, and what it means for authorities, their in-house legal teams and advisers.
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On 30 April 2012 representatives of GRATA Law Firm (Finance and Securities Department) took part in internal legal seminar held by JSC DB Sberbank.
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22 May 2012. Senior Associate of International law firm Integrites in his speech at Ukrainian M&A Congress touched upon the current situation and prospects of Ukrainian market of mergers and acquisitions, particularly M&A deals in Ukraine in a comparative perspective and the most common deal breakers.
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The “11KBW strollers” were out in force to take part in the London Legal Walk raising around £2,000 for London Legal Support Trust, London Legal Support Trust, the Free Representation Unit and the Bar Pro Bono Unit.
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UNICREDIT TIRIAC BANK S.A. ON THE FINANCING OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY BIOMASS PLANT IN ROMANIA