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Garrigues

WARSAW FINANCIAL CENTER, UL EMILII PLATER 53, PIETRO 15, 00-113 WARSAW, POLAND

Zaragoza, Warsaw, Vitoria, Vigo, Valladolid, Valencia , and 28 more

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Corporate and M&A

At the Warsaw office of Spanish firm, Garrigues, Carlos Rapallo is rated by clients for his ‘knowledge of M&A practice, and great drafting of agreements’. The team acted for Inaer Aviation International on the potential purchase of a company.

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China

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Tax : Foreign firms

Spain

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Foreign Firms in London

European firms in London : Spain

Morocco

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Poland

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Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A

Portugal

Offices in Lisbon and Oporto

Romania

Offices in Bucharest

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Garrigues

CHANGES IN THE REGIME GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS AT SPANISH LISTED COMPANIES

On June 17, 2010, following a rough and eventful passage through Parliament, the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament finally approved a transcendental amendment to the Spanish Corporations Law (to article 105.2) affecting only listed corporations: a prohibition on voting ceilings for a same shareholder (or companies in the same group), regardless of the number of shares they own.

- Garrigues

Legal Developments in Poland

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Dispute Resolution Review - Poland 2011

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.

- Laszczuk & Partners
Poland Arbitration 2011

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.

- Laszczuk & Partners
Catch me if you can

Agnieszka Galazka and Marek Lazewski of LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners give advice on obtaining a preliminary injunction in Poland

- LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners
Single color protection as trademark protection.

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.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
Free choice following the dot – new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

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.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
Significant changes in civil proceedings–the liquidation of a separate procedure in commercial cas

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.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
PROTECTING COMPUTER PROGRAM USER INTERFACES

it is not always obvious which part of a computer program can be protected using intellectual property. Piotr Niezgódka takes a look.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
New Top Level Domain Names .XXX

Registration procedure of a new top-level domain name (TLD) .xxx. begins today. Find out: what opportunities and threats does the introduction of this domain name entail for your business?.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
INFORMATOR PRAWNICZY SIERPIEŃ 2011

Kary finansowe za naruszenie prawa konkurencji a wymiana informacji między przedsiębiorcami.

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners
Your Full Scope IP Law Practice

Industrial Property Administration 2 IP SCOUT – Revolutionary Solution for IP Administration 3 Industrial Property Protection Industrial Property Management & Technology Transfer 5 IP-Asset-Based Financial Engineering 6 Combating Unfair Competition 7 Copyright 8 New Technologies & Digitalization 9 Internet & E-commerce 10 Press & Media-Related Litigation 11 IP & Regulatory Law

- Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners