Over the last several years, Poland has been attracting increased investment in data centres.

All those who are interested in construction and infrastructure in Poland know about the new legislative initiative, which is to further simplify the procedures related to construction processes, this time in terms of planning procedures.

Recent changes to the right of perpetual usufruct came with the amendment to the rules for converting the right of perpetual usufruct into the right of ownership and annual fees updates.

Those planning to invest in the redevelopment of historic properties or in shopping centre projects are still at risk due to the ambiguities of current legal regulations.

As Poland searches for new ways to unlock land for much-needed housing, a major shift in property rights may be on the horizon.

In a tenant's market, signing bonuses for entering into a lease raise interesting tax issues.

The Act of 15 December 2016 on Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trade of Agricultural and Food Products came into force and effect on 12 July 2017.

Proposed changes to our existing body of construction law have been publicised and debated for many years.

Energy Performance Certificates were introduced at the beginning of 2010. They are important for legal actions relating to real estate trade, but, as they have existed for only a short time, they are still not widely known about.

A 400-square-meter apartment on the 50th floor of a skyscraper for less than $1,500? Sounds unrealistic.

In the construction industry, success is nowadays less often determined only by the lowest price or deadline. Technology has become a new field of competitive struggle, as it dictates the conditions on construction sites. Practice shows that it is the patents that increasingly often determine who can build, sell, and make money from innovations, and who will be forced to pay high compensation for violating someone else's rights

Katarzyna Sawa-Rybaczek is a rarity among lawyers in that she uniquely connects banking and finance with transactional real estate work.

On 26 April 2016 the Act of 14 April 2016 on suspension of sale of property from the Agricultural Property Stock of the State Treasury and amendment to certain acts (the "Act") was signed by the President.

Księgi wieczyste to kluczowe rejestry publiczne, które ujawniają stan prawny nieruchomości. Ich głównym zadaniem jest zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa transakcji na rynku nieruchomości oraz ochrona praw właścicieli i innych osób mających prawa do nieruchomości.

Currently, local planning in Poland is regulated by the Act of 27 March 2003 on local planning and development (the Act). The currently binding law replaced the previous Act of 1994, which was amended many times.

Planned limitations in trade in real estate, as well as in the shares of companies which are owners and perpetual usufructuaries of agricultural real estate.

Growing security tensions have brought civil defence in Poland to the forefront of public policy. The government has begun a nationwide effort to assess, modernise, and expand the network of bomb shelters...

In this article, we will address one of a very efficient tax planning idea that may be used for acquisition of real estate in Poland. The idea presented below allows for a tax free disposal of not only an entire real-estate but also parts of a building or single flats as well as achieve tax free renting income.

Restrictions should be taken into account when planning transactions of trade in agricultural real properties and shares of companies owning such properties.

Poland has weathered the global financial crisis better than most of its European neighbors, but how easy is it doing business there?