On 5 August 2020, the Government Legislation Centre published the long awaited draft bill amending the Commercial Companies Code and certain other acts. The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to introduce certain regulations from holdings law (the law on corporate groups) into the Polish law system, which will regulate relationships between parent companies and their subsidiaries such that the interests of all parties concerned are taken into account. Furthermore, the draft bill, as published, provides for a number of amendments strengthening supervisory boards by giving them tools allowing them to  exercise more effective corporate supervision. The bill also sanctions a duty of loyalty of members of a company’s governing bodies.

WKB advised PKO Bank Polski on restructuring the debt of Huta Pokój S.A., a manufacturer and distributor of steel products.

Experts from WKB’s energy, public procurement and environmental protection practices have co-authored the commentary published by C.H. Beck.

Anna Wyrzykowska, partner at WKB, was elected on 28 August by the General Assembly of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats / International Association of Young Lawyers) to the position of First Vice President of the Association. Anna is the first lawyer from Poland with such a high position on the board of AIJA, one of the most important international legal organizations in the world, and which has been operating since 1962.

One of the main factors that is very important in the development of electromobility in Poland is the construction of infrastructure allowing for charging electric vehicles. What are the legislator's requirements, what the procedure looks like and who is an important link in this process, you can read in the article published in Executive Magazine

WKB has provided advisory services to E&W companies, which belong to Danish Eurowind Energy A/S and Windbud Sp. z o.o., in the process of negotiating and concluding agreements for construction of four wind farms: Janikowo (30 turbines), Wągrowiec (8 turbines), Oborniki (8 turbines) and Wyrzysk (4 turbines).

The Kąty (Krasin) Wind Farm will be located in the Pasłęk commune, around 80 km south-east of Gdańsk, and will have installed capacity of 35.2 MW. WKB’s team, led by Marta Midloch, consisted of experts from infrastructure projects, energy and insurance teams.

Die Novelle des Gesetzes vom 1. März 2018 zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung, mit der die Regelungen der sog. 5. Geldwäsche-Richtlinie (des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates (EU) 2018/843 vom 30. Mai 2018) in die polnische Rechtsordnung umgesetzt werden, tritt in Kraft.