HANTON legal services included the preparation of complete documentation related to the functioning of the Service Infrastructure Facilities (hereinafter referred to as the ‘OIU’), specifically including the facility regulations, price list draft, facility access agreement, as well as an application for entry in the Register of Service Infrastructure Facilities kept by the President of the Office of Rail Transport.
Winning in the National Appeals Chamber! The contract value amounts to nearly PLN 500 million. The legal service ended with a positive judgment of the National Appeals Chamber as of December 21, 2021.
The Act on Local Taxes and Fees was finally amended. Pursuant to the Act amending the Act on Local Taxes and Fees of November 17, 2021 (Dz. U. 2021, item 2192), significant modifications were made to the conditions of real property tax exemption for railway land, buildings and structures. These solutions are beneficial for Operators of Service Infrastructure Facilities.
HANTON Law Firm handled the transaction of taking up new shares in Hatech sp. z o.o. which conducts the R&D program in the field of renewable energy sources by the Netrix Ventures fund. The mentioned transaction was related to both the investor's financial entry into the company and the acquisition of additional grant funding within the NCBiR BRIdge Alfa program. The legal services were managed by the HANTON’s managing partner - Adam Szalc, advocate.
HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners Law Firm is developing the practice of real estate and construction investments. Łukasz Dziamski who is an attorney at law specializing in the real estate sector law with particular emphasis on handling the investment process, regulations regarding monuments and administrative permits has joined the group of partners of the HANTON Law Firm.
Michał Zięba, HANTON’s Managing Partner, participated in the first debate at the Trendownia 2021 - the conference devoted to trends in supply and production networks.
This year's European Rolling Stock Forum was marked by the introduced innovations and planned investments in the passenger and freight rolling stock sector.
On July 29, 2021, on the website of the Government Legislation Center, a draft of the Act amending the Act on Road Transport and certain other acts of July 27, 2021 was published. The principal objective of the draft act is to implement into the polish order the so-called Mobility Package I which comprises a set of EU regulations regulating the rules of international road transport.
The "anti-windmill" act may be liberalized soon. Currently, the draft act is being proceeded in the Senate [PL: Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej]. The amendment’s main aim is to simplify the process of implementing new projects for the construction of onshore wind farms and to remove or amend certain regulations that constitute an obstacle to the development of this type of renewable energy source.
Att. Michał Zięba, the Managing Partner of HANTON is the author of the article: "Wybrane zagadnienia formalno-prawne związane z implementacją dyrektywy w sprawie interoperacyjności oraz dyrektywy w sprawie bezpieczeństwa".
The Law Firm provides services to an energy company introducing an innovative service package to the market. The Client will offer its contractors the service of designing, constructing, renting and servicing a photovoltaic farm with the simultaneous provision of balancing and sale of electricity.
Att. Michał Zięba, Managing Partner of HANTON Law Firm took part in the Railway Safety Forum 2021 as a moderator of the debate "Przyszłość zawodów związanych z ruchem kolejowym – luka pokoleniowa, czas pracy, odpowiedzialność i kompetencje. Promowanie pracy na polskiej kolei”.
HANTON has developed a strategy for the Client based on Art. 15r of the Act on specific solutions related to the prevention, counteraction and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisises caused by them (hereinafter referred to as the “Coronavirus”). This provision constitutes a self-existent basis for amending agreements concluded under the Public Procurement Law. Pursuant to the Art. 15r Coronavirus, to modify the agreement certain conditions must be met.
On February 11, 2021 the government draft amendment to the act on rail transport was submitted to the Sejm [PL: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej]. The proposed changes are aimed at adjusting the Polish railway law to EU regulations related to the interoperability of the rail system and railway safety. After three readings of the draft amendment in the Sejm [PL: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej] and the adoption of the Act on February 25, 2021, the Act was passed along to the President and the Marshal of the Senate [PL: Marszałek Senatu]. Therefore, the course of work on the amendment to the Act ran very smoothly.