An important event in the rail transport industry is behind us, the 14th edition of the “Railway Congress”, whose organizers were Zespół Doradców Gospodarczych TOR, Wydawnictwo Rynek Kolejowy oraz Forum Kolejowe. The conference was held on Thursday, November 14, at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw. The Railway Congress is one of the largest and most prestigious conference events in the rail transport sector. The program for this year's installment focused on evaluating actions on the part of the state regarding railroads - one year after the parliamentary elections, ideas on how to somehow influence the revival of the freight market, as well as the role of critical infrastructure and railroads vis-à-vis the resilience of the state.
The international “TSL Industry Congress. Terminals Europe-Asia” organized by the Poland-Asia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce. The event was held on October 16-17 at the Double Tree By Hilton hotel in Warsaw. The TERMINALS 2024 international event, as announced, turned out to be a place to exchange a huge dose of knowledge, interesting lectures and high-class networking with representatives of the largest TSL industry companies in Poland.
The Firm has joined the Poland-Asia Chamber of Commerce and Industry - thus becoming an official member. We look forward to working with the other Partners, as this is another step in establishing and developing valuable international business relationships. The Poland-Asia Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established on the initiative of Polish entrepreneurs and has been operating on the market for 8 years. Its main mission is to effectively match demand and supply by providing the right conditions for the development of investment activities in eastern markets.
On September 18, the Royal Tulip Warsaw Apartments hosted a meeting of representatives of the TSL industry as part of the international event Logistics Business Mixer Ukraine - Poland - Europe. The organizers of the initiative were the Global Case - International business community, the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and the Global Payments Association. The aim of the initiators was to create, through the Business Mixer, a space providing support, the opportunity to exchange experiences, as well as to establish business contacts for representatives of the TSL sector.
The sixth edition of the International Scientific and Technical Conference INTERMODAL2024 entitled “Intermodal transport in rail-sea logistic chains” took place from September 16 to 18 at the Warszawski Dom Technika NOT in Warsaw. “Intermodal Transport in Rail-Maritime Logistic Chains”. The organizers of the event were the Association of Engineers and Technicians of Transportation of the Republic of Poland National Board and the Faculty of Transport of the Warsaw University of Technology. The theme of this year's conference was intermodal transport in rail-sea logistics chains. The firm was represented at the event by attorney Michał Zięba, PhD Managing Partner of HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners, who acted as a speaker during a talk on: “Property Tax Perturbations for Freight Terminals” as part of one of the plenary sessions.
Partners of HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partnerzy, signed a document containing 10 postulates on behalf of the firm for the transformation of the Polish energy industry. The organizer and initiator of the event was the e-magazine.pl portal. The meeting, held at the Sheraton Grand Warsaw, was a summary of the work initiated two months ago. Representatives of various circles - business, associations, academia - were involved in drafting the postulates. The drafted document is a set of conclusions put forward during the April conference "Energy Transformation and Storage"
We encourage you to read an article written by Marcin Lis, a journalist with Business Insider Polska, in which legal counsel Michal Zięba, PhD discusses the issue of planned changes regarding property tax for rail freight terminals under the planned amendment to the Law on Local Taxes and Fees and outlines the effects of its coming into force.
We are proud to announce that the law firm HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners and our energy law specialist attorney Adam Szalc have been recognized in this year's classification of the XXII edition of the Rzeczpospolita Ranking of Law Firms, receiving a recommendation in the category: "Energy and natural resources". We sincerely thank you for your trust. We are proud that the hard work and continuous development of our team has been recognized by the Chapter of the Ranking, among our clients and the legal community.
The Ignacy Lukasiewicz Rzeszow University of Technology held a forum as part of the Heritage Innovators Day International Creative Industries Forum on June 11 at the Ignacy Lukasiewicz Teaching, Conference and Library and Administration Center. The keynote of the premiere edition was: "New European Bauhaus as a driving force for creative industries". The organizers of the meeting were the 8Marca Foundation (F8M) and the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Rzeszów University of Technology.
The INTO European Congress, organized by the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice, was held June 3-4 at the International Congress Center in Katowice. The substantive event addressed a number of topical issues concerning the European industrial and energy sector, including the legal framework for the energy transition and changes in the area of RES.
Last week there was a very important conference organized by the Railway Transport Authority entitled. “ETCS Limited Supervision - Safety, Interoperability and Digitalization”. Michal Zięba, PhD - Managing Partner of HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners had the pleasure of moderating the panel discussion “Disabling Class B Systems Challenges and Benefits.
We recommend your attention to the latest issue of the quarterly e-magazine.pl portal, entirely devoted to the subject of energy storage and power engineering, which provides its recipients with the most up-to-date and most important information from the energy industry. Interesting articles and a huge dose of knowledge await readers.
The law firm HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners represented POLREGIO in a tender for the operation of regional rail passenger transport in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The second of the law firms serving POLREGIO was K&K Mariusz Kuźma Beata Jagodzińska Kuźma - thank you for your cooperation.
On April 18 we celebrated International Monuments Day. On that day, the second edition of the “Revitalization Forum” under the slogan “We are united by monuments” was held at Arche Cukrownia Żnin, organized by Arche Group. This year's event was attended by experts from Poland and Europe, as well as residents of Żnin and the surrounding area, including many former employees of the Żnin sugar factory.
The 21st edition of the most important rolling stock event in Poland - the “RAILWAY TABOR - PURCHASE, MODERNIZATION, MAINTENANCE” conference in Ustka - has just ended. The organizer of the meeting is the Polish Chamber of Railways, whose members the law firm HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners had the pleasure to join.
The latest issue of the Railway Market (RK) monthly magazine published an interesting article by Michal Zięba, PhD, Managing Partner of HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners law firm, touching on the issue of legal regulations concerning repairs and inspections of multiple units.
Monday saw the fourth edition of the “Railway Law - National and European Regulations” conference organized by the ProKolej Foundation in cooperation with the Railway Transport Office.
OFFSHORE WIND 2.0 in Sopot is now behind us! Congratulations to Attis Broker and the entire MJM Holdings Sp.z o.o. group for the excellent organization and preparation of a valuable conference program.
We could not miss this event - HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners participated in the International Railway and Intermodal Congress in Wisla. We thank the organizers (OLTIS Group ProKolej Foundation and První Signální, a.s.) for the invitation.
Last week we had the pleasure of participating in a meeting of the Energy Committee organized by the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce at the Targowa | Targowa Creativity Center.
We are pleased to announce that last week we joined another chamber of commerce - IGTL - thus becoming an official member. We are extremely pleased that the group of member companies to which we belong is constantly growing!
It is now official - the law firm HANTON Szalc Zięba & Partners has joined the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce. We are looking forward to working with the members of the PUIG, as this is another step for us in establishing and developing valuable international business relations.
We recommend reading the article by legal advisor Michał Zięba, Managing Partner of HANTON on Regulatory bottlenecks in railway legislation. This article has been compiled as a compilation of a few selected thoughts from ongoing legal activities on behalf of clients.
On 7-8 February 2024, the XXVI ENEX International Trade Fair for Power and Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Sources took place in Kielce. This is the most important and largest event in the RES sector in Poland, organised for 25 years.
Lawyers from the HANTON law firm were guests of a podcast for e-magazines.pl published as part of a series aimed at introducing viewers to the most important information on technology storage facilities, including energy storage.