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 Chamber accepted the arguments presented by the Law Firm regarding the principles of modernization of railway vehicles, which result from the new provisions of the so-called 4th Railway Package. The arguments related to the right to use the construction documentation and the tests performed for the running bogie, which is the most important element of the passenger car’s running system, turned out to be particularly important and decisive. Legal services were managed by Michał Zięba, attorney-at-law.
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.