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Establishing a Polish Subsidiary or Branch for a Foreign Company
We advise foreign companies on setting up a company or branch in Poland and supporting their day-to-day b...
Legal Support for a Polish Subsidiary of a Foreign Company
For a foreign entrepreneur, entering the Polish market is a strategic decision whose legal, tax and organ...
General Meeting of Members of an Association: Convening, Proceedings and Adopting Resolutions. Remote and Hybrid Meetings
The General Meeting of Members (walne zebranie członków) is the highest authority of an association and t...
Shareholders' Agreement as a Supplement to Voluntary Redemption of Shares in the S24 Online System
The S24 procedure (registration of a company and subsequent changes through the S24 online system) is a c...
A Shareholder's Exit from a Limited Liability Company: Case Study
Redemption of shares in a limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) is one of the most commonly used tools o...
Loan to a Limited Liability Company from a Shareholder Who Is a Management Board Member: Legal and Tax Requirements
A loan granted to a limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) by its shareholder is one of the more commonly...
Ways of Recapitalising a Limited Liability Company
A limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) may be recapitalised by increasing its equity or by obtaining ex...
Share Capital, Supplementary Capital and Reserve Capital in a Limited Liability Company
In this article we discuss the following issues concerning the types of funds (share capital, supplementa...
Merger of Capital Companies by Acquisition
The Commercial Companies Code (CCC) regulates a number of transformations of companies in the broad sense...
Disposal of 50% of the Shares in a Limited Liability Company by Shareholders Holding an Odd Number of Shares: Discussion of the Issue and Practical Solutions
The disposal of shares in a limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) is one of the key instruments by which...
Protecting the Company and Existing Shareholders When Admitting New Shareholders: Compulsory Redemption of Shares or Conditional Sale?
Admitting new shareholders to a limited liability company often comes with the expectation that their inv...
Share Capital Increase in a Limited Liability Company
An increase in the share capital of a limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) consists in changing the com...
E-Delivery (E-Doręczenia)
E-Delivery (e-Doręczenia) is the electronic equivalent of a registered letter with acknowledgement of rec...
Draft Act Implementing ESG Submitted to the Sejm
At the end of August 2024, a draft amendment to the Accounting Act appeared on the website of the Governm...
How Do You Liquidate a Limited Liability Company? Liquidation of a sp. z o.o. Step by Step
Sometimes, despite the absence of financial problems, the continued existence of a limited liability comp...
Who Must File an ESG Report (Sustainability Report) and When?
ESG reports have been widely discussed for some time, and sustainability reporting is a subject that affe...
Who Can Be the Proxy of a Management Board Member?
Neither the Commercial Companies Code (CCC) nor the Civil Code imposes restrictions on granting a managem...
Disposal of Shares in a Limited Liability Company
Holding a share carries the rights and obligations attached to the status of a shareholder. A shareholder...
When Does a Management Board Member's Term of Office End in a Limited Liability Company?
The management board is the company's executive body. Its tasks include managing the company's internal a...
Prohibited Contract Clauses: What They Are and the Consequences of Using Them
In recent years the subject of prohibited clauses has become popular thanks to the proceedings brought by...
How to Write a Demand for Payment
A demand for payment (wezwanie do zapłaty) is an official letter sent to a debtor who does not pay its de...
Transforming a Sole Proprietorship into a Commercial Company
The process of transforming a sole proprietorship (jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza, JDG) into a limi...
Procedure Where an Entry in the National Court Register Is Out of Date
In this article we discuss the following issues:
Contributing an Enterprise to a Family Foundation: The Most Tax-Efficient Solutions
The Family Foundation Act does introduce a closed list of the types of business activity that a foundatio...
Liquidation of an Association
The liquidation of an association consists in completely ending its existing activity, satisfying (or sec...
Does Every Company Have to Protect Whistleblowers?
On 24 June 2024 the Whistleblower Protection Act[1] was published, providing for a 3-month period for imp...
Can a Family Foundation Conduct Business Activity?
The Family Foundation Act introduces a closed list of the types of business activity that a foundation ma...
Bankruptcy Petition for a Limited Liability Company (sp. z o.o.)
A bankruptcy petition for a limited liability company (sp. z o.o.) is a key step in the process of managi...
Bankruptcy of a Limited Liability Company Step by Step. How to Declare the Bankruptcy of a sp. z o.o.?
In business, companies sometimes have to take difficult decisions, such as having bankruptcy declared. Th...
When Should the Bankruptcy of a Limited Liability Company Be Declared?
In the business world, companies often face difficult challenges that can lead to liquidity problems and,...
Final Judgments against ING Bank Śląski, Santander Consumer Bank, Bank Millennium and Bank BPH: Quarterly Summary of Judgments Obtained by KHM Law Firm
Below is a list of 13 judgments obtained for our clients in the last quarter of 2023 in disputes with ban...
Following the Law Firm's Application, the Registry Court (KRS) Opened So-Called Compulsion Proceedings to Protect Our Client's Interests
Recently, in the course of providing legal services to entrepreneurs, a large number of very interesting...
What Does Intellectual Property Law Cover?
Today a business comprises not only tangible assets (for example, financial resources), but also intangib...
A New Way to Inherit a Business: The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation Act entered into force on 22 May 2023. A family foundation (fundacja rodzinna) prov...
Does Using Another Seller's Terms and Conditions in Your Online Shop Expose You to Sanctions?
We are often approached by entrepreneurs who are starting out with a business in the form of an online sh...
An Entrepreneur's Right to Withdraw from a Distance Contract: New Consumer Protection Rules in Force from January 2021
We wrote before the summer holidays that new provisions would appear in January 2021 giving entrepreneurs...
The Information Obligation: An Important Change in UODO's Position
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An Entrepreneur Protected Like a Consumer: E-commerce Must Prepare for Changes
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many entrepreneurs have been forced to "move" their business "online...
Suspension of Business Activity by an Entrepreneur Entered in the CEIDG
No. There is no fee for an application to suspend business activity.
Restrictions and Bans Affecting Business Activity in Poland
The Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 31 March 2020 on the establishment of certain restrictions,...
Debt Restructuring in the Banking Sector Due to the Effects of the Coronavirus
The Polish Bank Association (ZBP) argued in its statement of 16 March 2020 that changes would be needed i...
Bankruptcy of an Entrepreneur Entered in the CEIDG Under the Provisions on So-Called Consumer Bankruptcy
One of the aims of the amendment to the Act of 28 February 2003, the Bankruptcy Law (in Polish) (the "BL"...
Breaking News: Updated ZUS Application for Entrepreneurs Whose Business Has Suffered Because of the Coronavirus Epidemic
Are you an entrepreneur whose business has suffered because of the coronavirus epidemic?
New, Important Bankruptcy Provisions Enter into Force Tomorrow
Tomorrow, 24 March 2020, new provisions of bankruptcy law enter into force.
Using a Competitor's Business Name in an Advertising Campaign
In the age of the ubiquitous Internet, entrepreneurs actively use advertising campaigns run by the Intern...
We Lecture on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Start-Ups
This morning the KHM Law Firm lawyers, attorney-at-law (radca prawny) Edyta Kozak-Hamala and attorney-at-...
Consumer Bankruptcy of a Management Board Member of a Capital Company
Today on the blog I would like to explain briefly whether consumer bankruptcy can be declared at all for...
The 5 Greatest Benefits of Ongoing Legal Support for a Company
A client to whom we provide ongoing legal assistance recently told us: "until we had lawyers, we did not...
Attorney-at-Law (Radca Prawny) and Advocate (Adwokat): What, If Anything, Distinguishes These Professions?
What prompted me to write on this subject was a reality check. Specifically, two events.