Month: July 2018

We are pleased to announce that Tomasz Krzywański, GWW’s lawyer from private client practice has been selected as one of Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite: Ones to Watch 2018.

Launched in 2017, the Private Client Global Elite serves as a highly respected global directory of the world’s top private client and trust disputes talent, as well as rising stars within the industry. Legal Week surveyed over 6,000 lawyers and profile of Tomasz was referred to Legal Week on numerous occasions. The Ones to Watch is a list of rising stars selected worldwide form associates, senior associates or recently announced partners.

It is a second time when Tomasz is shortlisted in this ranking.

The full list of awarded lawyers is available here. 
 

In 2019, we can expect a lot of changes in the taxation of the richest. The solidarity donation – or a new tax on income – may result in the actual increase of tax liabilities. Tomasz Krzywański comments on the draft of the new provisions in the article entitled “Solidarity donation – or an increase of taxes for the richest” on the blog Lexplorers.pl.

 

 

You are welcome to read article about the judgement of the European Court of Justice known as the judgement regarding “the rule of law” in Poland. What consequences will it have for the European arrest warrants issued by Polish courts? Attorney-at-Law Joanna Waśko discusses the judgement in her latest article on the Lexplorers.pl blog.

Link to the article.

In the current edition of the Chambers High Net Worth 2018 ranking GWW was singled out as a recommended firm in Band 1 which means we are the best Private Wealth Law Practice in Poland!

Recommendations:
"They have an established private client reputation, and they do a lot of domestic tax planning work”;
“The quality of a law firm is its people, and this firm has never let us down. They come up with new and creative solutions and implement them";
“very long experience with private clients and offers a complete service for UHNW individuals";

 

The title recommended lawyer was awarded to:

•    Aldona Leszczyńska-Mikulska  – Band 1
Recommendations:
"very, very professional"; "one of the best people who I've worked with for tax matters. She has a very good knowledge, very smart, and sophisticated"; "She has a broad knowledge and experience of both legal and tax issues for private clients. She is perfectly organised with excellent client relations skills"; "clients enjoy working with her, and she is always available to her clients"; “she is always around and responsive to my emails. I trust her advice and she is very engaged"; "She is really a great expert, and a pleasure to work with".
 
•    Artur Cmoch – Band 2
Recommendations:
"He has very good technical skills, and is an excellent tax expert. I can only think highly of Artur. An excellent hands-on lawyer"; "He is always very creative and a forthcoming partner"; "He is always a fountain of new ideas, and is always very good at following things up. He is very communicative. You can sit down with him, and in half an hour he'll have come up with five different ideas".
 

More about the GWW Private practices:
Private Clients
Family Business and Succession Planning
 

The Chambers Europe listing is prepared by Chambers and Partners, an independent firm analysing the legal services market worldwide. Titles are granted on the basis of recommendations obtained directly from clients and other lawyers.

 
Chambers High Net Worth 2018: https://www.chambersandpartners.com/173/2633/editorial/21/1#profileEditorial_1277671  
More about Chambers and Partners: https://www.chambersandpartners.com/about-chambers

In the Rzeszów branch of GWW we hosted the Vice President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Rzeszów, Mr Ryszard Kisała, who handed over the certificate of membership in the Chamber to GWW. A working meeting was also held during which initiatives were discussed which the Rzeszów branch intends to undertake in co-operation with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Rzeszów.

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Rzeszów associates more than 200 economic entities and reaches almost 10,000 companies. The Chamber has, as its goal, the economic development of the Podkarpacie Region.

More: http://iph.rzeszow.pl/index1.html 

Grzegorz Karwatowicz (a lawyer, of counsel at GWW Legal) conducted a training on 27 and 28 June 2018 for the National Revenue School regarding irregularities and financial fraud in EU projects and financial settlements of EU projects.

The training attendees included representatives of the Chambers of Revenue Administration from all over Poland and representatives of the Ministry of Finance.  This is not the first training of this type. In the past, Grzegorz Karwatowicz had already conducted training for the Chamber of Revenue Administration and for the Centre of Professional Education of the Ministry of Finance.