Poland's foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening regime, originally introduced in 2020 for a 24-month period and subsequently extended for an additional 60 months (i.e. until 24 July 2025), established a mechanism for...more
7/25/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
Mergers ,
Ministry of Finance ,
New Legislation ,
OECD ,
Poland ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
On January 7, 2024, the Act of April 14, 2023, on Consumer Lombard Loans (the "Act") entered into force. The Act introduces significant changes in financing provided to farmers and extends consumer protection to farmers....more
The Polish Parliament has adopted a special procedure to control acquisitions of ”protected entities” by buyers from outside of the European Economic Area and OECD. ”Protected entities” include most listed companies, as well...more
The Polish government is planning to implement a special procedure to control acquisitions of "protected entities" by buyers from outside of the European Economic Area. "Protected entities" would include most listed...more
5/30/2020
/ Covered Transactions ,
Criminal Sanctions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Merger Controls ,
Non-EEA Firms ,
Partnerships ,
Poland ,
Popular ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies
The Polish government is planning to implement a special procedure to control acquisitions of "protected entities" by buyers from outside of the European Economic Area. "Protected entities" would include most listed...more
The short-term effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic put many Polish businesses in financial distress and struck a major blow to their liquidity—a worrying turn of events in light of already widespread payment backlogs....more
European Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 1, 2019 -
New Polish laws, effective 1 January 2019, have reformed the tax treatment of a number of different taxable business activities. In particular, the Ministry of...more
2/1/2019
/ Anti-Avoidance ,
Bondholders ,
Corporate Bonds ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Corporate Structures ,
Corporate Taxes ,
GAAR ,
Poland ,
Refinancing ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Reform ,
Withholding Tax