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On Monday, 18 November 2013 PKP Intercity and a consortium of Stadler Polska and Newag officially signed a contract in Nowy Sącz (southern Poland) for the delivery of 20 electric trains (EZT) and provision of maintenance services.
In attendance were, among others, the management of PKP Intercity (Janusz Malinowski, President of the Management Board and Maria Wasiak, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board), management board of Newag (Zbigniew Konieczek, President of the Management Board Wiesław Piwowar, Vice-president and Bogdan Borek, management board member) and the owner of the Stadler Rail AG Group, Mr. Peter Spuhler, as well as representatives of state authorities: Andrzej Massel, Deputy Minister for rail transport, Jerzy Miller, Governor of Małopolskie province and Andrzej Czerwiński, local MP. Worth PLN 1.6 billion, it is the largest contract for the delivery of rolling stock / electric trains in Poland this year.
Dentons law firm provided comprehensive advice to the Stadler/Newag consortium at all stages of the tender, including signing of the contract. The public procurement team headed by Aldona Kowalczyk successfully represented the consortium of Stadler/Newag in appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber concerning this tender, including proceedings concerning selection of the winning offer. The awarding entity received 4 offers, but the one presented by the consortium of Stadler Polska and Newag was considered the most advantageous.
“We are very pleased with the fact that our several months of collaboration with the client led to this successful outcome. We are proud we could advise the winning consortium from day one of the tender procedure – the notice of tender, the stage of queries concerning the Terms of Reference, the drafting of the bid, and, finally, in the appeal proceedings before the National Appeal Chamber and signing of the contract with the awarding entity,” commented Aldona Kowalczyk, Dentons partner and head of the public procurement team in the Warsaw office.

On Sunday, 24th November, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Mariott Hotel the 6th International Charity Bazaar will take place.
The event is organised by the Spouses of Heads of Mission Accredited to Poland with cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Bazaar will host the national stalls of different countries, where articles from the whole world can be purchased. Moreover, in the International Food Court the guests will experience international cuisine. The income will be used for charitable purposes. We would like to invite you especially to visit the stall of Embassy of Switzerland, where you could buy Swiss products at attractive prices and try traditional delicacy – Raclette.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the fact that BALAJCZA was a Partner to the “43rd IAFEI World Congress” which was held in Warsaw on 16 and 17 of October.
The 43rd IAFEI World Congress in Warsaw is the largest event of this type organised for CFOs in Poland. The congress was organised by the Polish Financial Executives Institute FINEXA and the publisher of CFO Insight. It presented a wonderful opportunity for CFOs at Poland’s large and medium enterprises to build on their existing knowledge with regards to corporate and management finance in Poland and abroad as well as establish contacts and network with this year’s congress participants.
BALAJCZA provided comprehensive simultaneous interpreting services for this event, which also entailed the supply a of all the necessary equipment.

Swiss precision and quality are the main trait of Mensys Group, recruitment agency from Switzerland. These values are present not only in their highly specialised candidate selection processes, but also in the way of communicating with their clients. Company has launched its new website www.mensys-group.com. The site surprises with its modern design and offers quick and easy access to essential information. Its uncluttered layout allows viewers to focus on extensive content including series of articles providing specialised advice for job-seeking candidates and HR specialists.
Mensys Poland is part of the Swiss company Mensys Group, operating in Europe. It has branches in Switzerland, Germany and Poland. It has been establishing its strong position among top recruitment agencies in Poland since 2012. It now also has a new office in the Warsaw, at Warsaw Corporate Center, 28 Emilii Plater Street, Apart from an office in Kraków, at Mercedes Office Building, 19 Armii Krajowej Street.
Continuous progress and development of the company leads to its success. It can be also attributed to the unique approach to the recruitment process – specialists interviewing and assessing specialists. In other words our consultants are experts in their respective fields and it is them who select appropriate candidates and make the final recommendation to the clients. This successful process is also a direct outcome of Mensys Group operating in selected niche areas and business sectors – Human Resources & Legal, Energy & Utilities, Industrial & Manufacturing to name a few amongst them.

Conference entitled “20 years of Swiss standards on the Polish market” was held on 24 September in Bristol Hotel in Warsaw as part of celebration of the 20-year presence of Franke on the Polish market.

Mr Lukas Beglinger, Ambassador of Switzerland in Poland, Mr Marek Kondrat, President of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Mr Michael Pieper, the owner and CEO of Franke Artemis Group, and Mr Marek Szymański, president of Franke Polska, took part in the debate.

The guests invited to the debate talked about Swiss standards in operating business and quality of products and services, as well as about how to promote Swiss standards on the Polish market. The discussion highlighted the fact that the country devoid of natural resources, that is Switzerland, earned itself a leading position in world rankings of quality and innovative products and services. Switzerland is also mentioned in the forefront of the most positive conceptual categories, such as a symbol of luxury and exclusivity, assertion of status, most trusted, secure and reliable.

The 20-year jubilee of Franke Polska is most of all a celebration for employees, who give the global brand a local character. „I know that the team of Franke Polska takes the credit for the market success of the company and I am proud that we work together” – stresses proudly Marek Szymański.

Substantial symbol of 20-year activity of Franke Polska is a 5 millionth kitchen sink. This special and symbolic piece left the production line in the presence of guests and representatives of media exactly on 24 September this year.

Steel kitchen sinks produced in the Polish factory in Sękocin Nowy are distinguished by subtle and modest in its form design. Visit to the factory and presentation of production process were some of the attractions of the conference organized by Franke Polska.

“Economic growth of Poland outstrips the rest of Europe. Poland has a reservoir of 2 million highly motivated students, offers a flexible employment law and tax reliefs. 106 billion euros on EU investments will boost the infrastructure and economy of the country till 2020.“

You can read more about the potential of Poland through the eyes of the Swiss in the article attached below. Article in German can be found here. Online version of the magazine in French and German is available at the website www.s-ge.com/schweiz/export-das-aussenwirtschaftsmagazin.
We wish you a pleasant reading.

It is with utmost pleasure that we announce BALAJCZA Specialized Translations becoming a Partner of the „Investing In Poland 2014” Conference taking place on 17 September 2013 (Tuesday) in Warsaw.
On the 3rd of September, during the Economic Forum in Krynica, the fifth edition of Investing in Poland annual was presented – a guidebook to Poland for foreign and domestic investors. The Investing in Poland 2014 conference will be held on September the 17th in Warsaw at Villa Foksal restaurant, which apart from presenting the current investment climate and potential of particular regions – will touch on the more practical aspects of running a business in Poland, aiming to make it easier for foreign companies to acclimatise here.
BALAJCZA will be interpreting the conference 🙂

Topics for this year’s conference:
1. Investing in Poland – the changing investment landscape. What should we change to lure investors? Methods for winning foreign investment.
The speakers include Sławomir Majman (PAIiIZ), Jacek Socha (PwC), Tomasz Sadzyński (Łódź Special Economic Zone)

2. Outsourcing – one of the biggest trends in the Polish economy. Is Poland becoming a European powerhouse for outsourcing? Is this making us more innovative?
The speakers include Mieczysław Budzik (Impel), Iwona Chojnowska-Haponik (PAIiIZ), Joanna Mroczek (CBRE)

Two leading Warsaw law firms, Dentons and Gide Loyrette Nouel, acted in one of the most prestigious real estate transactions in recent years ‒ the acquisition of Galeria Dominikańska, one of the largest shopping centers in Wrocław. The Buyer, Atrium European Real Estate, was advised by Dentons, while the Seller ‒ a joint venture of the Otto Family and Deutsche EuroShop AG ‒ was represented by Gide Loyrette Nouel. The project is valued at €152 million.

The transaction was financed internally by the buyer and will take effect upon approval by the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).

Galeria Dominikańska, opened in 2001, is the first modern metropolitan shopping center in Wrocław and has a total retail area of 32,900 sq. m., featuring 102 stores and service points.

Atrium European Real Estate is a major group managing large stores and shopping centers in Central and Eastern Europe. It has a €2.2 billion portfolio including a total of 156 retail properties and shopping centers in seven countries.

ECE Projektmanagement has been operating for 40 years in Europe, including over 15 years in Poland. It focuses on investments in downtown malls. After closing the sale transaction ECE Projektmanagement will continue as manager of Galeria Dominikańska.

Dentons’ advisory was provided by Tomasz Stasiak (partner) and Anna Garbula-Węgrzynowska. On the Seller’s part the project was overseen by Marcin Muszel, partner in charge of the real estate practice of Gide Loyrette Nouel. The team also included Tomasz Roszczyc, Krzysztof Ciepliński and Szymon Chwaliński.

We are glad we could assist our client in the transaction. It proves that services rendered by our law firm combine local experience and knowledge of the special nature of the Polish market with the resources of the international Dentons group – said Tomasz Stasiak, partner of the real estate group.

We are pleased to announce that Mazars has been ranked first in the “Book of Lists 2013” ranking in the category: Business Process Outsourcing Companies (Accounting).

“Book of Lists” published by “The Warsaw Business Journal” is the largest and longest-running English-language business publication on the Polish publishing market which presents in the form of 70 rankings over 2,500 most successful companies from various business sectors in Poland.

The ranking of Business Process Outsourcing Companies with main specialization in Accounting was established based on revenues from accounting outsourcing in 2012.

For more information please visit www.mazars.pl

On 23 April 2013 in the seat of AHK Poland a press conference took place during which a report from the Economic Survey 2013 was presented. The survey of the investment climate and business in Poland was conducted in February 2013 among companies with foreign capital which operate in Poland. It was organized within the International Group of Chambers of Commerce (IGCC).

As many as 151 companies with foreign capital operating in Poland took part in the 8th edition of the survey. It was conducted among seven bilateral chambers in Poland – Belgian, British, Canadian, German, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swiss, operating within the IGCC.