Polen
Titel: Advocaat (Rotterdam), EU Advocaat (Warschau)
Kantoor: Olczak-Klimek van der Kroft Węgiełek
Remco Van Der Kroft
‘Ook met de nationalisten aan het roer zal Polen niet breken met de Europese Unie’
Nederlandse ondernemers doen goede zaken in Polen. Blijft dat zo, nu de partij Recht en Rechtvaardigheid een absolute meerderheid heeft behaald? Wordt het voor buitenlanders moeilijker zaken doen in Polen nu de eurosceptische partij Recht en Rechtvaardigheid (PiS) een...
The curious case of Mariusz T.
During the last few weeks criminal law has been the subject of many talk shows on radio and TV as a result of the release from prison in early February of a certain Mariusz T. Those who do not follow the Polish media may wonder who this person is. He received the...
Close ties
As I write, preparations for the fi rst state visit of King WillemAlexander and Queen Máxima are in full swing. Our Chamber is in charge of organising the match-making for the accompanying business delegation, and the embassy staff are putting together a very detailed...
End-of-year reflections
It is November and the end of the year is approaching rapidly. New tax laws will soon come into force, putting question marks over many tax structures using Dutch BVs. The essence of the new law is that a Polish entrepreneur who owns a foreign company which derives...
Expected changes to the Polish “spoowka zoo”
The Council of Ministers has just adopted the basis for a new law changing the Code of Commercial Companies in much the same way as the Dutch law on the BV was changed in late 2012 (see Bulletin 40). The motivation is also similar: the competition from other EU...
Cultural Differences
I recently attended a very interesting presentation by a gentleman named Kevin Brownsey about the cultural differences between Poles and other nationalities. I was a bit skeptical at first - there are a lot of amateurs in this culture business. To prove my point, a...
Who should be on the board of my polish subsidiary?
This is one of the questions I get asked most often by my clients. These clients are often Dutch companies in the process of setting up a Polish subsidiary or which have just acquired one. In most cases, we are talking about a Polish limited liability company. Often...
Cultuurverschillen en zaken doen in Polen
Er zijn veel Nederlanders zakelijk actief in Polen. Typische expats bij grote internationale bedrijven, kleine zelfstandigen, maar ook zeer succesvolle ondernemers die zich met hun eigen bedrijf tot de marktleiders in Polen kunnen rekenen. De sectoren waarin die...
Het betalingsbevel in Polen: Effectieve incasso of groot risico?
Heeft u een vordering op uw Poolse afnemer? Denk dan aan de korte incassoprocedures in het Poolse recht. Het Poolse recht kent, in tegenstelling tot Nederland, twee vereenvoudigde juridische procedures voor incasso van vorderingen. Dit zijn de zogenaamde...