Up-to-date news around business law in Central- and Eastern Europe

Our office in Vilnius has significantly expanded its capacities for legal consultancy. Since November 2011 six experienced colleagues have joined our team: Sebastian Okinczyc, Monika Rudyte, Dr. Raimundas Moisejevas (previously with Ukio Bank Invest), Vilma Tamosiunaite-Bulkiene (previously with Nordea Bank), Gintare Grambaite and Andzej Tabero (previously with PwC).

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bnt Attorneys-at-law in cooperation with the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Warsaw invite you to a workshop on Construction Contracts on 17 April 2012.

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The next Central and Eastern Europe workshop will take place on 28 March 2012 at the Industrial and Commercial Chamber Suedlicher Oberrhein in Lahr, Germany. →

A regional conference “Day of Public Services East Germany 2012” will take place in Berlin on 14 and 15 March 2012. →

According to plans of the Polish Minister of Economy (who presented the first draft of a new Law on Renewable Energy Sources at the end of December 2011) the actual support system for renewable energy sources needs a change because of its immense cost. →

A new bnt survey reveals that significant differences in IP rules persist among the CEE countries surveyed despite the increased harmonization brought about by European and international laws and conventions.

The most significant differences include design protection terms, which vary from 5-10 years, accession to particular international conventions, and the ability to register odors, colors, sounds, and 3D marks.

Perhaps of most practical importance are differences in registration fees and filing procedures. For instance, the trademark registration fee in Hungary is more than double the fee in Poland and more than four times the fee in Latvia. Additionally, a registration process that takes only 10 months in the Czech Republic or Lithuania will take up to two years in Poland or Belarus.

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bnt Warsaw invites to the Conference  “Biogas in Poland - Potential, Investment Risks and Development Prospects until 2020”. The conference takes place on 26th October 2011 at EXPO XXI Centre in Warsaw and refers to topics important for energy investments in Poland. Among the speakers Mr Michał Brach from bnt Warsaw will lecture about permits necessary to open a biogas plant in Poland.

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As of September 2011 Prof Dr. Alexander Riesenkampff will support bnt attorneys at law active in Central and Eastern Europe including the Baltic States in developing its business, contributing to bnt his experience as a corporate lawyer acquired in over 40 years of legal practice. With over 120 professionals in ten countries in the region, bnt supplies legal advice to German and international investors. Emphasis is on real estate law, trade law and life sciences.

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