At our law firm, values matter. The right to an independent court, free from the influence of politicians, is not only a fundamental human right, but also a condition for business freedom. That is why we are committed to defending the rule of law. Barrister Michał Romanowski notifies of a suspected crime committed by members of the current National Council of the Judiciary – the incitement of court presidents not to execute final and enforceable decisions of common courts. We encourage you to read the notice and the statement of Advocate Michał Romanowski. Content: Notice and Statement available at the links.
Month: October 2022
Congratulations to the Legal Solidarity Fund Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the Scholarship recipients of the Legal Solidarity Fund, which was established on the initiative of Professor Adam Bodnar, a member of the Chapter of the Henryk Wujec Civic Fund, and Ms Anna Frankowska, a lawyer, and funded by renowned law firms. The law firm Romanowski i Wspólnicy was the first to support the Fund with an amount of PLN 100,000, then the funders were joined by law firms: Deloitte Legal and the Deloitte Foundation, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka (DZP), Linklaters, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and White & Case LLP.
We are confident that Dr Liudmyla Dubchak, Dr Nataliia Mushak, Dr Yustyna Samahalska, Dr Natalia Semchuk and Prof Oleksandr Sotula and their research projects will make a great contribution. The scholarship holders will conduct their research projects in cooperation with the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Law and Administration and Faculty of Management), SWPS University (Faculty of Law), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Department of International Law and International Organisations) and the University of Lodz (Faculty of Law and Administration).
Listed companies cannot be hand-controlled by politicians.
In an interview with Rzeczpospolita today, Professor Michał Romanowski comments on the statement made by Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin, who tweeted:
“I expect the President of @TauronPE to immediately withdraw from the unacceptable decision regarding the termination of gas contracts. There is no consent from me for such actions. The change of operator should be done in a way that is imperceptible and safe for the customer. There will be no interruption to the gas supply”.
When asked by a journalist, Professor M. Romanowski explains that Prime Minister Sasin is wrong and Tauron is right because: “The procedures and mechanisms related to ensuring security and continuity of supply to end users result from the regulations in force, i.e. the Energy Law. They function independently of Tauron’s actions – the company only brought them into operation. Therefore, it is the regulations that guarantee continuity of supply. Tauron in its assurances only refers to the consequences resulting from them” and that “In this case, the interest of customers is protected by the application of regulated prices. On the other hand, the rates from the reserve seller’s price lists will apply to non-tariffed customers.”
When asked about the legal significance of Prime Minister Jacek Sasin’s twitter request, Prof. Romanowski replies: “Tauron is a listed company, so this is yet another astonishing twitter response by a politician, the Deputy Prime Minister, in blatant violation of corporate governance, the provisions of the CCC and capital market law. After all, Deputy Prime Minister Sasin is not an organ of the Tauron company, and he is speaking from a position of authority, and therefore a person who makes no secret of the fact that he de facto manually controls listed State Treasury companies. Taking care of the interests and safety of individual consumers […] must be done within the rules of law and corporate governance”.
https://www.rp.pl/konsumenci/art37267681-prof-romanowski-to-nie-tauron-ale-przepisy-sa-gwarantem-ciaglosci-dostaw
The 1st All-Polish Scientific Conference ‘Regulated Markets – Legal, Financial and Market Competitiveness Aspects’ is coming up (details and registration: Link), under the patronage of, among others, Romanowski and Wspólnicy Law Firm. The challenges for regulated markets will be discussed. Prof. Michał Romanowski and Adam Romanowski – partners of our law firm – will be among the experts. Prof. Michał Romanowski has been elected Chairman of the Conference’s Scientific Council.
There will be plenty to talk about!
Romanowski & Partners is the patron of the 1st National Scientific Conference
The law firm Romanowski i Wspólnicy has assumed patronage of the 1st All-Polish Scientific Conference “Regulated Markets – Legal, Financial and Market Competitiveness Aspects”.
At the conference, specialists in law, finance and management will share their experiences of regulated markets. There will also be two panel discussions and their topics are: “Market regulation on the example of the energy market – current state” and “Competitiveness in regulated markets”.
Prof. Michał Romanowski and Adam Romanowski – partners of our law firm – will be among the experts.
The date of the event is 24 October 2022. Hybrid formula (remote and onsite). Online participation is free, more details and registration: [LINK].
We warmly invite you to participate!
Conversation between Prof. Michał Romanowski and editors of Gazeta Wyborcza
We invite you to read a conversation between Prof. Michał Romanowski and Gazeta Wyborcza editors Piotr Miączyński and Leszek Kostrzewski. Editor Piotr Winnicki of Gazeta Wyborcza, who edited the interview, wrote that: “Such an interview comes along once a year. It touches […] on what ails contemporary Poland. An extremely important and extremely interesting text.”. The interview appeared in the paper version of Gazeta Wyborcza (10 October 2022) and online [LINK].
Prof. Michal Romanowski states, among other things:
“The basic conditions that a manager in a company should meet are honesty and competence”.
“Success is 90 per cent work and 10 per cent ability. It is the same with athletes. Victory loves preparation”;
“To my students and lawyers I say that a good job is a job where they are fulfilled as a person, they feel that they are doing something of value for another person.”
“Power is about making people feel afraid”.
“Not everyone is brave. You can’t set the bar too high for people. It is immoral for politicians to check people’s backsides. They shouldn’t do that because people have different spines.”
“Some people gain managerial competence by graduating from top business schools. They climb the career ladder and, after a number of years, take over the most important positions through a planned succession. Why? Because running a company is managing someone else’s money, i.e. the shareholders’ money.”
“The figure of Nikodem Dyzma has become a symbol of cunning and careerism. The comparison comes to mind.”
“Investors do not invest in a listed company in order to implement the policies of one party or another.”
Romanowski & Partners’ win in international corporate dispute.
Romanowski & Partners represented an international insurance group in a dispute over the exercise of a sanctioned call option (punitive call option). The subject of the dispute was shares in a foreign startup. The Court of Appeals in Warsaw fully shared our client’s position on the violation of the founding shareholders’ agreement prepared by Romanowski & Partners. The verdict is final.
On the Law Firm’s side, the attorneys of litigation were Jacek Krentusz, managing associate, and Łukasz Matyjas, partner, with support from corporate law Piotr Haiduk, partner.