Mota-Engil Central Europe, winner of the „Responsible Business Awards” statuatte
Mota-Engil Central Europe was awarded a statuette for OUTSTANDING HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTOR.
This award is a highlight of a long-lasting activity of Mota-Engil in social area. It also reflects a broad-based dialogue, partnership and communication of the company with its stakeholders among which Mota-Engil propagates such social initiatives as local communities („Safely to the destination!” road safety campaign, environmental campaign, “WspieraMY lokalnie” programme supporting local initiatives), as well as scholarships for children of employees project, employees and subcontractors campaigns promoting safety on construction sites.
The strategy implemented by Mota-Engil Central Europe proves that the company is responsible, cares about local communities in Poland as well as about its employees. Mota-Engil gives a good example of a policy balanced both internally and externally in cooperation with stakeholders.
English lawyer joins DZP in London
David Shasha, an English solicitor with extensive experience in commercial law, M&A and financing, has joined the team at Domański Zakrzewski Palinka (“DZP”). David will be working in London, where he will co-ordinate DZP’s relationships with law firms, financial institutions and companies located in the United Kingdom. He will also support DZP’s lawyers advising international and Polish clients.
We look forward to working with David. Having him as a member of our team will significantly assist in our London marketing initiatives, said Krzysztof Zakrzewski, Managing Partner at DZP.
David Shasha has worked with international law firms for over 30 years. Before joining DZP, he worked at Clifford Chance (where, among other things, he was founder partner of offices in Warsaw, Prague and Budapest), Simmons & Simmons, Gowlings (now Gowling WLG) and Watson Farley & Williams. He has been distinguished in international rankings by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and was named one of the “Hot 100” by The Lawyer 2011. David’s position at DZP will be that of Counsel.
I have known DZP for a number of years, and have been impressed by the progress the firm has made during that time. I look forward to working with DZP in the London market, and helping the firm increase its international business – said David Shasha.
About DZP
Domański Zakrzewski Palinka was established in 1993. For many years now DZP has been the largest independent Polish law firm. DZP has offices in Warsaw, Poznań and Wrocław and specialists who advise clients on all areas of their business.
For more than 15 years now, we have been recommended and highly ranked by publishers of international legal guides, including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000 and WTR 1000.
For more information about DZP, please visit our website at https://en.dzp.pl/.
Contacts
Krzysztof A. Zakrzewski | Managing Partner
T: +48 22 557 76 84 | E: Krzysztof.Zakrzewski@dzp.pl
David Shasha | Counsel
T: + 44 (0)7435 630495 | E: David.Shasha@dzp.pl
Agnieszka Kamińska | Marketing & PR Director
T: +48 22 557 86 57 | E: Agnieszka.Kaminska@dzp.pl
CCIP launches InSight Observatory
The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched the Insight Observatory – A closer look at the Portuguese SME’s internationalization, a study that broadens the knowledge about the companies and managers’ attitude: the reasons, the means, the challenges and the states of mind of the Portuguese exporters.
The PPCC makes the document available here – Insight
PPCC speaker at Rzeczpospolita conference about the Brazilian market
Please click on the link to read Rzeczpospolita’s article on the conference
Good results of Millennium Leasing in 2016. High growths in financing vehicles, machines and devices
In 2016 Millennium Leasing signed real estate leasing contracts worth more than PLN 3bn, which resulted in good 15.2% growth over 2015. The value of capital committed to active leasing contracts as of the end of the year stood at PLN 5.16bn, which means 11.8% year-on-year growth.
In the category of light vehicles the company financed assets worth PLN 823.13m, reaching 32.2% growth y/y in cars and 59.9% growth y/y in trucks up to 3.5 tons.
In the heavy road transport category the value of lease-financed assets was PLN 1.11bn, reaching the highest y/y growths in following groups: trucks (over 3.5 tons) – 40.4% growth; lorries – 13.8% growth and semi-trailers – 10.2% growth. The value of financed machines and equipment reached the level of more than PLN 1bn, which means 21.3% growth y/y.
– We are glad that our work on improving processes, the time-to-decision as well as the quality of service broadly understood is appreciated by companies. We were able to acquire more than 4,700 new customers, while growth rates in particularly demanding categories, such as cars and trucks up to 3.5 tons, shows that the effects of our consistent work allow us to be quite successful. Our activity in the corporate segment as well as close cooperation with Bank Millennium have also permitted us in 2016 to exceed one billion PLN worth of machines and equipment, which we financed for our customers – Marcin Balicki, Chairman of the Management Board of Millennium Leasing commented.
Millennium Leasing has for years been offering lease financing to all sectors in Poland. The company is an active member of Polish Leasing Association and one of the first leasing companies to appear on the Polish market. Leasing services are sold by leasing advisors in 66 branches throughout Poland. Sales activity is also carried out in the course of active cooperation with the Bank’s Relationship Managers in retail and corporate branches of Bank Millennium.
PPCC Trade Mission to São Paulo 2017 *1-6 April 2017*
The PPCC is organizing its second trade mission to São Paulo, to take on 1-6 April 2017.
We strongly encourage all the companies interested in the Brazilian market to learn more about this trade mission.