Event Calendar

The Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw, Poland, will host an online seminar within the series “Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective”.

On the 16^th of December 2024 (Monday) at 2:30 p.m. (CET) our guest, Ms Bonnie Leung from the University of Hong Kong, will discuss the topic of family wealth management from a Hong Kong perspective.

The seminar will be held in English and will take place on Zoom. No fees or registration are required to join.

Meeting link: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09

Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925

Passcode: 871357

The Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw, Poland, will host an hybrid seminar within the series “Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective”.

Our guest, Ms Patricia Woo from Squire Patton Boggs, will discuss the topic “Family Trusts: Comparative Legal and Psychological Perspectives”.

The seminar will take place on the 18 February 2025 (Tuesday) at 5:00 p.m. (CET) in a hybrid format:

• in room 209 of the Collegium Iuridicum I building at the Univeristy of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Warsaw, Poland – see no. 2 on this  map) and
• via Zoom.

It will be held in English. No fees nor registration is required.

Link to the meeting: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09

Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925

Passcode: 871357

The seminar series is funded by the Polish National Science Centre through a grant no. 2021/41/B/HS5/00857

The Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw, Poland, will host an hybrid seminar within the series “Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective”. Our guest, Prof. Susanne Kalss from WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität) in Vienna, will discuss the topic of Austrian Private Foundations Law. The seminar will take place on the 10 March 2025 (Monday) at 5:00 p.m. (CET) in a hybrid format: – in room 209 of the Collegium Iuridicum I building at the Univeristy of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Warsaw, Poland – see no. 2 on this map) and – via Zoom. It will be held in English. No fees nor registration is required. Link to the meeting: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09 Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925 Passcode: 871357 [The seminar's recording is now available here]

The 27th Open Academic Meeting of the Department of Commercial Law of the University of Warsaw will take place on 24 March 2025. At the upcoming meeting, Professor Wolf-Georg Ringe (University of Hamburg) will present a paper entitled “The Dark Side of AI in Capital Markets.” Both the speech and the discussion planned afterwards will be held in English. The seminar can be attended on Monday 24 March 2025 at 5.00 p.m., in a hybrid format:

• in person in Prof. W. Czachórski Room (no. 209) in Collegium Iuridicum I Building at the University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 (see no. 2 on this map), Warsaw, Poland, and
• remotely on the Zoom platform at the address below.

Link: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/85677648510 Meeting ID: 856 7764 8510 [The seminar's recording is now available here]

The Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw, Poland, will host a hybrid seminar within the series “Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective”. Our guest, Prof. Rasmus Feldthusen from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, will discuss the topic of Danish Private Foundations Law. The seminar will take place on the 12 May 2025 (Monday) at 5:00 p.m. (CET) in a hybrid format:

• in room 209 of the Collegium Iuridicum I building at the Univeristy of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Warsaw, Poland – see no. 2 on this  map) and
• via Zoom.

It will be held in English. No fees nor registration is required. Link to the meeting: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09 Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925 Passcode: 871357 The seminar series is funded by the Polish National Science Centre through a grant no. 2021/41/B/HS5/00857

The Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw, Poland, will host a hybrid seminar within the series “Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective”. During the Polish-language seminar titled “Stosowanie zagranicznych fundacji prywatnych w polskich strukturach holdingowych. Sukcesja i ochrona majątku” (“The use of foreign private foundations in Polish holding structures. Succession and asset protection”) there will be a presentation by Ms Paulina Lubas and Mr Maciej Pilarek, practitioners from PLA.partners, a Polish law firm based in Warsaw. This will be followed by an open discussion. The seminar will take place on the 26 May 2025 (Monday) at 5:00 p.m. (CET) in a hybrid format:

• in room 209 of the Collegium Iuridicum I building at the Univeristy of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Warsaw, Poland – see no. 2 on this  map) and
• via Zoom.

It will be held in Polish only. No fees nor registration is required. Link to the meeting: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09 Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925 Passcode: 871357 The seminar series is funded by the Polish National Science Centre through a grant no. 2021/41/B/HS5/00857

The 31st Open Seminar of the Department of Commercial Law of the University of Warsaw will take place on 17 November 2025. At the upcoming meeting, Prof. Fabrizio Sudiero (Assistant Professor (RTDb), Department of Law, University of Turin) will present a paper entitled “The Intersection of Insolvency Law and Shareholders’ Rights”. Both the speech and the discussion planned afterwards will be held in English. The seminar can be attended on Monday 17 November 2025 at 5.00 p.m., in a hybrid format:

• in person in Prof. W. Czachórski Room (no. 209) in Collegium Iuridicum I Building at the University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 (see no. 2 on this map), Warsaw, Poland, and
• remotely on the Zoom platform at the address below.

Link: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/85677648510 Meeting ID: 856 7764 8510

We invite you to participate in the 1st International Conference ‘Family Foundations in Polish Law in the Context of European Legal Systems’ organised by the law firms Pietrzak Sidor & Wspólnicy, WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr and Kancelaria Finansowa LEX in cooperation with the Centre for Family Business Law at the University of Warsaw. The conference will take place on 20 November 2025 (Thursday), from 9:30 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. Polish time, in a hybrid format:

• in person in the Column Hall (Sala Kolumnowa) of the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 – see map) and
• remotely via a link sent by the organisers after registration

Participation in the conference is free of charge and requires prior registration. Detailed information about the conference, including the programme and registration form, is available on its website.

We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming seminar in the "Wealth Management: Private Foundations – Comparative Perspective" series. This time, our invitation has been accepted by Prof. Oonagh B. Breen of the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. She will deliver a lecture entitled "From the cradle to the grave: the trust as a vehicle for multi-generational estate-planning". After the presentation, as usual, we would like to invite you to join us for a discussion. The seminar will be held in English on 8 December 2025 (Monday) at 17:00 Polish time in a hybrid format – in person in Prof. W. Czachórski Room (no. 209) in Collegium Iuridicum I of the University of Warsaw (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 – see map) and remotely, via the Zoom platform, at the link below. Admission to the seminar, regardless of the participation method, is free of charge, and no prior registration is required. Link to the event: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98484446925?pwd=eVErOHZ5ZU5tN1pXSnQwK3hWRnN2QT09 Meeting ID: 984 8444 6925 Password (passcode): 871357