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Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak Advises Solaris Bus & Coach on Strategic Partnership with Grupa Stadler

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak Advises Solaris Bus & Coach on Strategic Partnership with Grupa Stadler

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Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has advised Solaris Bus & Coach in the formation of a strategic partnership with Grupa Stadler relating to activity on the tramway market. 

SK&S describes Solaris Bus & Coach as "a well-known producer of buses, trolleybuses and tramways – a family company founded by Solange and Krzysztof Olszewski. Since 1996, 12,000 vehicles have been produced in the factory in Bolechowo, near Poznan, which have been sold to 29 countries. Amongst others, it produces the Tramino tramways which operate in Poznan, Olsztyn, Jenam and Brunswich."

Stadler is a Swiss firm which is one of the largest producers of rail stock in Europe. Stadler Polska is its Polish company which for the past 10 years has produced, in its factory in Siedlce, the Flirt trains for PKP Intercity. It also operates on the tramway market.

Solaris and Stadler announced their intention to cooperate during this year’s InnoTrans rail fair in Berlin. The news was announced by Solange Olszewska, the owner of the Polish firm, and Peter Spuhler, the president of the management board and owner of Stadler Rail.

The Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak team was headed by Partner Krzysztof Pawlisz and include Senior Associate Andrzej Motyka and Associates Agnieszka Skowronek and Karol Skibniewski. Tax issues were handled by Partner Piotr Andrzejak and Senior Associate and Bartlomiej Bialy. Partner Krzysztof Kanton handled antimonopoly issues, along with Associate Grzegorz Koguciuk.

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