I combine legal experience with unique knowledge of the trade fair and event industry.

An interview with attorney Anna Arslan, who runs the law firm Arslan Legal, providing legal services to clients in the trade fair and event industry.

Attorney, why did you decide to leave Ptak Warsaw Expo after so many years?
Anna Arslan: I had been maturing this decision for a long time, as it was very difficult to leave something that I had built with such dedication over the last 5 years. However, a crisis is a time for change and verification, and I felt that I had already done what I needed to do at Ptak Warsaw Expo, and now it is time to move on and grow in my profession.

How would you summarize these five years of cooperation?
AÇ: I started working at Ptak Warsaw Expo as an in-house lawyer. Then I became the Director of the Legal Department, and later I focused entirely on trade fairs. I managed the sales support department, personally led some trade fair projects, handled the rental department working with external organizers, created the visitors' department and the foreign department, which within less than two years achieved great success and established cooperation not only with agents bringing foreign exhibitors but also with the largest international trade fair organizers. Finally, I became the General Director.

So, it was a time of intense work as a manager and lawyer, while simultaneously co-creating the trade fair offerings?
AÇ: The owners and management of Ptak Warsaw Expo gave me the opportunity to grow and gain experience in the industry, which I could learn from scratch. I learned a lot about business, running a company, managing people and projects, and most importantly, a lot about the trade fair industry. I started working at Ptak Warsaw Expo when the Expo was just established, almost 5 years ago. At that time, there were two or three trade fairs. In 2020, before the outbreak of the pandemic, almost 50 events were planned, and another 50 projects were in preparation. I am proud to have been a part of this. I believe that Poland has great potential in the trade fair and event industry and is a unique gateway to this part of Europe.

What are your plans for the future?
AÇ: After resigning from the position of General Director at Ptak Warsaw Expo, I am focusing on developing my law firm, Arslan Legal. However, I have not completely left the trade fair and event industry, as my firm provides legal services to clients in this sector.
I have exceptional knowledge of the trade fair and event industry and its various aspects, including legal ones. For many years, I have been preparing contracts, conducting negotiations at both national and international levels, which gives me a unique perspective on business, especially on trade fairs. I am constantly up to date with what is happening in Poland and around the world in this industry. I watch with interest how trade fairs and events are slowly coming back to life, and I am sure that 2021 will be a real boom in this regard. I would like to use my knowledge and legal experience to offer clients what they care about. The client presents a business goal, and the lawyer must find the most appropriate way to achieve that goal. As a specialist in this field and an independent lawyer running my own firm, I can offer comprehensive business-legal support for the trade fair industry. My firm also provides legal services for event agencies.

The full interview is available on the website: http://www.meetingplanner.pl/artykuly/wywiady/art,129,anna-oban-lacze-doswiadczenie-prawnicze-z-wyjatkowa-wiedza-na-temat-branzy-targowej-i-eventowej.html

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AKRAM ABDULAZIZ

MENA Region Legal Dept.   info@arslanlawfirm.com   tel. +48694838078   tel. +48728989211
Akram is a business development manager at Arslan Law Firm. He has over 30 years of experience gained in positions in Greater Poland UK and Dubai, Qatar and Poland. He held a managerial position for over ten years before joining Arslan Law Firm in a law firm based in the United Arab Emirates, thanks to which he has extensive knowledge and experience in these legal and market issues.

He has a strong understanding of market principles and routinely pursues new business opportunities. Akram is strategic and uses a lot initiatives in determining ways to promote the company's services, especially in the field of asset management and real estate portfolio.

Akram is in constant contact with potential clients and partners, follows investigations and discovers new opportunities for the company within the legal framework.

He is fluent in Arabic and English.
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BESSIE BIAN

tel. +48 792398920   info@arslanlawfirm.com   Wechat: ArslanLawFirm
Bessie Bian has a master's degree in economics. She graduated from the Polish Language School for Foreigners at the University of Łódź and studies Master's degree at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Łódź, as well as postgraduate studies in translation in the field of Polish-Chinese languages ​​at the Center for Migration Studies of the University of Łódź.

She has experience in Polish-Chinese translation in court proceedings. She served as a full-time translator in a highway construction project implemented by a Chinese consortium. As part of her professional duties, she participated in many events negotiations and court disputes. At the Recruitment Office of the Warsaw School of Economics, she was responsible for recruitment students, and then served as an adviser on relations with China.

As vice-chairwoman of the Warsaw Branch of the Polish-Chinese Friendship Society, she is actively involved in exchange between Poland and China and maintains good relations with local governments at all levels.
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SEMIH ARSLAN

tel. +48 729 689 454   semih@arslanlawfirm.com
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GABRIELA MARCINIAK

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WIKTORIA PANEK

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A graduate of full-time legal studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She defended her job Master's degree at the Department of Criminal Procedure and Punishment and Judicial Punishment. In a treatise of academic studies to the Society's Circle Law Students' Library, with which she organized many substantive meetings, including a national scientific conference.

She deepens his knowledge by participating in numerous courses and workshops devoted to extensive topics in various fields rights, including commercial law, alternative dispute resolution methods, or legislation, and by participating in scientific conferences organized under the patronage of the Jagiellonian University. She is in the process of gaining experience in comprehensive legal services to in the future, join the "greens" and become a lawyer.

A lover of aesthetics, photography and travel. Her interests include psychology, mediation and design. She speaks the language English
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ANNA BUCHARZEWSKA

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A graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw, where she defended her master's thesis in the Department of Forensics, addressing issues related to the forensic aspects of drug-related crimes. In 2018, she passed the professional examination with a positive result and obtained the title of attorney. Her professional experience is tied to substantive and procedural criminal law, including economic criminal law, but she also provides legal assistance in the field of civil law, including family law.

Privately, she is a great animal enthusiast, especially of horses, with which she has been connected since childhood. She cannot imagine her life without horseback riding. She is proficient in English.
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Katarzyna Kolasa

Biuro w Krakowie  k.kolasa@arslanlawfirm.com
Attorney Katarzyna Kolasa has been a member of the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Kraków since 2019. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University, where she studied law. She is also a restructuring advisor.

She gained her experience in law firms in Krakow. She specializes in civil law, commercial law, bankruptcy and restructuring law, as well as unconventional debt recovery. She has extensive litigation experience.

She collaborates with Arslan Law Firm to provide the most effective legal services to clients in the Krakow office. She is proficient in English.
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Agata Fitas

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Since 2007, she has been involved in public procurement and public-private partnerships. From 2008 to 2011, she participated in legislative work related to public procurement and coordinated the actions of the Ministry of Regional Development concerning legislative issues related to the functioning of public-private partnerships in Poland and the European Union.

She has successfully conducted hundreds of public procurement proceedings. She is the co-author of the handbook "Public-Private Partnership in the Concession Model: Selected Practical Issues," published by Wolters Kluwer, and the author of publications on public procurement and funds from the European Union.
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Anna Arslan

anna@arslanlawfirm.com   tel. +48 728 989 211
Attorney Anna Arslan is a member of the Bar Association in Warsaw. She is a graduate of the full-time studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, where she defended her master's thesis on "Legal Aspects of Conducting Business Activity by Foreigners in Poland" under the supervision of Dr. Dariusz Szafrański. She also completed the School of European and English Law organized by Cambridge University at the University of Warsaw. In 2017, she graduated from the School of Corporate Law at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Before founding Arslan Law Firm, she gained experience in law firms primarily serving Polish and foreign entrepreneurs in the construction, financial, and transportation sectors. She specializes in comprehensive services for entrepreneurs—from establishment, through all aspects of legal support for business activities, including litigation and transformations, to liquidation and bankruptcy. She also provides legal assistance to individual clients in civil, family, and inheritance matters.

Before founding Arslan Law Firm, she spent five years collaborating with Ptak Warsaw Expo, one of the largest exhibition centers in this part of Europe, where she served as Executive Director from 2019, and later as General Director. There, she gained unique knowledge and experience in the Polish and international trade fair and event industry, which she now applies in her legal work. She understands that a lawyer must be effective and strive to achieve the business goals of their clients, providing solutions rather than focusing on limitations. Anna Arslan specializes in negotiating difficult contracts with both Polish and foreign contractors and resolving problematic situations. She is proficient in English and Turkish, and has an intermediate level of Spanish. Her passion is traveling, especially to the Middle East and Asia.