Energy Law contest concluded! With prizes sponsored by W&W
Congratulations to the winners of the Second National “Energy Law ” Contest, as well as to all the finalists who participated in the second stage of the competition.
Wawrzynowicz & Partners Law Firm, for the second year in a row, took part in the organization of the competition and, as a supporting partner for the event, also funded the cash prizes for all finalists.
For the Grand Final, 5 winners from the first stage of the competition presented a pre-prepared lecture on a subject related to the competition. After which, the audience had the opportunity to ask questions and comment on the presented speeches. A general knowledge quiz then tested the participants’ knowledge of the field of energy law.
The performances of the participants during the Grand final were assessed by, among others, W&W’s Wojciech Bigaj as a member of the competition’s judges panel. The panel’s other members were Witold Szwagrun – Chief Editor of the CIRE.pl portal, Peter Tsiolkovsky – CMS Poland, Agata Jaskulska – ENEA SA, Dr. Radoslaw Szczerbowski – Poznan University of Technology, Dr. Peter Lisson – Faculty of Law and Administration, Poznan Adam Mickiewicz University, and the judging panel’s chair Professor Krystian Ziemski – Ziemski & Partners Law Firm.
The winners of the first stage of the competition taking part in the Grand Final gave presentations respectively on the following topics:
” Protection measures for energy companies investing in” new infrastructure ” at an international level, and applying for an exemption from the obligation to provide certain services”;
“Can support schemes for energy from renewable sources as provided for in the draft RES Act (Sejm Paper No. 2604) be considered as state aid?”;
“Legal conditions for the operation of nuclear power plants?”;
“Can support schemes for energy from renewable sources as provided for in the draft law on renewable energy sources be considered as state aid?”;
” Supplementary energy as a means of preventing energy exclusion – an attempt to assess the Polish legal solutions in the light of the directives of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/72 / EC and 2009/73 / EC.”.
The winner of the contest was Marcin Trupkiewicz of the University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan. Second place was taken by Wojciech Szopiński of the University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan. 3rd, 4th and 5th places were taken respectively by David Kobiałko (University of Warsaw), Klaudia Slezak (University of Opole) and Matthew Huh (Jagiellonian University).
Photos of the Grand Final and more information about the event organized by the European Association of Law Students in Poznan can be found on the Competition website and on the Competition’s Facebook page.