Monitor Prawniczy

no. 12/2020

Authorization to conclude an agreement with a board member on behalf of a limited liability company

Dominika Wajda
Autorka jest radcą prawnym, adiunktem w Katedrze Prawa Handlowego na WPiA Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego; ORCID: 0000-0003-0540-818X.
Paweł Tymczyszyn
Autor jest radcą prawnym, Dyrektorem Pionu Usług Korporacyjnych w Banku Pekao S.A.
Abstract

The commented judgment concerns admissibility of granting specific authorization under Art. 210 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code. The Supreme Court assumed that authorisation granted under Art. 210 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code is of a civil law nature. It also indicated that in a limited partnership in which a limited partner is a limited liability company, because of the nature of a limited liability partnership authorisation under Art. 210 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code cannot be granted to a person who is at the same time a limited partner in this limited partnership and a board members in the limited liability company – a general partner.