15.05.2020

GERMANY | MERGERS & ACQUISITION | Strengthening of Investment Controls in Germany and Europe

Over the last two years, investment control rules were strengthened throughout Europe, or for the first time adopted, and a common framework for the assessment of foreign direct investments created by the…

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15.05.2020

GERMANY | PROCUREMENT | The ten most important Questions and Answers regarding the Operation and Arrangement of Contract Award/Procurement Procedures in the Corona Crisis

This article provides you with answers to the ten most important procurement right questions arising at present in current and planned contract award and procurement procedures due to the Corona crisis.…

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15.05.2020

GERMANY | HEALTH | Update on the placing on the market of medical devices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as (Respiratory) masks in the context of the Coronavirus crisis

In our posts dated 1 April 2020 and dated 2 April 2020 we informed about the placing on the market of medical devices and personal protective equipment in the context of the corona crisis. Taking current…

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15.05.2020

GERMANY | CORPORATE | Simplified Adoption of Resolutions for German Limited Liability Companies

On 27 March 2020, the legislator adopted the Gesetz zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht (Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19…

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14.05.2020

ANTITRUST | Via libera della Commissione Europea all’ingresso dello Stato nelle Imprese. L’estensione del Quadro Temporaneo alle misure di ricapitalizzazione

Dopo lungo travaglio, l’8 maggio scorso la Commissione europea ha esteso il ‘Quadro Temporaneo di aiuti di Stato alle imprese nel contesto della pandemia COVID-19’ alle misure di ricapitalizzazione a…

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13.05.2020

GERMANY | CSR | Corona vs. CSR: Does the Virus also Stop Sustainability?

In our newsletter "Outlook Corporate Social Responsibility 2020" at the beginning of February 2020, we presented our assessment that the new decade would be in the spotlight of sustainability. Two months…

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12.05.2020

GERMANY | EU LAW | Corona Crisis: EU State Aid Decisions for Germany

The following article presents the current decisions of the European Commission in EU state aid law during the corona crisis for the German legal sphere. A. Development of EU state aid law in the corona…

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12.05.2020

GERMANY | HEALTH | Planned enactment of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) of the SARS-CoV-2

Pharmaceuticals Supply Regulation and Medical Needs Supply Securing Regulation within the course of the corona crisis With this article we would like to inform you about further facilitations concerning…

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12.05.2020

GERMANY | LABOUR | When day care centres are closed due to coronavirus – what applies to employees taking care of their relatives?

As far as working parents are concerned, the legislature reacted quickly and responded to the closing of schools throughout the country with a revision of s56(1)(a) of the German Protection Against…

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12.05.2020

GERMANY | LABOUR | Lockdown - Extensive closure of companies and (public) facilities

What are the consequences for the payment of remuneration and what are the claims for compensation and possibilities of relief for employers? Current Situation The German Federal Government and the…

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12.05.2020

GERMANY | FINANCE, RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY | Overview of all support measures of the federal government and each individual federal state

Under 1.1, this article provides an overview of support measures available up to date dependent on the size of the company (micro-enterprise, SME, large company). These are shown under 1.1 to 1.3. Under…

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05.05.2020

PENALE D'IMPRESA | Coronavirus: sanzioni amministrative, penali ed effetti sul processo penale dei provvedimenti legislativi

Il presente memorandum ha lo scopo di riassumere e chiarire - sulla scorta dei recenti provvedimenti legislativi – da un lato le possibili conseguenze derivanti dalla violazione delle misure di…

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