18.04.2021

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Aesculap AG on Acquisition of Majority Interest in SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GmbH

Hamburg, 19 April 2021 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Aesculap AG on the acquisition of a majority of business shares in SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBH from the Schölly family. The…

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17.04.2021

Пакет оптимизационных поправок в 44-ФЗ: анонсированы важные изменения в государственных и муниципальных закупках в сфере строительства

Правительство Российской Федерации 26 января 2021 года внесло в Государственную Думу РФ законопроект, направленный на "комплексное совершенствование положений Федерального закона "О контрактной системе в…

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11.04.2021

新《德国反垄断法》简析

2021年1月14日，德国议会通过了对《德国反限制竞争法》的一项重大修正案。该修正案包含了对德国合并审查制度的深远变革。它将大大削减许多并购交易中的繁文缛节。 1.…

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11.04.2021

Federal Ministry of Finance publishes letter of guidance on the application of rules regarding reportable cross-border arrangements

The publication of the letter of guidance dated 29 March 2021 is largely an affirmation of the views taken in the draft dated 14 July 2020. Key facts With its Act on the "Implementation of Reporting…

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07.04.2021

Sustainable City of the Future: Legal Challenges

The concept of sustainable development has become part of the Russian legal agenda, in part thanks to the consequences of the pandemic. The pandemic updated the topic of the sustainable development of…

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06.04.2021

Russian-German tax practice – Intragroup services and shareholder activity

Contracts on intragroup services traditionally trigger disputes with the tax authorities, first and foremost in the jurisdiction where the group’s companies incurring economically the burden of expenses on…

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05.04.2021

Kamil Karibov elected chairman of the Real Estate and Construction Committee of the Russian–German Chamber of Commerce

On 2 April 2021, the Construction and Real Estate Committee of the Russian–German Chamber of Commerce held its latest meeting, at which elections for new leadership were conducted. Kamil Karibov, PhD, a…

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28.03.2021

Dismissal of an employee after serious racist remarks lawful

Press Release of Dusseldorf Regional Labour Court dated 23 March 2021 If an employee insults his colleagues with statements such as: "I wished for a gas chamber, but I didn't get it. The Turks should be…

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28.03.2021

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Hellenstein SolarWind on Acquisition of a Wind Farm

Munich, 29 March 2021 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Hellenstein SolarWind GmbH, a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Heidenheim AG group, on the acquisition of five wind turbines of the…

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24.03.2021

Recent EU regulation on crowdfunding

On 20 October 2020, the "Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for Business" (ECSP-Regulation) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. To date,…

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23.03.2021

SPAC fever 2021: Recommendations for early-stage start-ups

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPACs") are companies that are listed on the stock exchange as empty shells and are used to raise capital which, at some stage, is invested through a merger with an…

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23.03.2021

Relocation of electronic accounting and electronic records within the EU now possible without prior application

The Annual Tax Act 2020 has lead to changes regarding the relocation of electronic accounting and electronic records abroad. According to the Act, which entered into force on 29 December 2020, it is no…

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