26.11.2020

Second Closing for Financing Rounds

Irrespective of the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, the most essential factor in the search for new investors and/or business angels is the time: only the time determines when and if money flows at…

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26.11.2020

Legislative Initiative to Simplify Taxation of ESOPs

The European country with the most experience in employee participation is the United Kingdom. Here, as far back as the 1950s, conservative intellectuals and politicians sought an answer to the threat…

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26.11.2020

Corona Pandemic – Labour Law Helps Start-ups Save Money

The corona pandemic confronts the whole world with major challenges. Companies are also affected in terms of organisation, personnel and above all financially. With the right labour law advice, start-ups…

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12.05.2020

State rescue package for start-ups implemented as two-pillar model

Following the announcement of further aid measures at the beginning of April and the decision on the Matching Fund at the beginning of May, additional details are now available. The so-called Corona…

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23.03.2020

Start-up Venture Capital - Labour law amid the Coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus affects the whole world, including the world of work and labour law. The crisis does not stop at start-ups either. The disease is spreading rapidly and with it questions around labour law. Much…

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22.03.2020

Digital Signatures (not only) in Times of the Coronavirus

Due to the coronavirus, work in the area of start-ups is at present also frequently or predominantly done in the home office. In this context, the question of whether and to what extent documents can be…

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19.03.2020

The Effects of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus) on Supply Relationships and their Conse-quences under the Law of Obligations, especially for Start-ups

The effects of the coronavirus on national and international supply relationships are already being noticeable. Due to the numerous measures that are being taken worldwide against the spread of the…

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19.03.2020

State Support Measures Bypass Start-ups (so far)

+++ Update as of 04 May 2020 +++ After long negotiations between the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Finance as well as VCs and start-ups, the matching fund for…

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18.03.2020

Start-ups and the Corona Crisis – Adjust and Move on

Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com) shared on 5 March 2020 the post "Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020". The venture capital investor recommends that the start-ups in which it has indirectly…

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