06.12.2020

Russian–German Chamber of Commerce holds Compliance Conference for the first time as part of Germany Week

On 17 November 2020 the first AHK Conference on Corporate Compliance was held as part of Germany Week, with the support of the German General Consulate in Saint Petersburg, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the…

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06.12.2020

Pravo.ru-300: BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Moscow office once again in Group 1 in the Russian rating of law firms

The results of the Annual Rating of Law Firms at Federal Level Pravo.ru-300 in Russia were published on 4 December 2020. This year BEITEN BURKHARDT’S Moscow office was included again in Group 1 in the…

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03.12.2020

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Commerz Real AG on Acquisition of Heinsberg Wind Farm

Munich, 4 December 2020 ‑ The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of the Heinsberg wind farm with three wind energy turbines in the German state of North…

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01.12.2020

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Commerz Real AG on Acquisition of Beckum Wind Farm

Munich, 2 December 2020 ‑ The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of the Beckum wind farm with two wind energy turbines in the German state of North…

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29.11.2020

Become an employee with a click? - Employers watch out for crowdwork offers

Munich/Erfurt, 30 November 2020 - The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) will decide on Tuesday, 1 December, 2020, whether a few clicks in an app offering smaller jobs can create an…

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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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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

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

Will There Soon Be a New Legal Form for Start-ups?

In addition to the "classic" GmbH, the GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts or BGB-Gesellschaft, [partnership under the German Civil Code]) which is not particularly popular and the somewhat younger UG…

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26.11.2020

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Vision and Classification Under Corporate Law

"The 50 Million Robbery" is the headline of FAZ newspaper. The magazine Wired speaks of "The Biggest Crowdfunding Project Ever - the DAO - Is Kind of a Mess". Thus, the so-called Decentralized…

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26.11.2020

Duty of Notification under the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act and the German Foreign Trade Act and Payments Regulation

In accordance with section 67 para. 1 of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung - "AWV"), notification of foreign payment transactions to the Deutsche Bundesbank…

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24.11.2020

Legislative Debate on Corona-Related Restrictions and Closures

The Federal Ministry of Justice is currently dealing with the issue of whether state-imposed restrictions and corona-related closures constitute a rental defect. So far, only regional courts have dealt…

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