09.06.2020

Nine lawyers of BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Moscow office have been recognised in the international rating Best Lawyers 2021

On 3 June 2020 the results of the international legal rating Best Lawyers 2021 for the Russian market were published. Based on the results of the rating, this year nine lawyers of BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Moscow…

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07.06.2020

Coronavirus Tax Relief Act: Postponement of the first-time application of section 2b of the German VAT Act (UStG) and reduction of VAT for commercial canteen businesses

Just a few days after the German Parliament, the Bundestag, approved the Act on the Implementation of Tax Relief Measures to Overcome the Coronavirus Crisis (Coronavirus Tax Relief Act for short), also the…

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04.06.2020

The Coronavirus Crisis: New relaxations - new information obligations

The decreasing number of coronavirus cases in Germany has led to a gradual easing of the strict safety measures and, depending on the federal state, citizens are again allowed to visit a number of public…

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28.05.2020

Cross-sector supply chain due diligence obligations underway

As described in our newsletter "Corona versus CSR" in April, plans for a German supply chain law are currently on hold until the second round of monitoring of the National Action Plan on Business and Human…

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28.05.2020

Update: Entry into force of the Medical Need Health Care Assurance Regulation ("MedBVSV") of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)

The Health Care Assurance Regulation MedBVSV which was announced on 14 April 2020 (please also see our post dated 17 April 2020) entered into force on 27 May 2020 (LINK to MedBVSV). The Regulation…

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27.05.2020

Falk Tischendorf was the moderator of the Q&A session with Vasily Osmakov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

On 21 May 2020 there was an online Q&A session with Vasily Osmakov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The event was organised by the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (AHK),…

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25.05.2020

Applications for the Inclusion of Modern Technologies in the Government List for the Purpose of Concluding Special Investment Contracts under the Special Investment Contract System SPIC 2.0

As of today the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia is starting to accept applications for the inclusion of modern technologies in the government list for the purpose of concluding special investment…

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17.05.2020

Commercial Lease Law: Dispute about Rent Payments in Times of Corona

1. Initial situation In response to the corona crisis, all German state governments took measures to slow down the spread of the new corona virus, mainly in March 2020 on the basis of the Infection…

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17.05.2020

Back to the Future - Returning from the Corona Lockdown

What have the last weeks and months really been bringing about since the beginning of the corona pandemic?  For me personally, more home office, lunch breaks without canteen, hardly any court hearings,…

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17.05.2020

Second Act for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Significance

Subsequent to the "Act for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Significance" dated 25 March 2020 (see our blog post dated 30 March 2020), the German…

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13.05.2020

Distressed M&A in Germany

Insolvencies in Germany were at a record low in 2019 and insolvency administrators were feeling underworked. And along came a virus that changed economic reality in a heartbeat. Whilst the German…

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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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