12.05.2020

Companies in St. Petersburg Partially Resume Operations

Decree of the Government of St. Petersburg No. 276 dated May 9, 2020 has partially lifted the existing restrictions with regard to companies operations previously introduced in terms of the high alert…

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11.05.2020

Overview concerning the Implementation of Award Procedures during the Corona Crisis

This article provides an overview of existing facilitations in the implementation of procurement procedures at EU, federal and state level. The article also contains direct links to the relevant…

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10.05.2020

Update: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs Presents Amendments to German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance with Supplements to the Health Sector

As already reported, a draft law on tighter controls on investments from non-EU countries has been submitted to the German Parliament (Bundestag), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and…

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10.05.2020

Hunton Andrews Kurth and BEITEN BURKHARDT advise EGCO Group on the acquisition

Munich, 11 May 2020 – The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT, together with law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth, advised Electricity Generating Public Company Limited ("EGCO") on the cross-border…

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10.05.2020

Review of the Supreme Court Regarding Certain Issues of Judicial Practice in Connection with COVID-19

On April 30, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the second review of certain issues of judicial practice related to the application of legislation and measures aimed at…

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07.05.2020

Decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court: Constitutional Complaints against PSPP

The Federal Constitutional Court had to rule on constitutional complaints against the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP). The result can be summarised as follows: In the opinion of the Court, the ECB…

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07.05.2020

Short-Time Working in Non-Profit Organisations - Impact on Non-Profit Status

In the case of non-profit organisations, a number of questions arise in connection with short-time work allowance. In addition to the economic and labour law aspects, the preservation of non-profit status…

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07.05.2020

Update: Extension of the Period of the Retrospective period for Restructuring Measures in the German Reorganization Tax Act (UmwStG)

We have reported that the law for the Mitigation of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law of 27 March 2020 ("COVID-19 Law") extended the commercial law…

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07.05.2020

Employment of Foreign Skilled Workers in Times of Corona

It was not until 1 March 2020 that the new German Immigration Act for Skilled Workers came into force, which was intended to expand and in some cases facilitate access to the labour market in Germany for…

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05.05.2020

Corona and No End in Sight - What if Staff Reductions Become Unavoidable?

Corona keeps the whole world in suspense. The repercussions of the pandemic and the measures adopted to manage the crisis are clearly felt by everyone every day. Many companies are keeping themselves…

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05.05.2020

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Amphenol Corporation on Bond Issue of EUR 500 m.

Munich, 6 May 2020 – The international firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised the NYSE-listed US group Amphenol Corporation on issuing Eurobonds with a volume of EUR 500 m. Amphenol is one of the world's…

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04.05.2020

Coronavirus & courts: Crisis as a chance for video hearings in accordance with section 128a German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)

Many are currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Video conferencing has become part of everyday life. Enabling communicative exchange while avoiding physical contact has led to…

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