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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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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