07.04.2020

Update regarding shutdown insurances

The ongoing measures to contain the corona pandemic are having a severe impact on the economy. In this context, shutdown insurances are becoming the focus of attention. Shutdown insurances were taken out…

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07.04.2020

SIMPLIFIED ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS FOR GERMAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

On 27 March 2020, the legislator adopted the Gesetz zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht (Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19…

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06.04.2020

Inheritance tax: Tax exemption for business assets at risk?

The coronavirus has already prompted the legislator to introduce far-reaching aid measures and tax breaks. So far, the inheritance and gift tax law has not been addressed. The wage bill regulation as…

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06.04.2020

Operation and Arrangement of Contract Award/Procurement Procedures in the Corona Crisis

This article provides you with answers to the ten most important procurement right questions arising at present in current and planned contract award and procurement procedures due to the Corona crisis.…

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06.04.2020

Deferral and reduction of rental payments in the view of the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 01, 2020, a new law No. 98-FL establishing peculiarities of rental payments for real estate in terms of the novel coronavirus pandemic came into force. In case a high-alert regime or state of…

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06.04.2020

Amendments to the Russian corporate law in the view of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shorty the President of the Russian Federation is expected to sign the draft Law No. 771509-7 establishing peculiarities of governing certain corporate relations in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus…

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02.04.2020

No Duty to File for Insolvency but Risk of Fraud!

With the German Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law and the COVID-19 Insolvency Suspension Act (COVInsAG) contained therein…

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02.04.2020

Condominium Act on the Term of Office of Propert Managers

The Bundestag (Federal Parliament) and Bundesrat (Federal Council) have passed the " Act on Mitigation of the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law". Due…

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01.04.2020

Duties of the Management with regard to the Economic Stabilisation Fund Act (WStFG)

1. Introduction In the wake of the corona pandemic, the German economy is facing one of the greatest - if not the greatest - challenges since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. The crisis…

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01.04.2020

State Aid in the Corona Crisis

The measures taken by the EU Member States to support their economies in the wake of the corona pandemic fall under the EU aid regime insofar as the support actions constitute aid within the meaning of…

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01.04.2020

Amendments to the Stock Corporation Act on the General Meeting by the Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law ("Act on Mitigating Measures")

1. Introduction In addition to amendments, particularly in insolvency law, the German Act on Mitigating Measures has temporarily created substantial facilitations for the holding of general…

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01.04.2020

Company Acquisition in times of Corona - Strengthen your own Position, Exploiting the Opportunities offered by M&A activities

The corona crisis is currently causing great uncertainty in the market. No one can anticipate how long the crisis will last and how much the global economy will be affected despite unprecedented government…

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