03.01.2021

Avoid fines by keeping the Transparency Register up to date

The fact that the German Federal Office of Administration (Bundesverwaltungsamt) is increasingly conducting administrative procedures against companies that have failed to fulfil their initial notification…

Read more

20.12.2020

Brexit - BaFin on the End of EU Passporting for UK Enterprises

Investment firms and asset management companies domiciled in the United Kingdom will no longer be allowed to operate on the German market on the basis of the European passport after the expiry of the…

Read more

17.12.2020

VAT consequences of the Brexit - The new letter from the German Federal Ministry of Finance from December 10, 2020

The United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) has left the EU on January 31, 2020. The agreed transitional period ends on December 31, 2020, with the effect that the United Kingdom is to be…

Read more

07.12.2020

Transparency or pillory? FAQs about the new German Competition Register

In 2021, the new German Competition Register will start in Germany. Following the establishment of the German Transparency Register, this means yet another public register for companies to deal with. If…

Read more

07.12.2020

A'Tis the season to be jolly… Coronavirus: The virtual work Christmas party

Without the coronavirus pandemic, this would be the time for company Christmas celebrations. How nice it used to be... hot mulled wine as a welcome drink, festively decorated premises, a good atmosphere…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more

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…

Read more