Mit dem Gesetz zur Finanzierung von zukunftssichernden Investitionen (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz – ZuFinG) will die Bundesregierung den Finanzstandort Deutschland stärken und Start-ups, Wachstumsunternehmen sowie kleinen und...more
2/15/2024
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Die Möglichkeit, Hauptversammlungen unter Ausschluss der Anwesenheit der Aktionäre rein virtuell abzuhalten, war erstmals aufgrund der Covid-19-Pandemie vom Gesetzgeber eröffnet worden. Die ursprüngliche Regelung vom 27. März...more
The first season of virtual general meetings is over and the next one is imminent due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The legislature has taken this as an opportunity to not only extend the set of instruments created at the...more
For the first time since the Market Abuse Ordinance ("MAR") came into force in July 2016, changes to the MAR came into force on January 1, 2021, bringing practical relief for issuers, especially those in the Scale segment...more
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has recently confirmed the date for the change to the Voting Rights Notification Ordinance (StimmRMV) to come into force. Voting rights notifications can only be sent to...more
With considerable delay and overshadowed by the urgent legislative measures to mitigate the consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic, a new version of the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) came into force on March 20,...more
On July 17, 2018, Japan and the European Union (EU) have signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which will remove EU import duties on Japanese cars as well as the vast majority of tariffs on imports of European meat,...more