Die Schutzmaßnahmen zur Vermeidung der Ausbreitung der COVID-19-Pandemie, insbesondere die Einschränkungen der Versammlungsmöglichkeiten von Personen, wirken sich nach wie vor auf die Handlungsfähigkeit von Unternehmen...more
1/21/2021
/ Board of Directors ,
Business Entities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Remote Working ,
Shareholders ,
Social Distancing ,
State of Emergency ,
Virtual Meetings
The protective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in particular the restrictions of the individuals’ right to convene, limit the ability to act for companies of different legal forms under German law...more
3/31/2020
/ Annual Meeting ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Germany ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Shareholder Meetings ,
Shareholders ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Social Distancing ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Virtual Meetings
International investors with corporate transactions in Germany are often surprised to learn that significant costs can be incurred by a German notary as part of a normal corporate transaction. The involvement of a German...more
In This Issue -
Welcome to the final issue of International News for 2014. As regulatory oversight of companies—from Sarbanes Oxley and the Dodd-Frank Act to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery...more
12/3/2014
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
China ,
COMESA ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Germany ,
Internal Investigations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Tax Evasion ,
UK Bribery Act
Traditionally, a cross-border “migration” of a company from one European Union (EU) Member State to another EU Member State, while technically possible, has been cumbersome and costly. Such a migration would involve either a...more