We are delighted to announce that as of 1 February 2021, the managing partner of our Firm, Dr. Tibor Bihary, has been recognised by the Permanent Arbitration Court of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) on its permanent Arbitrator Recommendation List of 2021-2024. The  is compiled by a prestigious panel of senior academics and lawyers based on professional recommendations and includes Hungarian and foreign arbitrators…

The LEXTAL brand is advancing to the next level of the Baltic legal service industry. Following the arrival of its new team in Latvia and the merging of the local LEXTAL office with the ILAW law firm in Lithuania, the newly established LEXTAL Legal group now has more than 60 lawyers, making it one of…

Merger creates leading Swiss business law firm with a strong international profile The prominent Swiss law firms Meyerlustenberger Lachenal and FRORIEP plan to merge, creating a new top-tier commercial law firm in Switzerland. A total of 155 lawyers will provide Swiss and international law advice to clients from four Swiss locations in Zurich, Geneva, Zug…

NOVELIZATION OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT   As of 1st January 2021, the major novelization of the Business Corporation Act (Act No. 33/2020 Coll., amending Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Business Corporations and Cooperatives, and other related laws) becomes effective.   THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES include, in particular, the following:   New rules for profit…

The Covid-19 epidemic and the development of home-working have multiplied vulnerabilities and prompted cybercriminals to take advantage of this unprecedented situation. The December edition of DELSOL Avocats’ biannual newsletter therefore focuses on cybersecurity : how can organisations anticipate, act and respond. The recent arrival of a 28th partner within the firm is also mentioned : Thomas AMICO joined…

The General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), formally Regulation (EU) 2016/679, has served as the model for the Serbian Personal Data Protection Law. As such, rulings of EU bodies in this area are highly relevant for the application of national regulations, and have to date proven themselves to be a reliable basis for personal data controllers…

Businesses throughout Europe and globally are increasingly confronted with misleading advertising and a growing variety of phishing schemes, a form of cybercrime in which they are lured into disclosing sensitive information. There are many companies for which phishing is virtually a core activity and which use such advertising ploys to earn income in a way…

In November 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the findings of annual Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises in the euro area. The survey was conducted from 7 September to 16 October 2020, and, as in previous years, covered the period from April to September 2020. The total euro area sample size…

Hosted by Dutch exclusive member firm Dirkzwager, the Telfa Virtual Associates Meeting gathered associates from most of the 26 jurisdictions covered by the alliance.   The event focused fully on Renewable energies, first from an astronaut point of view with an outstanding keynote speech from the Dutch astronaut André Kuipers, and then from a legal…