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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…

Schedule:   2 PM: Welcome and introduction Karen Verkerk, Dirkzwager        2.15: Keynote speech: Sustainability André Kuipers     3.30: Speed networking 4.00: Presentation: The ins and outs of setting up a renewable energy department  Maarten Kole , Dirkzwager 4.15:  Networking session 4:40:  Panel discussion:  Know Your Client: distinguishing renewable energy clients – Moderated by Christiaan van der Meer, with…

The real estate and tax team of GWW advised BPI Real Estate company, a leading real estate developer in Belgium and Luxembourg, on one of the largest transactions in Poland, and at the same time a record one in Poznań. BPI Real Estate Poland and Revive join forces on the Poznań (Poland) real estate market. Belgian…

Thomas AMICO joins the DELSOL Avocats Litigation – Criminal Business Law department as a partner. With its current team of 11 lawyers including three partners and one counsel, the Litigation – Criminal Business Law department advises and represents French and international companies and their senior executives, in pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before national and arbitration…

Acknowledging the importance of maintaining a strong tax system, this measure was issued in the context of various incentives set out by the Portuguese Government, which, in the present context of the Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic, is essential to the livelihood of families and companies. The Office of the Secretary of State for Tax Affairs issued an…

The Ministry of Finance has published a planned draft amendment to regulations of the PIT Act and CIT Act, as well as the Act on Flat-Rate Income Tax on Certain Revenues Earned by Natural Persons and certain other acts. GWW experts have prepared a brief summary of the most important changes included in the draft…

DELSOL Avocats advised the SergeFerrari Group (listed on the Euronext Paris, compartment C), a leader in the design, development and manufacture of innovative flexible composite materials for lightweight architecture and external cladding applications, on its acquisition of Verseidag-Indutex from Jagenberg AG. Germany’s Verseidag-Indutex, world leader in PTFE glass materials, operates on the high-quality technical textiles…

The Dutch Tax Plan 2021 was announced on Tuesday 15 September. In the Dirkzwager Tax Flash document, we discuss the most important measures from the Tax Plan 2021 and other expected regulations. check the document here:

"Much of this distressed debt is secured by personal guarantees of private individuals, which means that hundreds of thousands of Serbians are neither unable to service their personal debt nor have access to instruments that would allow them to resolve this issue efficiently and effectively." Click on the link below to read an article on…

“Having in mind the complexity of functioning in a community that is not recognized by society or by law, the Law allows same-sex partners to enjoy the same rights as heterosexual partners, with certain legal restrictions.” You can read more about The Law on Life Partnership of Persons of the Same Sex as well as…

On 31 July, the Ministry of Finance published the proposed amendments to the CIT Act introducing the so-called “Estonian CIT”. The key implications of the proposed changes are discussed in the GWW Tax Alert:  For more on the proposed amendments, including the Ministry of Finance comments, go to:  (Polish).

NOVELIZATON OF THE CZECH LABOUR CODE 2020 - part three   As of 30th July 2020 the novelization of the Czech Labour Code (Act No. 262/2006 Coll.), published in the Collection of Laws on 26th June 2020 under No. 285/2020 Coll., became effective.   The amendment introduces in particular a new legal regulation of the…

NOVELIZATON OF THE CZECH LABOUR CODE 2020 - part two   As of 30th July 2020 the novelization of the Czech Labour Code (Act No. 262/2006 Coll.), published in the Collection of Laws on 26th June 2020 under No. 285/2020 Coll., became effective.   The amendment introduces in particular a new legal regulation of the…

NOVELIZATON OF THE CZECH LABOUR CODE 2020 - part one   As of 30th July 2020 the novelization of the Czech Labour Code (Act No. 262/2006 Coll.), published in the Collection of Laws on 26th June 2020 under No. 285/2020 Coll., became effective.   The amendment introduces in particular a new legal regulation of the…

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