Events & News

During the Telfa General Assembly held on June 9th in Brussels, all Telfa board members were reelected: Karen Verkerk from Dirkzwager (Netherlands) - who is also Telfa president-, Tom Eivind Haug from Advokatfirmaet Sverdrup (Norway), Jasper Hagenberg from Buse Heberer Fromm (Germany), Aldona Leszczyńska-Mikulska from GWW(Poland), Emmanuel Kaeppelin from Delsol Avocats (France), Sébastien Popijn from CEW…

LONDON, 15 June 2021  – Wedlake Bell LLP and Moon Beever LLP today announce that the firms  have agreed to merge with effect from 12 July this year. Wedlake Bell is a top 100 City law firm with core strengths across Private Client, Real Estate, Business Services and Dispute Resolution. The firm has 60 Partners…

NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING THE REGISTRATION OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS   As of 1st June 2021, the new legislation regarding the registration of beneficial owners (Act No.  37/2021 Coll., on Registration of Beneficial Owners) becomes effective.   The new legislation implements the 5th AML Directive, i.e. Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

  The EU Member States must transpose the Omnibus Directive into national law by November 28, 2021 and must apply said national law as of May 28, 2022.   Businesses that violate consumer laws in the EU could face fines up to 4% of a company's annual global turnover.   So if you don’t want…

MLL has been mentioned in the following disciplines in the Legal 500 2021 ranking: ✅Fintech ✅IP ✅Real Estate and Construction ✅Capital Markets ✅Commercial, Corporate and M&A ✅Data Privacy and Protection ✅Employment ✅Healthcare and life science ✅Private clients ✅TMT ✅Banking & finance ✅Competition ✅Litigation ✅Insolvency MLL has also been a contributor to the Comparative Guide 2021 on…

  The webinar will take place on May 18th from 4.30 to 6 PM.  Here is the content: PART ONE Opening/introduction of the panelists and the topic MLI's key features - general overview Country by country differences (on few examples) PART TWO Case study discussion M&A Share deals Other cross boarder transactions Q&A

In 2021, Delsol Avocats has been recognised by the prestigious directory in the following practice areas: Construction Data Privacy and Data Protection Health care & life sciences – Leading professional: Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE M&A The regions (Lyon) Private equity : venture and growth capital

The GWW team was awarded in the Taxes and Technologies, Media, Telecommunications (TMT) category. An individual award was granted to Wacław Knopkiewicz, supervisor of the TMT team. Taxes Team leaders: Artur Cmoch; Andrzej Ladziński Leading lawyers: Małgorzata Militz; Kamil Szczęsny Clients' comments on GWW work: 'Compared to other Polish law firms I have worked with, GWW stands out in terms of professionalism…

The Legal 500 recommends Lexia's following practices: M&A “I see that the key strength of Lexia team is that they have had the same team handling the matters of the company from start-up work through to venture financing rounds all the way to M&A.” Dispute resolution, crime & corporate responsibilities “Very easy to approach. Exceptional…

ILAW LEXTAL – Tier 1 in Lithuania for Employment. ILAW LEXTAL Managing Partner Tomas Bagdanskis became a Leading Individual and Partner Vilius Mačiulaitis achieved Next Generation Partner status in the Legal 500 guide (Employment).   Chambers Europe 2021: ILAW LEXTAL ranked in Band 1 for the Employment Practice in Lithuania. Ranked lawyers: Band 1 –…

London/Arnhem/Nijmegen, 15 April 2021 – The annual rankings of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa have been announced. This year Dirkzwager legal & tax is represented by seven lawyers active in two areas of practice. The Legal 500 is generally considered to be a leading guide in the field of global legal services.…

A draft Family Foundation Act was published on 22 March 2021. According to the announcements of the Ministry of Finance, family foundations are supposed to become part of legal transactions at the beginning of next year. The main assumptions in the file attached.

There are 431 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and their total value exceeds PLN 1 trillion, of which PLN 570 billion can be attributed to domestic companies. GWW is among the 10 most active tax advisory companies in this area, taking the ninth (advising 26 listed companies) place in Poland according to the…

On 4 March 2021, the Dutch government published draft legislation for consultation concerning the implementation of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD2). The proposed legislation is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2022. Hybrid mismatches ATAD2 aims to prevent tax avoidance resulting from differences in the tax legislation of countries. The tax classification…

A very successful Telfa Virtual Congress was held on March 23rd, gathering member firms' partners and associates around a series of activities. It has also been an opportunity for the different Telfa practice groups to meet (Corporate, Tax, Real Estate and Employment met on that day), as well as the Partners' group, the Associates' group,…

DELSOL Avocats gains a new Partner, Adrien WILLIOT, in the firm's Real Estate department, which now has (11) lawyers, including (3) partners (with Nathalie PEYRON and Benoît BOUSSIER) and one (1) counsel (Virginie DELANNOY). The Real Estate department assists a diverse panel of French and international players with their real-estate business, providing both advisory and…

Simon Tupman (MBA, Solicitor, Eng and Wales) is a business speaker, educator and mentor to law firms internationally, who will give us a keynote speach with the title: What Now? - how to bounce back from COVID Many law firms appear to have weathered the COVID storm quite well; but what happens now? With many…

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…