Brexit update for General Counsel: A roundup of recent developments
This review of the main recent legal and commercial developments in the past week relating to Brexit provides a summary of the new relevant issues and…
2021 payroll: Overview of all relevant tax changes and reforms
The year 2021 has brought a large number of tax changes and reforms for payroll accounting: On the one hand, the Annual Tax Act 2020, which will…
Short-time work or leave – what takes precedence?
Due to the pandemic, many employees are still subject to short-time work arrangements. The simplified short-time work regulations which had been…
The UK's new National Security and Investment Regime
The UK is bringing in wide new powers to capture both UK and foreign investors planning to acquire interests in businesses, land and assets connected…
Women's Quota 2.0 – Federal Government Tightens Gender Quota
Since the introduction of the Leadership Positions Act ("FüPoG") in 2015, companies that are listed and co-determined on a parity basis must appoint a…
2020 Annual Tax Act – A Conglomeration of Various Changes in Tax Law
On September 2, 2020, the German federal government passed the draft bill for the 2020 Annual Tax Act (JStG 2020). The JStG 2020 is supposed to…
Private Construction Law: Baker Tilly establishes new legal sector lawyer and notary Simon Parviz
Highly reputed construction and real estate lawyer Mr. Simon Parviz and his team will set up the new private construction law segment from Frankfurt.
Halved night work bonuses for shift workers
Are night shift workers and occasional night workers comparable? "Yes, they are!", ruled the German Federal Labor Court (BAG) in its judgment of…
Virtual General Meeting 2021 – Stronger Shareholder Questions, Shorter Deadlines, and Codified Fiction Solution
Shortly before the end of last year, i.e. on 22 December 2020, the Bundestag passed an "Act on the Shortening of the Residual Debt Exemption Procedure…
Overview of M&A in the Nordic Countries
According to statistics published by Bureau van Dijk, 3,509 deals with a total deal volume of approximately EUR 87 billion were announced in 2019 in…