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 Sebastian Billig
 Sven Pohl

German Federal Tax Court: Baker Tilly obtains another landmark ruling regarding interest on import duty refunds - procedural interest for unlawfully levied import VAT

On October 17, 2023, the Baker Tilly team (foreign trade and customs law) obtained a landmark ruling at the German Federal Tax Court regarding…


 Sebastian Brucker
 Ursula Augsten

What the German register of grant beneficiaries means for non-profit organizations

The call for more transparency in the non-profit sector has become louder and louder in recent years – especially with regard to the non-profit status…


 Sarah Lohmeier
Sarah LohmeierLaw

One year of ChatGPT: Taking into account data protection regulations when using large language models

One year has passed since the introduction of ChatGPT. A European regulation of AI is yet to be enacted. Nevertheless, AI is already being used in…


 Melina Heindl
Melina HeindlTax

How the German Growth Opportunities Act affects companies’ debt financing

After a brief pause due to the government’s draft Growth Opportunities Act of August 30, 2023, the real estate sector can now breathe a sigh of relief…


 Piet Werner
 Sven Vollstädt

Baker Tilly advises Capreolos GmbH on seed financing round

The international consulting firm Baker Tilly has provided legal and tax advice to the Hessian e-health start-up Capreolos GmbH on a seed financing…


Dr. Jörg Buschbaum, LL.M.

Works council has no right to prevent the ban on mobile phones for private purposes during working hours

With its decision of October 17, 2023 (Case no. 1 ABR 24/22), the German Federal Labor Court ruled that a prohibition for employees to use their…


 Sarah Lohmeier
Sarah LohmeierLaw

Data protection and cloud-based health applications – new guidance from the German Data Protection Conference for app providers

The German Data Protection Conference (DSK) has published a paper on data protection and cloud-based digital health applications. In such paper, the…


 Leonie Kröhnke
 Daniel Laws

Capital increase – a cost trap? Current BGH ruling gives reason to draft articles of association at an early stage

In its decision of September 12, 2023 - II ZB 6/23 (BeckRS 2023, 29212), the Second Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice (“BGH”)…


Dr. Jörg Buschbaum, LL.M.
Dr. Christian Engelhardt, LL.M.

Can Microsoft 365 be used in compliance with data protection regulations?

In November 2022, the Conference of Independent Federal and State Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (“DSK”) determined that Microsoft’s standard…


 Dominik Halbmeyer, LL.M.
Dr. Marcel Lemmer
Dominik Halbmeyer, LL.M.Dr. Marcel LemmerTax

Impending discontinuation of tax deferrals in the event of relocations in old cases

Largely unnoticed, the Bundestag passed a planned amendment to exit taxation last Friday, which entails a further aggravation for international…