01/04/2020 On 25 March 2020, the German Bundestag unanimously adopted the draft law restricting the right of landlords to terminate a lease in order to protect tenants who are unable to pay their rent as a result of the Corona epidemic (the Bundestag communication of 25 March...
30/03/2020 On 25 March 2020, the German Bundestag unanimously passed the draft law to suspend the obligation to file for insolvency until 30 September 2020 in order to protect companies that get into financial difficulties as a result of the corona epidemic (the Bundestag communication...
On 26 July 2018 the Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Kammergericht Berlin) decided that the notarisation of the merger agreement and the merger resolutions for the merger of two German GmbHs (limited liability companies) by a Swiss notary in Canton Basel-Stadt is valid and must...
12/03/2018 On 25 May 2018 the new European General Data Protection Regulation¹ will come into force, harmonizing the data protection rules in the EU. It will directly apply in all EU member states without the need for any national implementation laws (Art. 288 Treaty on...
On 24 January 2018 the Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Kammergericht Berlin) decided that the notarisation of the formation of a German GmbH (limited liability company) by a Swiss notary in Canton Bern is valid and must therefore be registered in the German Commercial Register...
By judgement of 27 September 2017 (case no. XII ZR 114/16) the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) declared so-called written form cure clauses generally invalid, no matter if they were agreed in general terms or negotiated individually. Background of the decision is § 550 German Civil...
04/09/2017 On 24 April 2018, the Law to Facilitate the Management of Group Insolvencies (Gesetz zur Erleichterung der Bewältigung von Konzerninsolvenzen), which creates special procedural rules for German group insolvencies in the German Insolvency Code (InsO), will come into force. So far, there are no...