26 Jan, 2024 German taxation of business relationships with Russia – recent developments and outlook for 2024 By Christian Sistermann Moritz Lehmann As expected, Russia has now officially become a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” for the purposes of the German Tax Haven Defence Act...
19 Dec, 2023 Financial services and capital markets in CEE – key regulatory and legal trends in 2023-2024 By Florian Klimscha Stephan Pachinger Anouschka Zagorski Victoria Bazil Eva Schneider +2 more... Show less In the constantly evolving landscape of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), financial services and capital markets face a vibrant...
14 Dec, 2023 The EU Adaptation of Important Chapter 11 Provisions By Ken Baird Katharina Crinson Guilhem Bremond Michael Broeders Charlotte Ausema Jan-Philip Wilde Ana Lopez Silvia Angos Mark Liscio Samantha Braunstein +7 more... Show less This article was first published on Global Restructuring Review in November 2023; for further in-depth analysis, please visit the GRR...
12 Jul, 2023 EU’s foreign subsidies regime officially kicks off – a new chapter for M&A and public procurement in the EU By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Martin McElwee Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Aytaç Çelebi Joanna Goyder +4 more... Show less On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published the much-awaited final version of the Implementing Regulation on...
24 Apr, 2023 EU merger control simplification package: cutting or increasing the red tape? By Felix Roscam Abbing Jan Jeram Paul van den Berg Joanna Goyder +1 more... Show less In brief On 20 April, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a merger control simplification package including a revised...
17 Apr, 2023 Launch of the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions By Richard Hart Matthew Dodwell Voluntary carbon trading markets are growing as emissions-producing businesses formulate plans to reach net zero. The legal and...
29 Mar, 2023 EU Tax Blacklist update: German taxpayers with business relationships with Russian counterparties expected to face stronger headwinds By Christian Sistermann Moritz Lehmann On 14 February 2023, the Council of the EU (the Council) voted to add Russia to the main EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax...
07 Feb, 2023 EU foreign subsidy control – consultation on implementing rules By Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Sarah Erne Joanna Goyder Malte Symann Christopher Sickinger +3 more... Show less Yesterday the European Commission put out for consultation a draft Implementing Regulation on proceedings pursuant to the Foreign...
18 Jan, 2023 Developments in Spanish tax exemptions for sovereign investors: impact for M&A deals and tax disputes By Álvaro Fernández Silvia Paternain Bosco Montejo The domestic Spanish tax code does not, of itself, provide for any specific exemptions or favourable regimes for foreign sovereign...
06 Jan, 2023 New Italian power to call in below-threshold mergers – guidance now published By Gian Luca Zampa Alessandro Di Giò Gabriele Maria Polito The new IAA’s power to review concentrations below thresholds As anticipated in one of our previous blog posts, the “2021 Competition...
14 Nov, 2022 Expanding the merger control toolkit - Is this the end of non-reportable M&A for firms that are deemed dominant? By Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell +2 more... Show less The question of how best to capture and test non-reportable acquisitions that are nonetheless deemed as meriting review is one the...
10 Nov, 2022 Environmental liability insurance in a private M&A context By Gaia Pattyn Sascha Arnold Introduction Dealmakers in Europe have grown increasingly accustomed to the use of warranty and indemnity (‘W&I’) insurance in M&A...