14 Dec, 2023 Lundin Leading the Way? A (Re-)Assessment of Corporate Liability for International Crimes By Philip Kroner Lea Babucke Maxime Neuhaus Greater involvement and redemption for victims, new and broadened offences: On 1 November 2023, the German Ministry of Justice announced...
07 Nov, 2023 Economic crime and corporate transparency: Significant company law changes and new offences By Annie Whiteside The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October is aimed at preventing the abuse of UK...
02 Oct, 2023 Pending Legislation May Extend the Application of Section 16 to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Elizabeth Bieber Nicole Foster Lori Goodman Taryn Zucker Ethan Magid Regina Erie Elizabeth Fleming Ariana Negron +5 more... Show less For decades, Foreign Private Issuers (“FPIs”) and their insiders have been exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 16 (“Section...
30 May, 2023 Works council remuneration remains in spotlight in Germany By Flavia Lang Torsten Lauth In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted...
05 May, 2023 The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
08 Dec, 2022 Wirecard shareholder claims for damages rank behind all creditor claims in landmark insolvency ruling By Marcus Lerch Patrick Schroeder Shareholders are among the many who have lost money in the multi-billion euro insolvency of the former DAX30 payment provider Wirecard...
24 Nov, 2022 Updated with CJEU clarification: public access to UBO registers across the EU ruled invalid By Silvia Van Dyck Eva Schneider Marcel Michaelis Jan Struckmann +1 more... Show less In the past years, the EU legislator has gone quite far in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) efforts....
27 Oct, 2022 Taxation of carried interest and management incentive plans part of proposed Belgian tax reform By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck As part of the governmental discussions on the 2023-2024 federal budget, the Minister of Finance has been instructed to prepare “the...
05 May, 2022 Joint venture partnering on renewable energy projects By Amr Omran Jon Gilbert Richard Johnson Sara Barin Annie Whiteside +2 more... Show less Joint ventures (JVs) are an increasingly popular form of business partnership on renewable energy projects, and play an important role in...
24 Jan, 2022 Freshfields Team Authors Anti-Corruption Practice Guide By Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Andrew Bulovsky Amid active anti-corruption efforts by US and foreign authorities in recent years, the Biden administration emphasized during 2021 that...
05 Jul, 2021 Fast-forwarding German compliance practice: the effects of the new corporate human rights duties By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The adopted German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act ('the Act') has attracted a lot of attention from the legal and business worlds. What...
19 Jan, 2021 WorkLife 2.0: A robot in control - should AI have a voice on the Board? By Nicola Jones Jenny Tholen Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous in modern decision-making for both individuals and corporations. AI can be deployed by...