Compact and Briefing

Hanover, August 2022 | Companies often have an interest in binding their distribution partners in certain ways in order to secure their position in the market. In doing so, they usually restrict [...]

Milan, June 2022 | After years of waiting and well behind many EU member states, Italy too will have its Register of Beneficial Owners, as provided for in Legislative Decree No. 231/07 as amended [...]

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission published the draft legislation for the Data Act. Together with the Data Governance Act, the Data Act forms a legislative package under the European [...]

London, April 2022 | Cross-border M&A transactions in the U.K. and U.S. remained prevalent in 2021 and into early 2022 despite the economic uncertainty that exists in today’s markets. Many [...]

London, April 2022 | In an effort to combat economic crime through enhanced transparency, on 28 February 2022 the U.K. Government published the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform White [...]

Sanctions between the EU and Russia are also hurting uninvolved entrepreneurs. While the sanctions imposed by the EU (exclusion of several Russian banks from the SWIFT system, embargoes on [...]

The new EU sanctions against Russia pose challenges for companies with trade relations with Russian companies in many areas. Legal bans, rising prices and supply bottlenecks make the execution of [...]

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for more than a month now, is a major concern for European politics, especially from an economic point of view. The European [...]

The exchange and use of data are of great importance for the competitiveness of European companies and for a  smooth adminstration. The EU Commission has recognized this and has presented its [...]

With the rapid development of information technology, more and more service or products providers collect, store, process, analyze and/or use all kinds of data to find business opportunities. [...]