Compact and Briefing

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 by Legislative [...]

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. [...]

After the German legislature passed the „Law on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains“ (LkSG) in June 2021, the EU Commission is now also presenting a draft directive on corporate [...]