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Whilst companies begin to reopen their offices in different parts of the world, many employees are working from home and may continue to wor...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 has significant impact on different areas including data protection. In case of a second lockdown, what measure...

With COVID-19 vaccination taking place throughout Europe and the United States, employers should be evaluating several issues that may impac...

Managing contracts can be a formidable challenge for a company. This is all the more true as human-language – and even paper-based – contrac...

The Covid-19 pandemic has sent a shockwave around the world and brought much of life to a grinding halt. It does not seem to have done the s...

COVID-19 is causing unprecedented disruption to global business. Organisations are looking to identify and mitigate the operational, economi...

In a more and more complex and regulated environment, investors and managers want safe, flexible, cost efficient, and global investment stru...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 infection has an undeniably significant economic impact. Almost all Member States have already announced or imp...

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many clients are faced with material problems in managing contracts. Companies have to deal with de...

Whilst In the field of cross-border employment, Brexit and on the revision of the Posted Workers Directive (PWD) are the main change driver...

In the course of their activities, companies develop information that is commercially valuable. Information is the currency of the knowledge...

As news of the novel coronavirus's spread continues to have a dramatic impact worldwide, employers are facing countless questions about how...

Freedom of union association is warranted in most jurisdictions. Within the company, this freedom may conflict with the freedom of entrepris...

How should a company react, from a practical perspective, in case psychological and/or sexual harassment may be disclosed or witnessed by it...

After one year from the effective entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, companies are facing the...

Managing legal risk has never been more important for global organisations. As the Legal function transforms, so too does the way in which i...

The UK did not leave the EU on 29 March nor on 12 April, but will possibly exit on 31 October 2019 (or earlier if the Withdrawal Agreement i...

Albeit the ICO and crypto market is in its post hype winter after the big collapse of crypto currencies and ICOs in 2018, a silver lining is...

Although the general prohibition on state aid and exemptions are part of the European Union rule books since 1958 and state aid spending is...

Companies face many challenging decisions in designing their Legal Operating Model. What should Legal functions be considering to help them...

Final settlement agreements are appropriate in the employment relationship to minimize the risk of a claim from the employee. Each settlemen...

Companies often struggle with the dismissal of employees in an international perspective. They wonder about the cost associated with a dismi...

After nearly two years from the approval of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in April 2016, we are entering the final stretc...

Ordinances reforming French employment law were issued on 23 September 2017, with a view to providing more security and more flexibility to...

According to the European Commission, 50% of new businesses survive less than 5 years, causing 200,000 annual bankruptcies and the destructi...

Today, economic crime is gaining more and more attention to global regulators. Global players face fines of millions, even billions of dolla...

On 30 July 2017, the Ministry of Commerce of China issued the newly revised version of the Provisional Measures on Administration of Filing...

The Deloitte's Human Capital Trends 2017 shows that the future of work has arrived now. Companies can no longer consider their workforce to...

A number of banks in Europe are still experiencing high levels of non-performing loans (NPLs). These NPL levels have a negative impact on ba...

Restrictive covenants are one of the only limitations on the freedom to provide services to workers. In order to keep such clauses valid and...

The regulatory framework for corporations and corporate executives is becoming more and more complex. With liability expanding from direct i...

Directive 2014/67/EU is implemented in several European countries and will have high impact on companies’ international mobility plans and p...

Brexit will have a huge impact on a number of very important aspects of doing business within or with the UK. Strategic decisions need to be...

Following the publication of the final OECD Reports regarding BEPS Action 8-10 (Aligning Transfer Pricing Outcomes with Value Creation) and...

Small print (general terms and conditions, "GT&C") has become more important for the 4.0 industry. While products and services are digitaliz...

Executive remuneration has made the headlines in a number of countries over the past few years and further legislation may be under way in F...

After more than four years of debates throughout Europe, the EU Parliament finally passed the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) i...

Multinationals have recently been reshaping their business model or legal structure to increase efficiency, to reduce costs, or sometimes fo...

Exit provisions in joint ventures or similar investment arrangements can be key and critical in the lifecycle of a joint investment, should...

Action 8 of the OECD BEPS Action Plan aims to prevent base erosion and profit shifting by moving intangibles amongst group members. The fina...

In addition to cross-border mergers, the transfer / relocation of the statutory seat of a company from one EU Member state to another whilst...

Employment patterns have changed considerably over the past decade. Based on studies conducted by the International Labour Office of the UN,...

On 5 June 2015, the new Regulation 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 was published on insolvency proceed...