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Amendments will allow cross-border mergers with German companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

Until recently Section 1 of the law regulating the transformation of companies, the Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz), prevented German companies from merging with foreign companies

New Federal Supreme Court ruling on acting in concert

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

“Acting in concert,” a situation in which in which investors work together to attain the same investment goal, is one of the most controversial issues in German takeover law

A new era in German labor law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

After several years of discussions and despite numerous obstacles from all sides, the new German Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, AGG) went into effect on August 18, 2006

Lawmakers propose to amend German corporate form - will investors benefit?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

The German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) published a preliminary proposal for several far-reaching amendments to the German Limited Liability Company Act (GmbHG) in May 2006

Government attempts to limit tax exemptions for non-German companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

On November 9, 2006, the German Parliament passed the Annual Tax Bill 2007

Infringement proceedings against Germany over “regulatory holidays” for Deutsche Telekom

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 2 2007

The European Commission has fast-tracked its infringement proceedings against Germany over "regulatory holidays" for Deutsche Telekom

Deregulation of the German health care service sector opens investment opportunities

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 26 2007

The German health care market is in flux

ECJ: advocate general rules that German conditions on study grants violate community law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 23 2007

In a case which was brought to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) upon referral from a German administrative court, Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo has taken the view that German legislation relating to the grant of aid to students unduly restricts freedom of movement

German Government approves Corporate Tax Plan 2008

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 28 2007

On 14 March 2007 the German Government approved a draft corporate tax plan (enterprise tax reform) which is scheduled to become effective on 1 January 2008

Commission approves steel trading joint venture

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2008

The European Commission has cleared the proposed joint venture between Grupo Villacero (Viga-Villacero) of Mexico and Münchmeyer Petersen & Co (MPC) and MAN AG, both of Germany