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It is 'during' not 'after' - German Supreme Court tightens takeover squeeze-out rules

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 5 2013

The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) recently issued a ruling that effectively shortens the time frame in which strategic buyers

Takeaways from German case of missing merger info

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
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  • Germany
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  • February 21 2013

In January 2013, the German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) imposed a fine of 90,000 (approx. $120,000) on the German entrepreneur

Federal Cartel Office prohibits chemicals traders joint venture previously cleared in merger control

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 6 2013

On 21 November 2012, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) prohibited the further operation of a joint venture between two chemicals traders, saying it had

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Constitutional Court specifies requirements for privatisation of forensic mental health services

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 1 2012

The Federal Constitutional Court has recently ruled that the so-called 'Hessian Model of a formal privatisation of forensic mental health services is constitutional

Value added tax and acquisition of non-performing loans - decision by the European Court of Justice dated 27 October 2011 in Case C-9310

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 4 2011

In its MKG decision dated 26 June 2003 (C-30501) the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled that each kind of factoring i.e. non-recourse and recourse factoring qualifies as a service subject to value added tax (“VAT”

Court confirms legality of financial market stabilisation

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Germany
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  • April 18 2011

The Regional Court of Munich has recently ruled that the German government's decision to nationalise Hypo Real Estate (HRE) bank was lawful

Fiscal unity may be established retroactively in the case of reorganizations

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • February 7 2011

The Federal Fiscal Court held in two rulings dated 28 July 2010 (I R 8909 and I R 11109) that a fiscal unity may be established retroactively in cases where the parent acquires the majority participation in the subsidiary only during the current fiscal year by way of a reorganization or contribution covered by the Reorganization Tax Act (Umwandlungssteuergesetz, RTA

News regarding cash pooling: German Federal Supreme Court examines capital contributions in connection with shareholder-run cash pools

  • Jones Day
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  • Germany
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  • December 4 2009

As reported in one of our earlier issues, the recent reform of the German Limited Liability Company Act ("GmbHG") has eased the restrictions on cash pooling within group companies

The German Federal Court clarifies merger control exemption

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • January 3 2008

The German Federal Court of Justice recently published a decision which limits the application of the German merger control regime by broadening the scope of the socalled de minimis market exemption