Interviews

Equity carve-outs can be attractive for groups in order to raise valuation potential and to reduce the so-called conglomerate discount. For this purpose, a holding company separates its subsidiary or division and floats its shares on the stock exchange. This can also be an attractive alternative to a sale to

When US President Trump announced a unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPoA”, commonly referred to as the “Iran Nuclear Deal”) made between Iran, the P5+1 and the European Union, the world changed again in particular for European companies doing business with both the US and

Australia continues to be an attractive destination for foreign investments which account for about 4% of its GDP. Between 2016 and 2017, the Foreign Investment Review Boards (FIRB) approved 14,357 investment applications representing AUD 193 billion of proposed investments. A seasoned expert for cross-border investments into Australia, Dr Angelika Yates

Compliance becomes increasingly important in France where a new compliance regime came into force. The rules can also apply to affiliated companies of foreign groups and lead to organizational changes. Dr Antje Luke, Attorney-at-Law/Partner at BMH Avocats Paris gives a brief outline on these legislative developments. Dr Luke, what does

Germany becomes increasingly important for asset managers from all over the world. They can make use of the so-called “Master-KVG“ model to manage a German investment fund without establishing a German management company. A seasoned expert in investment law and partner at Simmons & Simmons, Dr. Harald Glander shows how

As the first country in the world, Liechtenstein will introduce a Blockchain Act in 2019. With this, the government intends to provide higher legal certainty for blockchain technology and support the token economy. Dr.  Matthias Niedermüller, lawyer and partner at Niedermüller Attorneys based in Vaduz, sets out to show why

Protection of trade secrets is now regulated uniformly throughout the European Union (EU). Since requirements for the existence of a trade secret have increased compared to the previous legal situation, companies should urgently clarify what safeguards they need to implement if they want to benefit from the new law. This

Timo Matthias Spitzer, Head of Legal Corporate & Investment Banking Germany, Austria & Switzerland at Banco Santander, has just won the Global Counsel Award for General Commercial Individual of the Year from the Association of Corporate Counsel and Lexology. Following the award ceremony held on 20 June 2019 in New