An opportunity for German companies: increasing importance of product quality, food safety and healthcare in Asia
By Wolfgang Ehmann AHK Greater China, Hong Kong
On the right track
The Common European Sales Law: the latest milestone toward adoption By Professor Dr. Dirk Staudenmayer and Dr. Claudia Moser European Commission Directorate-General for Justice, Brussels
Economic liberalism: Has it had its day?
An update on increased government intervention in European M&A deals By Dr. Regina Engelstädter, Ronan O’Sullivan and Dr. Jan Gernoth Corporate Department,Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP
A bigger slice of the pie
Post-merger integration: tax-efficient cross-border restructuring via a German limited partnership By Andrea Vitale and Svenja Schmitt PwC, Düsseldorf
Quo vadis capital maintenance?
Courts set aside limitation language for upstream guarantees in insolvency By Dr. Birgit Friedl and Dr. Marcus Geiss, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Munich
Here we go again
Mezzanine financing makes a comeback By Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler DLA Piper, Frankfurt
Tone from the top
Compliance responsibilities of management bodies, directors and officers of domestic and foreign subsidiaries of German groups By Dr. Robert Weber, Dr. Michael Müller and Darryl Lew, White & Case, Frankfurt, Washington, D.C.
Industry 4.0
Digital business, autonomous systems and the legal challenges By Dr. Markus Häuser, CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich
New challenges ahead
Cloud computing: contracting and compliance issues for in-house counsel By Dr. Severin Löffler and Shahab Ahmed Microsoft Corporation, Munich, Redmond
The Intel judgment—old wine in new bottles?
EU antitrust law, rebate schemes and the “as efficient competitor” test By Dr. Joachim Schütze and Dr. Dimitri Slobodenjuk Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf