Mit dem Gesetz zur Finanzierung von zukunftssichernden Investitionen (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz – ZuFinG) will die Bundesregierung den Finanzstandort Deutschland stärken und Start-ups, Wachstumsunternehmen sowie kleinen und...more
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The first season of virtual general meetings is over and the next one is imminent due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The legislature has taken this as an opportunity to not only extend the set of instruments created at the...more
For the first time since the Market Abuse Ordinance ("MAR") came into force in July 2016, changes to the MAR came into force on January 1, 2021, bringing practical relief for issuers, especially those in the Scale segment...more
Corona makes it possible! Soon there will be the opportunity to share based on a much shorter prospectus ( " reconstruction Prospect " or " short-form prospectus offering") and / or to allow the stock market. This privilege...more
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has recently confirmed the date for the change to the Voting Rights Notification Ordinance (StimmRMV) to come into force. Voting rights notifications can only be sent to...more
With considerable delay and overshadowed by the urgent legislative measures to mitigate the consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic, a new version of the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) came into force on March 20,...more
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, companies cannot hold their general meetings as usual. The increasingly stringent requirements imposed by the health authorities cannot be reconciled with the presence of many participants at a...more
With some delay, the ARUG II came into force on January 1, 2020. The focus is on changes in the German Stock Corporation Act. The changes that are significant in practice relate to the remuneration of the Management Board and...more
The revised Anti-Money Laundering Law (law on tracing profits from serious criminal activities (Geldwäschegesetz – GwG)) will provide for the introduction of an electronic transparency register as of October 1, 2017. There,...more
Das neugefasste Geldwäschegesetz (Gesetz über das Aufspüren von Gewinnen aus schweren Straftaten – GwG) sieht zum 1. Oktober 2017 die Einführung eines elektronischen Transparenzregisters vor. Dort sind Informationen zu den...more