20 September 2018
Criminal justice: companies, managers, employees, all concerned, all accomplices
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/france/criminal-justice-companies-managers-employees-all-concerned-all-accomplices

Criminal law in France lays down a simple, clear, two-fold rule: everyone is responsible for his or her own actions and one bears responsibility only for one’s actions.

03 December 2018
Bird & Bird strengthens its Compliance & Investigations team with the appointment of white collar crime expert Jean Tamalet as partner in Paris
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/france/bird-and-bird-strengthens-its-c-and-i-team-with-the-appointment-of-jean-tamalet

International law firm Bird & Bird today strengthens its Compliance & Investigations offering with the appointment of white collar crime expert Jean Tamalet as a partner in its Dispute Resolution Group, based in Paris.

11 February 2019
Bird & Bird launches international 24/7 Business Fraud and Crisis Response Hotline as corporate crises rise
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/bird-and-bird-launches-international-business-fraud-and-crisis-response-hotline

International law firm Bird & Bird launches today its 24/7 Business Fraud and Crisis Response Hotline, in response to the rise in businesses suffering from corporate crises and the pace at which they unfold.

18 June 2020
The European Commission opens formal antitrust probes against Apple in relation to Apple Pay and the App Store
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/the-european-commission-opens-formal-antitrust-probes-against-apple-in-relation-to-apple-pay

While the payment sector is under the authorities’ spotlight with two on-going public consultations on payments and fintech launched by the European Commission (EC – see our alert here) and a separate consultation on ...

19 November 2020
Cross-border: Business Interruption insurance and COVID-19: the state of play in various jurisdictions
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/business-interruption-insurance-and-covid-19-the-state-of-play-in-various-jurisdictions

Globally, many companies are (again) affected by significant decline in business and/or closures as a result of measures taken by governments to deal with the coronavirus. Many of these companies have some form of ...

14 January 2019
Analysis of innovation facilitators established in the EU
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/analysis-of-innovation-facilitators-established-in-the-eu

Our payments team focus in on some of the observations set out in the ESA's joint comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators in the EU.

19 December 2018
Proposals issued by the European Commission to require payment service providers to disclose VAT details
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/proposals-issued-by-ec-require-payment-service-providers-to-disclose-vat-details

We analyse the European Commission's proposed amendments, which could require payment service providers (PSPs) to disclose payment transaction data to Member States.

03 June 2019
Baseline merges with Valeocon to bolster Bird & Bird management consulting business
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/baseline-merges-with-valeocon

International law firm Bird & Bird today announces the merger of its Baseline consulting arm with Valeocon Management Consulting, creating one of the largest management consultancy firms linked to an international law ...