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The world of public procurement is also affected by the COVID-19 crisis, but no central solution has (yet) been devised for this. In this article, we would like to briefly consider the consequences of the Corona ...

On 1 April 2020, the Federal Ministry of Finance alongside the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy have announced a tailored start-up aid programme worth EUR 2 billion, to combat COVID-19 related ...

1. An important piece of legislation designed to address and mitigate the potentially grave economic consequences of the coronavirus, Governmental Decree No. 47/2020 (III.18.) entered into force on 19 March 2020 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly having a significant impact on the economy and companies. In connec-tion with the crisis, managing directors of limited liability companies (GmbH) are confronted with a wide ...

To combat the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the German Federal Government is taking a wide array of measures. Revisiting a proven instrument to combat economic upheaval, the government has established a EUR 600 ...

The outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a worldwide pandemic. The World Health Organization has warned that this is a public health emergency of international concern and all Russian regions, ...

The German Covid-19 countermeasures include an unlimited loan programme facilitated by KfW, the state-owned development bank. Since its announcement in mid-March, thousands of applications have reached the ...

The European Commission just published guidelines on the restrictions of the free movement principles in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis. Based on overriding public security and public health grounds, ...

With the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) continuing to spread globally, the effort to contain the viral outbreak by governments and health organisations has put pressure on major economies. Many companies are ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the German government has recently passed a “corona crisis package”. The so-called Act for protecting the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National ...

International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed former Head of the firm’s international Tech & Comms sector group Graeme Maguire as Chair of the firm's Board, effective from 1 April 2020.

International law firm Bird & Bird wins a $149m judgment from the English Commercial Court for Carpatsky Petroleum Corporation (CPC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Energy, against PJSC Ukrnafta arising out of a joint ...

Bird & Bird has appointed Ersen Bethersen as Counsel and Head of Compliance & Investigations, strengthening its Life Sciences & Healthcare offering in Sweden.

The world of public procurement is also affected by the COVID-19 crisis, but no central solution has (yet) been devised for this. In this article, we would like to briefly consider the consequences of the Corona ...

On 1 April 2020, the Federal Ministry of Finance alongside the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy have announced a tailored start-up aid programme worth EUR 2 billion, to combat COVID-19 related ...

1. An important piece of legislation designed to address and mitigate the potentially grave economic consequences of the coronavirus, Governmental Decree No. 47/2020 (III.18.) entered into force on 19 March 2020 ...

Companies operating in APAC, like companies around the world, are facing disruption to supply chains and other operational interruptions in light of COVID-19. This has had an impact on both suppliers and customers, and everyone in ...

Bird & Bird The Hague is hosting its yearly Press & Publishers Seminar at Café-Restaurant Dauphine in Amsterdam. This topics of this seventh edition will include the revised ePrivacy Regulation and the initiatives recently ...

Following on from our previous European and APAC webinars, we will be presenting an international view on the COVID-19 pandemic from an employment perspective. We will be focusing on furlough and short-time working, the government schemes ...