12 October 2020
Bird & Bird advises AddLife on the acquisition of Ropox A/S
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/addlife---corporate

The Swedish listed company AddLife AB is a market leading player within Life Science offering quality products and advice to both the private and the public sectors, primarily in the Nordics and the rest of Europe.

24 January 2020
Access to documents contained in a MA application file
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/acces-aux-documents-contenus-dans-le-dossier-d-une-demande-amm

European Medicines Agency (EMA) had communicated to third parties (with some omissions), information contained in toxicological test reports and clinical trial reports obtained in a MA application file on the grounds ...

13 June 2019
FCA Competition Enforcement
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/fca-competition-enforcement

The UK Financial Conduct Authority issues its first formal decision under the competition enforcement powers it was given in 2015. We look at the decision in more detail and its implication for market participants.

04 June 2019
Investing in the future of cannabis in the UK - lessons from the German model
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/investing-in-the-future-of-cannabis-in-the-uk--lessons-from-the-german-model

The excitement around the potential for the UK cannabis market – medicinal and nutritional – to continue opening up has really intensified in the first half of 2019.

13 June 2019
AIM Disciplinary Notice
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/aim-disciplinary-notice-bushveld-minerals-limited

The London Stock Exchange has issued a disciplinary notice which highlights the importance of an AIM company needing to follow the guidance that has been given to it by its nominated adviser. We look at the implications ...

13 June 2019
AIM Corporate Governance – A Survey of Codes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/aim-corporate-governance--a-survey-of-codes

AIM companies must now disclose details of the recognised corporate governance code that it has adopted, how the company complies with this code or, where it departed from this code, an explanation of the reasons for ...

03 April 2020
COVID-19 in Germany: Legal obligations of managing directors in the corona crisis
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/covid-19-rechtliche-pflichten-von-geschaeftsfuehrern

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 range ...

21 April 2020
Innovation lifeline: UK Government announces £1 billion support package for start-ups struggling amidst the Coronavirus pandemic
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/innovation-lifeline-uk-government-announces-1-billion-support-package-for-start-ups

Yesterday (20 April 2020) the UK Government announced a scheme pledging £1 billion worth of support for start-ups struggling amidst the Coronavirus pandemic who are likely to be ineligible for the Government's emergency ...

15 April 2020
Italian law decree No. 23/2020 ("Decreto Liquidità"), New provisions involving certain aspects of business law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/covid19-decreto-liquidita---diritto-societario

On 9 April 2020, following regular publication on the Italian Official Gazette, Italian law decree No. 23/2020 (the "Decree") came into force with immediate effect. The Decree's provisions aim at facing, by means of ...

22 April 2020
Ban on companies’ payment of dividends or completion of share buy-backs if they receive more than DKK 60 million in compensation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/covid-19-forbud-mod-at-udbetale-udbytte

The Government and all the parties in the Danish Parliament have agreed to adjust and extend the economic aid packages to the Danish economy. The changes entail a limitation on companies’ ability to pay dividends or to ...