03 April 2020
Governmental grants and financial assistance available for Swedish companies in distress due to COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/sweden/governmental-grants-and-financial-assistance-available-for-swedish-companies

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 facing ...

30 March 2020
COVID-19 & Immigration Law: Implications in Sweden
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/sweden/covid-19-and-immigration-law-implications-in-sweden

For Swedish employers who employ non-EU citizens, the COVID-19 outbreak has created a number of business immigration related issues. To date, a majority of the issues are surmountable, but some may create problems for ...

23 March 2020
COVID-19: impact on M&A transactions in France
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/france/covid-19-impact-on-m-and-a-transactions-in-france

The recent spread of COVID-19 around the world and unprecedented lock down measures have frozen M&A activity around the world, resurrecting the ghosts of 2008 after many golden years. The present crisis is however of a ...

23 April 2020
COVID-19 update: UKIPO maintains extensions of deadlines until further notice
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/covid-19-update-ukipo-maintains-extensions-of-deadlines-until-further-notice

After carrying out a review on 17 April 2020, the UKIPO has updated their guidance and maintained the extension of trade mark deadlines until further notice.

29 April 2020
UK: Regulatory Guidance for Retail Businesses Manufacturing and Supplying Personal Protection Products during COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/uk-regulatory-guidance-for-retail-businesses-manufacturing-and-supplying

Retail businesses across the world are repurposing their production lines in an effort to address the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand sanitiser, which are crucial to the fight against COVID-19. ...

02 April 2020
COVID-19 & Privacy & Data Protection chart
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-and-privacy-and-data-protection-chart

COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on businesses. Many employers have deployed business continuity plans to help mitigate the effect of the virus, which include measures to protect the health and safety of ...

17 March 2020
COVID-19: Major IP related conferences and their current status
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-major-ip-related-conferences-and-their-current-status

We provide an update of international conferences to help you plan your attendance. Each conference has a link directly to the conference page so you will have live updates at all times. We will continue to monitor ...

22 May 2020
Cross-border: A discussion around the impact of COVID-19 on the branding landscape
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/a-discussion-around-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-branding-landscape

On 14 April the IMF issued a stark warning that the global economy was potentially facing the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

04 May 2020
Bird & Bird LLP's Equity Capital Markets team successfully close 17 deals in Q1 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/bird-and-bird-llps-equity-capital-markets-team-successfully-close-17-deals-in-q1-2020

Despite the turbulent marketplace across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Equity Capital Markets Team has completed 17 deals this Quarter, across a wide variety of sectors.

17 September 2020
Bird & Bird launches COVID-19 Business Interruption insurance tracker
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/bird-and-bird-launches-covid19-business-interruption-insurance-tracker

International law firm Bird & Bird today launches a COVID-19 Business Interruption insurance tracker which lets you see at a glance how regulators and courts in a variety of jurisdictions view insurance policies and the ...