30 April 2020
Update Of The Draft Bill Concerning The German Associations Sancitons Act
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/update-referentenentwurf-verbandssanktionengesetz

The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) has revised the draft bill of the German Associations Sanctions Act (VerSanG-E), which was first circulated in August 2019, and recently published it ...

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.

11 February 2020
New German legislation allows access to the iPhone's NFC antenna
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/new-german-legislation-allows-access-to-the-iphones-nfc-antenna

As part of the implementation of the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5), the German Parliament has decided to require providers of technical infrastructures, such as Apple in relation to the Near Field ...

16 November 2020
Quantification of cartel damages – first German Court recourses to freehand estimation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/quantification-of-cartel-damages

The Regional Court of Dortmund is the first German court quantifying a cartel damage claim by estimating the amount of damage on the basis of § 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Germany. In contrast to the previous ...

17 December 2019
German act to implement the 5th EU money laundering directive
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/gesetz-zur-umsetzung-der-fuenften-eu-geldwaescherichtlinie

To implement RL (EU) 2018/843 (so-called 5th EU Money Laundering Directive) the German Federal Government published – subsequent to the draft bill of the Federal Ministry of Finance – a draft legislation on 31.07.2019. ...

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 ...

15 November 2019
Draft Bill of the German Federal Ministry of Justice concerning the association sanctions act
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/verbandssanktionengesetz

The long-awaited draft bill of the German Federal Ministry of Justice for an Association Sanctions Act is available since several weeks: Compliance management systems and internal investigations are rewarded – higher ...

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 ...