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The long-awaited judgements of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on fundamental questions of the German rules for fiscal unities (i.e. VAT groups) were published on 1 December 2022. Both decisions (...
Author(s): Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam, Jan Brinkmann
We are delighted to announce that the 2023 edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Restructuring & Insolvency is now available. The publication covers 42 jurisdictions, each with its own chapter...
Author(s): Katharina Crinson, Catherine Balmond, Richard Tett
The question of how best to capture and test non-reportable acquisitions that are nonetheless deemed as meriting review is one the European Commission (and national competition authorities (NCAs)) hav...
Author(s): Thomas Lübbig, Kasia Bojarojc, Daniel Wylde, Justin Chen, Sarah Mitchell
Introduction Dealmakers in Europe have grown increasingly accustomed to the use of warranty and indemnity (‘W&I’) insurance in M&A transactions as a means to move the risk of potential claims for brea...
Author(s): Gaia Pattyn, Sascha Arnold
As expected, the UK's latest quarterly company insolvency statistics, published on 28 October, follow the pattern of previous quarterly updates this year with the number of insolvencies continuing to ...
Author(s): Ken Baird, Kevin Connolly, David Bor
In a post last week, we shared details of the 2023 edition of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control, which covers the basic principles of merger regulation in 62 jurisdictions worldwide and on whic...
Author(s): Jan Jeram, Thomas McGrath, Merit Olthoff, Ermelinda Spinelli, Jan Rybnicek
On 10 October 2022, the European Commission published its report on the functioning of the Securitisation Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/2402) (the Report), as mandated by Article 46 of the Securiti...
Author(s): Jessica Wrigley, Christopher Barratt
Acquiring 10% or more in European credit institutions requires an in-depth ex-ante assessment by national competent authorities (NCA) and the ECB. These "qualifying holding procedures" are subject to ...
Author(s): Alexander Glos, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Nicholas Lütgerath, Jan Struckmann