AMF Position DOC-2021-04 on compliance function requirements: a long-awaited clarification since the entry into force of MiFID II – Bulletin Joly Bourse, July 2021

In its position of 3 June 2021, the AMF states that it applies all the guidance issued by ESMA on “certain aspects of MiFID II relating to the requirements of the compliance function” and published on 6 April 2021. This guidance complements, clarifies or simply confirms the guidance issued on 25 June 2012 in the […]

Paris | BANKING AND FINANCIAL REGULATION

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Avec la mise en place du Parquet européen, le rôle de l’avocat comme défenseur des libertés individuelles plus que jamais primordial – Option Droit et Affaires, 09/06/2021

Au regard du montant annuel des escroqueries aux subventions communautaires, 3 milliards d’euros, et de celui des fraudes à la TVA au sein de l’Union européenne (UE), 50 milliards d’euros, l’entrée en vigueur imminente de l’action du Parquet européen est presque providentielle. Toutefois, si celui-ci marque une étape importante dans la construction d’une UE plus intégrée, les […]

Paris | CRIMINAL LAW

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End of public aid: how to minimise the impact on businesses? – Option Finance, 05/20/2021

The difficulties that businesses continue to face due to the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic raise fears of a wave of bankruptcies with the gradual phasing out of state aid. The government has therefore taken new measures (deferral of repayment of EGPs, equity loans, etc.) which complement those already applied since the beginning of […]

Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY

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Moscow Newsletter – June 2021

1 – Fines for Breach of Laws on Personal Data and Sovereign RuNet to be Increased 2 – General Meetings of Shareholders by Absentee Voting Authorized through 2021 3 – New Rules for Highly Qualified Foreign Employees 4 – New Rules for Foreign Branches and Representative Offices 5 – New Rules for Online Meetings Proposed […]

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The deployment of charging stations on highways – ENR & DD Magazine, May 2021

In light of the fact that there are still far too few charging stations for electric vehicles on the French motorway network, which currently only includes 140 equipped service areas, and in order to promote long-distance mobility for electric vehicles, the government has undertaken to ensure that all service areas on the concessionary motorway network […]

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Energy savings in the tertiary sector: what regulatory framework for school and office buildings? – Le Monde de l’Énergie, 04/30/2021

On 17 January, the Ministry of Ecological Transition published in the Official Journal the first decree known as “absolute values I” which defines, by 2030, the levels of reduction of final energy consumption in certain tertiary buildings (decree of 24 November 2020 amending the decree of 10 April 2020 relating to obligations to reduce final […]

Paris

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The great fear of telework negotiations – LJA, 04/19/2021

Is the Covid-19 about to become the super negotiator of telework agreements? After the more or less forced exercise of telework, comes the time for negotiation on its conditions. The existing frameworks no longer seem to be adapted to the new situation. All human resources departments know that they have to start negotiations because of […]

Paris | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT

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The IBA’s new rules on evidence in international arbitration: key points of the “new normal” – Option Finance, 04/09/2021

A soft law instrument commonly used by international arbitration practitioners to guide them in the taking of evidence, whether written or oral, the International Bar Association (IBA) Rules adopted in 1999 were revised for the second time on 17 December 2020 and published in February 2021 (IBA Rules 2020 and Commentary on the Rules).

Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION

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