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
Because of its storable nature, hydrogen will undeniably be one of the pillars of the energy transition but will also, as the Minister of the Economy recalled on 8 September 2020, strengthen France’s energy and industrial sovereignty in the next decade.
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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 […]
Desk Russie, Asie Centrale et Caucase
This column essentially covers the period from 1 June to 31 December 2020. A few lines are devoted to the decision of the Constitutional Council of 5 March 2021 (S 4).
Paris | REAL ESTATE
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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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 […]
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Germany has introduced its version of the research tax credit (RTC). This decision is not related to the current health context, but could be a timely accompaniment to a policy of unprecedented business support since the coronavirus crisis.
Paris | TAX
In 2020, massive refunds and rebates were made for very large sums amounting to These sums include the restitution of undue duties and the payment of interest on arrears which, due to the age of the cases, were particularly high.
Paris | TAX
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
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
Is France the tax hell so often denounced? The German example reveals our flaws…
Paris | TAX
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