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The ‘dormant’ company under Russian law – a good model or a one-way street to state ownership?
Recently I had another consulting case where a German company wants to withdraw from a foreign market and dissolve its company there – the specific case was about a market exit from Russia. Specifically, it was about a distribution company, which is still operated in St. Petersburg. The German parent company has decided to serve […]
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Exiting a foreign market – legal and practical difficulties
Part of my daily consulting business is supporting market entry into foreign markets. On the other hand, I experience advice on leaving a foreign market rather less frequently. Yesterday evening, however, I actually received such a request. * The German company is still active in the target country despite existing political difficulties. It not only […]
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The UK Modern Slavery Act compared to the German Supply Chain Act
On January 1st, 2023, the new Supply Chain Due Diligence Act will come into force in Germany. This obliges larger companies to comply with environmental, social and human rights standards in their (international) supply chains. And indeed, I have been observing more and more corporate inquiries on the topic for a few weeks now. What […]
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Reporting requirements for employee assignments to China
At very regular intervals, I receive a very specific inquiry, namely about employee assignments to China. In the following, I would like to highlight some of the legal particularities. * First of all – in contrast to postings within the EU – an employee posting to the People’s Republic of China does not require a […]
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Packaging law in interaction with the Incoterms clause CIP
Since 01.01.2019, the law on the marketing, return and high-quality recycling of packaging (VerpackG) has been in force (VerpackG). It is an implementation of the European requirements from the Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU)2019/904 and the amended Waste Framework Directive (EC) 2008/98. * The Act sets out the requirements for product responsibility under Section 23 of […]
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The EU-Russia Sanctions in the Context of Business with the United Arab Emirates
Last week I had a case with an extremely interesting international context. A company from Germany is active in the field of plant engineering of cooling systems. In order to position itself even more broadly on the market, the German company also offers the construction of plants in Russia. However, the company does not do […]
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Legal aspects of dropshipping: contractual peculiarities and most relevant legal questions
Anyone who deals with e-commerce will sooner or later always come across the topic of dropshipping. In my contribution I would like to highlight the general process of dropshipping and the main legal questions. * The dropshipping business model consists of three main players: the customer (orderer), the sender (dropshipper), for example a manufacturer or […]
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Chinese anti-sanctions law – Part 2
In one of the last entries, I discussed the possible collision of corporate due diligence regulations with the Chinese Anti-Sanctions Law. At that time, I largely omitted the possible legal consequences provided for in the law. I would now like to make up for this. Specifically, individuals or entities identified as having been “directly or […]
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Google Analytics not compatible with EU law according to European data protection authorities
In two recent decisions by the Austrian and French data protection authorities, it was found that Google Analytics is not GDPR-compliant, as the use of the service results in the transfer of personal data to the third country USA, which is not permitted under GDPR data protection law. First of all, it is important to […]
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A brief introduction into export control law
When working in international commerical law, sooner or later you will come into contact with so-called export control law. But what is this exactly? This article will illuminate the topic while putting the focus on German export control law. Export control means, above all, that the supply of goods, technology or software/data processing programs (these […]
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