Whether you are an entrepreneur in charge of your first start-up, or an established company looking to open a new office, the decision to rent office space can be fraught with pitfalls and costs. Learn more about certain clauses and policies that can protect you and your company.
The #MeToo movement impacts everyone in the workplace. Here are a few tips to understand and incorporate policy into your current environment.
German Finance ministers look to decrease the activity of treaty shopping in order to benefit the taxpayer.
In an effort to protect personal data, Turkey has instituted sanctions that set out general principles to protect data and punish those who violate the law.
Germany is the provides a number of real estate investments of companies and private individuals. This form provides some insight as to how to navigate real estate investments in Germany for in-house counsel.
In the Netherlands, business owners have to request the advice of the Works Council (OR) well in advance of a merger of takeover decision. If the business owner fails to make the request for advice timely, the Enterprise Chamber may require him or her to withdraw the decision. Therefore, it is crucial to follow the advisory path correctly and consult the works council well in advance. But what does "well in advance" mean?
In order to support the creation of start-ups in Germany, legislators have been working to develop special fixed-term contracts for employee hiring.
An Australian man's case against Google for defamation is moving forward in Melbourne. The case deals with Google's search algorithm and results associate with the man's name.
Currently, an open-ended investment fund in Hong Kong can only take the form of a unit trust. However, Hong Kong based managers will soon have the choice of an alternative structure, the open-ended fund company (“OFC”), for establishing investment funds in Hong Kong. The objectives of introducing OFC is to offer an alternative legal structure for setting up local funds and to attract more funds to domicile in Hong Kong.
When a company starts a new project, the question of financing is an issue. In Germany, a new alternative to the traditional loan process is being tested.