Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
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- Monday, February 8, 2021 | Landmark Changes to German Restructuring Law: New Law on Preventive Restructuring Framework (StaRUG) Allows Preinsolvency Balance Sheet Restructuring
- Friday, February 5, 2021 | German Cyber Security Act 2.0: Federal Cabinet Presents New Draft
- Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | Update on the Legal Situation for Data Transfer to Third Countries (the US and China in Particular)
- Friday, January 29, 2021 | Corona Test in Employment
- Friday, January 29, 2021 | No Short-Time Work without Effective Agreement
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is a name synonymous with competence. They are one of the major commercial law firms in Germany. More than 400 specialized lawyers and tax advisers represent the interests of national and international clients. Their client list includes medium-sized and large German and international companies in all areas of the manufacturing industry, as well as trade and service industries, associations, government and public-sector organizations, and individual clients.
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Landmark Changes to German Restructuring Law: New Law on Preventive Restructuring Framework (StaRUG) Allows Preinsolvency Balance Sheet Restructuring
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, February 2021
As of 1 January 2021, a new German law (known by its abbreviation StaRUG) affords debtors with COMI in Germany with a statutory regime for a non-consensual pre-insolvency balance sheet restructuring. This is a novelty: German restructuring law previously provided no tool allowing a debtor to impose a debt-restructuring concept agreed with the vast majority of its creditors upon a dissenting minority of creditors; minority creditor hold-outs forced debtors to commence formal insolvency proceedings unless they were willing and able to resort to cumbersome English law schemes of arrangements sanctioned by the High Court of Justice in London...
German Cyber Security Act 2.0: Federal Cabinet Presents New Draft
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, February 2021
On January 25, 2021, the German federal Cabinet introduced the draft for the new Cyber Security Act (“IT Security Act 2.0”) into the legislative process ( Draft of a Second Act to Increase the Security of Information Technology Systems, printed matter 19/26106 [draft of a second law to increase the security of information technology systems, document 19/26106] ). The new German Cyber Security Act is intended to replace All articles submitted by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Heuking Advises 4basebio on Cross-Border Spin-Off of its Genomics and DNA Business and IPO in London
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, February 2021
A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised 4basebio AG (in the future 2invest AG) on the spin-off of its genomics and DNA manufacturing business to 4basebio SE and the subsequent relocation of its headquarters to Cambridge (England). The new 4basebio SE was subsequently listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. Despite the challenging structure, the carve-out was implemented in just six months. The combination of a carve-out from a listed stock corporation with simultaneous relocation of headquarters abroad and stock exchange listing in another country was implemented for the first time in Germany in this form...
FCR Immobilien AG Moves to Regulated Market with Heuking and Issues Capital Increase
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, February 2021
A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office, legally advised FCR Immobilien AG on a segment change from Scale to Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market (General Standard). The Heuking team also assisted FCR Immobilien AG in a related cash capital increase with subscription rights for existing shareholders and a public offering. That placement has now been completed. FCR Immobilien AG is an investor specializing in shopping centers and retail parks in Germany. It focuses on properties in promising secondary locations offering above-average return potential based on their locations...
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