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Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce that partner Paolo Bottini has
been recognized by Lexology and the International Law Office (ILO) as the Client
Choice Winner 2019 in the Corporate Tax category in Switzerland.
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On 11 October 2018, the board of directors
of CEVA Logistics AG announced that the Danish transport and logistic company
DSV submitted a non-binding letter of interest with an indicative offer price
of CHF 27.75 per CEVA share and that the board of directors of CEVA came to the
conclusion that the offer was not in the best interest of the company and its
shareholders. This was in particular because at that point in time, CEVA was
already in discussions regarding an intensified cooperation with its main
shareholder CMA CGM S.A., which shall exploit the full potential of CEVA.
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The Court of Appeal in its Inferior Jurisdiction overturned a decision taken by the Court of Magistrates and ordered the payment of a performance bonus owed by the Transport Authority in Malta to one of its employees.
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A power purchase agreement or PPA is one of the core documents needed for the purchase
of electricity produced by a power plant.
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Commercial agents are entitled to claim compensation. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has since clarified that this right persists even if the commercial agency agreement is terminated during the probationary period.
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Korea strengthens protection against IP infringement and unfair competition
(Amendment of the Patent Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act)
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Abuse of a dominant market position or superior market power constitutes a violation of antitrust law and can be sanctioned accordingly.
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A new
blocking system for tax invoices, along with a new procedure for suspending the
registration of tax invoices in the Unified Register of Tax Invoices, has been
in operation since March 2018 in Ukraine. According to the new procedure,
established under Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine resolution â„– 117 of Feb. 21,
2018, the registration of tax invoices is suspended when such invoices meet the
risk criteria of the transaction, or when the taxpayer meets the risk criteria
set for taxpayers.
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Strong oversight of corporate security and risk-taking is surely one of the most critical component of companies’ management process. We are no longer talking about whether or not boards should implement corporate governance and compliance policies: in the current climate we are grappling with the issue of all-round companies’ protection, which raises a much more meaningful set of questions.
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The VAT E-commerce Package adopted by the Council on the 5th of December 2017 includes several changes that will be gradually implemented, some changes will be effective as from the 1st of January 2019 and the rest as from the 1st of January 2021.