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Dr Konrad Rohde

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Dr Konrad Rohde has been advising for more than ten years on domestic and international tax law. His clients include German and foreign corporations and partnerships. His work includes tax structuring, providing advice on tax audits and tax litigation, as well as general advice in corporate tax. In tax structuring, he focuses on the investment of investors and structuring of initiators of tax optimized investments upon implementation, execution and defence of tax optimized concepts. This includes in-depth knowledge in investment taxation. On the tax audit side, Konrad focuses on negotiating with tax authorities and representing clients in ensuing tax litigation. His general corporate tax work includes restructuring, M&A transactions, management participations and financing issues. Konrad heads the German Tax group of DLA Piper.

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DLA Piper focuses on tax law assistance with M&A transactions. The practice’s main areas of activity include transfer pricing and advice on indirect taxes. The team advised Rolls-Royce Power Systems on tax law matters concerning the sale of automotive supplier L’Orange to Woodward, which had a transaction value of €700m. Practice head Konrad Rohde is involved in the fiscal implementation of a company spin-off in the medical technology industry and also assisted holding company Active Ownership Capital with the purchase of industrial brake manufacturer Pintsch Bubenzer. Claus Jochimsen-von Gfug joined Deloitte Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in December 2017 Marie-Theres Rämer was a new arrival from Clifford Chance in May 2018 and counsel Sebastian Kost joined from Morrison & Foerster LLP in 2017.

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Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter

In February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the SGC) issued definitive guidelines to courts on imposing appropriate sentences for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. The SGC states that fines imposed on companies found guilty of corporate manslaughter should not fall below £500,000, while fines in respect of health and safety offences that are a significant cause of death should be at least £100,000. Crucially, the SGC declined to provide for a fixed link between the imposed fine and the turnover or profitability of the offending company. 

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LG Essen: Unlawful advertising statements promoting e-cigarettes

Liquids for e-cigarettes must not be promoted using the slogan “Genuss ohne Reue ” (enjoyment without regrets). That was the verdict of the Landgericht (LG) Essen, the Regional Court of Essen, in a ruling from October 25, 2019 (Az.: 41 O 13/19).

- MTR Rechtsanwalte

OLG Hamm: Advertising must include all information that is material to consumers

Consumers must not be deprived of information material to their decision whether or not to make a purchase. This constitutes a breach of competition law, as demonstrated by a ruling of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Hamm, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm.

- MTR Rechtsanwalte

OLG Celle: Plant-based product can be designated as alternative to cheese

A purely plant-based product can be promoted as an alternative to cheese. The Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Celle, the Higher Regional Court of Celle, ruled that this kind of advertising is neither unfair nor misleading to consumers.

- MTR Rechtsanwalte

FG Münster: Managing director’s salary plus pension payments does not necessarily equal hidden pr

Pension payments to a shareholder with a controlling stake who also draws a managing director’s salary do not necessarily constitute hidden profit distributions according to the Finanzgericht (FG) Münster, the Fiscal Court of Münster.

- MTR Rechtsanwalte

Conducting litigation in national and cross-border legal disputes

Strategic litigation is essential to enforcing one’s rights in national and cross-border legal disputes.

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CJEU: Sampling permissible within narrow parameters

The courts have been grappling for years with the extent to which sampling pieces of music breaches copyright. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now ruled that sampling is permissible within narrow parameters.

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ECJ: User consent to social plugins on websites

If websites make use of social plugins, the ECJ has ruled that the provider and the operator of the site are jointly responsible for the collection and transfer of personal user information.

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Steinhoff International Holding – OLG Frankfurt opens model case proceedings

The Steinhoff accounting scandal has shaken investors. Those who have incurred losses can join the ongoing model case proceedings pursuant to the German Capital Markets Model Case Act, the Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz (KapMuG).

- MTR Rechtsanwalte

Tougher sanctions – Draft legislation to combat corporate criminality

The Bundesjustizministerium, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Justice, has submitted draft legislation designed to combat corporate criminality. The bill provides for, among other things, significantly harsher penalties.

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ECJ on country of origin: the decisive factor is the location of the harvest

Germany is the county of origin for fruits and vegetables harvested in Germany, even if prior to this the fruits or vegetables were grown in another country. That was the verdict of the ECJ.

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