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• Hengeler Mueller advises Silver Lake on FlixMobility funding round

  Hengeler Mueller advised Silver Lake on the latest funding round of FlixMobility, the parent company of the global mobility platforms FlixBus and FlixTrain.
  - Hengeler Mueller

• Hengeler Mueller advises bank syndicate on sustainability-related refinancing of Dürr AG

  As part of its sustainability-oriented refinancing Dürr AG has signed a EUR 750 m syndicated credit facility. The syndicated loan consists of a cash facility of EUR 500 m and a letters of credit facility of EUR 250 m. The interest rate is inter alia adjusted subject to a sustainability rating provided by the agency Ecovadis. Considered factors include, among others, CO2 emissions and water consumption as well as fair working conditions at suppliers. The signing of the loan agreement served as a pilot project for the digitalisation of syndication processes, using a Dürr-hosted Blockchain and digital security technology.
  - Hengeler Mueller

• Regulation on Radio, Television and On-Demand Broadcasts on the Internet

  Regulation on Provision of Radio, Television and On-Demand Broadcasts on Internet Medium has been published on the Official Gazette of August 1, 2019.  The main aim of the Regulation is to regulate the internet broadcasts.
  - ELIG Gurkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

• AVELLUM advises joint lead managers on EUR600 mln and USD335 mln Naftogaz Eurobond issue

  AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the joint lead managers, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, with respect to EUR600 million and USD335 million Eurobond offering of Naftogaz of Ukraine.
  - Avellum

• Several Questions regarding ICP/EDI

  Author: Jack KOO, Partner of V&T Law Firm, Email: j.will.koo@vtlaw.cn
  - V&T Law Firm

• Pre-1995 Leases in Malta

  Recently, the Maltese courts may have possibly brought about the beginning of the end of a legal and social question concerning landowners who were, and still are, subjected to pre-1995 rent laws. The judgement given in  Anthony Debono et v. Avukat Generali et. , may prove to be a milestone in Maltese rent laws.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• THE NATIONAL REGULATION ON THE SECURITY OF "NIS" IN AUSTRIA SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU

  Good things come to those who wait? Finally, the main implementing regulation for the Austrian Law on Network and Information System Security ( Netz- und Informationssystemsicherheitsgesetz , " NISG ") was published last week. It serves primarily to define which companies are actually affected by the NISG. Now it is getting serious for the operators of " essential services ". What does that mean?
  - Dorda

• AVELLUM advises Cornerstone Partners on acquisition of CoreValue

  AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Cornerstone Partners, a co-owner of IT Kontrakt, a Polish IT Company, on the acquisition of CoreValue, a US-headquartered IT service provider with Ukrainian roots.
  - Avellum

• 3 POINTS TO REMEMBER IF YOUR SPOUSE ABDUCTS YOUR CHILD TO UAE

  3 POINTS TO REMEMBER IF YOUR SPOUSE ABDUCTS YOUR CHILD TO UAE
  - Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultants

• Can you terminate your commercial agent?

  The expansion of multinational companies is always either through incorporating a subsidiary or associating with a local distributor or a commercial agent in any jurisdiction. UAE is a standout amid the most preferable alternative where international companies can either sign an agreement for distribution or enters into an arrangement with the commercial agent for subsequent augmentation. 
  - Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultants