Malta to offer a Start-Up Residence Permit

A new directive targeting third-country nationals to invest in a new or existing start-up shall be implemented in the coming months as announced by Malta’s Finance Minister Clyde Caruana. The new Malta Start-Up Residence Programme will be operated by the Residency Malta Agency and the government agency Malta Enterprise.

Foreign Attorneys Rieu Kim and Michael van Muelken and Attorney Baik Ji-won speak on “Ways to Respond to Disputes Foreign Companies Can Face in Korea,” at a webinar hosted by European Chamber of Commerce in Korea

Foreign Attorneys Rieu Kim and Michael van Muelken and Attorney Baik Ji-won gave presentations on “Different Ways to Respond to Disputes Foreign Companies Can Face in Korea” at the live webinar hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, on September 9, 2021.

Raue Advises BVG on the Acquisition of a 42.000 sqm Transport Logistics Location in Berlin

Raue advised Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) AöR, Germany’s largest local transport company, on the acquisition of a 42.000 sqm transport logistics site in Berlin from a private operator. In addition to the property and real estate, the acquisition also included substantial transport infrastructure and employees.

Raue berät BVG beim Erwerb eines 42.000 m2 großen Verkehrslogistikstandorts in Berlin

Raue hat die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) AöR, Deutschlands größtes Nahverkehrsunternehmen, beim Erwerb eines über 42.000 m2 großen Verkehrslogistikstandorts in Berlin von einem privaten Betreiber beraten. Der Erwerb umfasste über das Grundstück und die Immobilien hinaus auch substantielle Verkehrs-Infrastruktur und Mitarbeiter.

Bär & Karrer Advises Armira and Dr. Urs Spitz on the Sale of Biosynth Carbosynth

Armira and CEO Dr. Urs Spitz have agreed to sell Biosynth Carbosynth to KKR & Co. Inc. Biosynth Carbosynth is a leading life sciences reagents, custom synthesis and manufacturing services company. CEO Dr. Urs Spitz and senior managers of the group will retain a significant ownership stake in the group. Completion of the transaction is …

Bär & Karrer Advises Customs Support Group on the Acquisition of Balimpex

Customs Support Group B.V., a portfolio company of Castik Capital which is a leading independent, digital and neutral provider of Customs Services in Europe, acquired Balimpex AG from its founders. Balimpex is an international freight forwarding and customs company based in Switzerland.

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment Update

The Covid-19 PUP closed to new applicants from 8th July 2021. There has been gradual reduction in the PUP rates. As per the recent notification, the current rates of PUP are as below:

Singh & Associates successfully defends the interest of Vindhyachal Expressway Pvt. Ltd. (VEPL) in Supreme Court; Gets SLP dismissed

Singh & Associates represented Vindhyachal Expressway Pvt. Ltd. (VEPL) in the SLP (C) 15646 of 2021, filed by M.P Road Development Corporation Ltd. (MPRDC) before the Supreme Court. The SC dismissed the SLP on the ground of the analysis of the documents on record and found no reason to interfere with the impugned order passed …

Labour Court Awards €75,000 For Discriminatory Dismissal For Failure Of Employer To Prove That Altered Role Was Not Viable

In the recent decision of the Labour Court in the case of Kevin Roberts v United Parcel Service of Ireland Ltd, ADE/20/115, the Court overturned the decision of the WRC Adjudicator, deciding that the dismissal of Complainant was discriminatory dismissal, and he was not afforded reasonable accommodation.

Employee Awarded €25,000 For Employer’s Failure To Objectively Justify Retirement Age

Facts: The Complainant, Anthony Kenny commenced employment with the Respondent, Bord Na Mona Plc, on 15th May 1975, as a General Operative until he retired in April 2020. He thereafter requested to work beyond his retirement age. A meeting was convened in December 2019 and a correspondence declining his application was issued to him. The application was declined on the …