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• Bär & Karrer Partner Paolo Bottini Wins the Client Choice Award 2019 by Lexology

  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.
  - Bär & Karrer

• Bär & Karrer Advises CEVA Logistics in Connection with the Strengthening of the Strategic Partnersh

  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.
  - Bär & Karrer

• Performance Bonus paid out more than 5 years later

  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.
  - GVZH Advocates

• BANKABLE PPA: A NEW VERSION FROM THE REGULATOR

  A power purchase agreement or PPA is one of the core documents needed for the purchase of electricity produced by a power plant.
  - GOLAW

• GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte – Report on commercial agents’ right to claim compensation

  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.
  - GRP Rainer LLP

• Korea strengthens protection against IP infringement and unfair competition (Amendment of the Patent

  Korea strengthens protection against IP infringement and unfair competition (Amendment of the Patent Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act)
  - Lee & Ko

• GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte – Experience dealing with abuses of a dominant market position and viola

  Abuse of a dominant market position or superior market power constitutes a violation of antitrust law and can be sanctioned accordingly.
  - GRP Rainer LLP

• ​HOW RISKY A TAXPAYER ARE YOU?

  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 № 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.
  - GOLAW

• NEW INSTRUMENTS OF CORPORATE SECURITY UNDER THE NEW LAW ON LLCS

  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.
  - GOLAW

• THE VAT E-COMMERCE PACKAGE

  A. INTRODUCTION   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.
  - Kinanis LLC