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In the case Thomas Pinter v Registrar of Companies decided on the 22nd April 2022, the Commercial Court presided by the Honourable Judge Dr Ian Spiteri Bailey upheld the applicant's request for the revival of a Company.

This article explains novel structures that allow persons who are not members of a lending syndicate to hold security for the lenders who provide the financing.

On October 20 2010 insolvency proceedings were opened against A-TEC Industries AG, the Austrian holding company of industrial group A-TEC.

Aufgrund der erst kürzlich in Kraft getretenen COVID-19-Notmaßnahmenverordnung sehen sich viele Unternehmen mit einem weiteren „harten" Lockdown konfrontiert. Unternehmen sind gut beraten...

Der österreichische Nationalrat hat am Dienstag, den 7. Juli 2020, eine Novelle zum inanzmarktaufsichtsbehördengesetz (FMABG) verabschiedet.

On 15 May 2017, the ECB published a guide on fit and proper assessments (the "Fit and Proper Guide"), which reflects the result of a public consolidation launched by the ECB on 16 November 2016.

Der Oberste Gerichtshof hat entschieden, dass spätere Anteilskäufe einen früheren Erwerb nicht rückwirkend genehmigungspflichtig machen. Die Entscheidung klärt, wie mehrere aufeinanderfolgende...

On 1 January 2015 the act to amend regulations for partnerships, as defined under the Austrian Civil Code (GesbR-Reformgesetz – GesbR-RG, BGBl I 83/2014), entered into force.

The Digital Content Directive lays down subjective and objective requirements for "conformity" of the digital content or digital service.

Es zeigt sich in der Praxis, dass die gesetzlichen Sorgfaltspflichten in Zusammenhang mit dem Wirtschaftliche Eigentümer-Registergesetz ("WiEReG") und die dementsprechenden Compliance-Maßnahmen...

One might be surprised to read that data protection rules might also impact the competitive assessment of a concentration within merger control proceedings.

Global warming, natural disasters, migration, the Covid-19 pandemic, material shortages, supply chain bottlenecks, the war in Ukraine, surging energy prices, soaring inflation and looming stagflation...

Modelled on Sec 93 para 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act, a 2015 reform of the Austrian Criminal Code introduced a "Business Judgement Rule" into the Austrian Stock Corporation Act and the Limited Liability Companies Act.

The Hague Judgments Convention aims to simplify the global recognition and enforcement of civil or commercial judgments. While it represents an important step towards international judicial cooperation, this article examines its scope, practical implications, and potential limitations.

It is unlawful for advertisements to include a direct exhortation to children to purchase – however, it is still unclear what this actually means in practice.

The Austrian Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarkt-aufsicht, FMA) has recently published guidelines on how it views Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) from a financial services regulatory perspective.

The Austrian Act on the Registry of Beneficial Owners constitutes the legal basis for the implementation of the registry of the beneficial owners of legal entities and trusts in Austria.