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ArticleClient Alert: The Recent Controversial Restructuring Of Leoni AG And The Filing Of Varta AG Raise Important Issues For The German Restructuring Regime StaRUG And Highlight Important Differences With The English Part 26A Restructuring Plan On January 1, 2021, Germany implemented the German Act on the Stabilisation and Restructuring Framework for Businesses (StaRUG), a new out-of-court restructuring regime.GermanyInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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ArticleGermany Enacts Temporary Adjustment Of Certain Reorganization And Insolvency Law ProvisionsIn the context of rising energy and raw material prices, the German federal government has passed an Act regarding the Mitigation of Consequences of a Crisis under Restructuring and Insolvency Laws ...GermanyInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringMayer Brown
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ArticleFranchisor´s Pre-contractual Duty to Provide InformationSeveral countries - including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain and the United States - have special legislation which protects franchisees by regulating the scope of the franchisor's pre-contractual duty to provide information. Although there is no such legislation in Germany, the general principle of liability for culpable acts performed during contractual negotiations (culpa in contrahendo) has evolved in German case law.GermanyCorporate/Commercial LawNörr Stiefenhofer Lutz
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