When interpreting the EU sanctions regulations, a question of particularly practical relevance was always in which cases the prohibition to provide economic ressources also affects persons...

Social media offer enterprises many new opportunities of communicating with stakeholders, especially with customers in the B2C business.

At the very latest following what happened at Deutsche Bahn and Lidl, the handling of employee data has become a particular sensitive topic.

According to the law, a property owner is entitled to a tax abatement in the amount of 25 percent of the real estate tax if the actual income generated by the property is more than 50 percent below the usual income for comparable properties in the respective calendar year.

Today, amendments to the rules on German Group Taxation have been published in the German Federal Gazette.

When terminating a contract using the new termination button in online commerce pursuant to Sec. 312k of the German Civil Code [Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB], the customer may not be required...

The EU Commission is committed to promoting secure transatlantic data flows and addressing the concerns expressed by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the "Schrems II" ruling.

Oppenhoff has once again comprehensively advised the EIC Fund on its investments in Germany. This time, the EIC Fund invested together with Dieter von Holzbrink Ventures (DvH Ventures)...

Die Europäische Kommission plant einen Krisenbeihilferahmen für besonders exponierte Wirtschaftssektoren als Reaktion auf die Nahost-Krise.

Oppenhoff has advised Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt on the conclusion of a forward deal with the Irish investment fund manager Greenman and its Greenman...

The Chilean Environmental Impact Assessment Service ("Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental", SEA) published a 34-page document on 29 March 2023 that sets out new criteria for assessing...

On 3 December 2022, the EU set the expected price cap for oil from Russia as agreed with the G7 partners and Australia. The price cap will come into force for crude oil...

A recent case handled by the German Federal Cartel Office clearly shows that (antitrust) compliance training alone is no guarantee of compliant behavior. Companies would be well advised...

In a judgement dated 14 September 2010 in the matter Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals/Commission (Case C-550/07 P), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reconfirmed that the internal correspondence with in-house counsel/staff lawyers within a company is not protected by the confidentiality extended to communications between clients and lawyers (legal privilege).

Unternehmen führen betriebliche Altersversorgung („bAV") häufig mittelbar über eine Direktversicherung als externen Versorgungsträger durch.

Just as the year draws to a close, there is one more piece of good news for employers: it was often the case to date that employees registered with the employment agency...

On 23 October 2025, the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) broke new ground in a case concerning an employee's claims to remunerate the difference in pay due to gender discrimination.

In a decision dated 20 March 2012 (docket no. 9 AZR 529/10), which caused quite a stir, the BAG ruled that the scaling of holiday claims according to age pursuant to the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD) was age discriminatory and therefore invalid.

When an international marriage is divorced, the question arises as to which maintenance law applies. Normally, the law of the country in which the person entitled to maintenance is habitually resident applies.

Content Creator rücken zunehmend in den Fokus der Finanzbehörden. In Nordrhein-Westfalen hat die Steuerfahndung kürzlich eine eigene...