News-Archive
11.01.2022 Newsletter
Clean up your mess! German Federal Cartel Office publishes guidelines on self-cleaning
The new Competition Register is not without consequences for companies. The impact on business with the public sector is all too readily underestimated. A company’s entry in the Competition Register on grounds of a criminal or administrative offence leads to its mandatory or optional exclusion from public procurement procedures for at least three years. Does this just have to be accepted? No. The entry can be deleted prematurely through successful self-cleaning measures.
Energy and InfrastructureMergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Tax Law / Employment Law / Antitrust Law and Merger Control04.01.2022Cologne News
Oppenhoff has advised on the sale of the Sunovis Group to Brookfield
Oppenhoff has advised the founders and shareholders of the Sunovis Group on the sale of the enterprise to the asset manager Brookfield. The sale took place within the framework of a competitive bidding procedure set up by Lazard. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Public Procurement Law / European State Aid Law04.01.2022 Newsletter
Newsflash: lobby register has gone "live" on 1 January 2022
The German Lobby Register Act (Lobbyregistergesetz - LobbyRG) came into force at the beginning of 2022. Since 1 January 2022, it has been possible to register on the website of the German Bundestag, as the registration office, and to make entries in the lobby register.
Employment Law30.12.2021 News
Coalition agreement & labour law: company pension provisions
On 24 November 2021, the new coalition agreement of the forthcoming government of SPD, Bündnis90/Die Grünen and FDP was published. In the form of a short series of articles, we would like to inform you over the next few days of the statements contained in the coalition agreement on labour law topics and the concrete effects of the plans. Today’s topic: (company) pension provisions.
Employment Law28.12.2021 Newsletter
Coalition agreement & labour law: legalisation of cannabis - everything easy, man?
The coalition agreement defining the government's work envisages the legalisation of cannabis. Bob Marley would certainly have wanted this, but whether employers will all be happy about this is more than questionable. This is today’s topic in our series on the coalition agreement.
Mergers & Acquisitions / Real Estate Law / Employment Law / IT Law and Data Protection / Intellectual Property Law / Tax Law23.12.2021 News
Oppenhoff advises Storskogen on the acquisition of Hans Kämmerer
Oppenhoff has comprehensively advised Storskogen Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial maintenance specialist Hans Kämmerer GmbH as part of a succession solution. The two managing directors remain as shareholders in the company and continue as its sole managing directors. The parties agreed not to disclose the details of the transaction.
Employment Law20.12.2021 News
Coalition agreement & labour law: working hours
The new coalition agreement of the forthcoming government of SPD, Bündnis90/DieGrünen and FDP has been officially approved by the signatures of the “traffic light” parties. In a series of articles over the next few days, we are informing you of the statements contained in the coalition agreement on labour law and the concrete effects of the plans. Today’s topic: innovations with respect to working hours.
17.12.2021 Newsletter
Coalition agreement & labour law: time for the family
On 24 November 2021, the new coalition agreement of the forthcoming government of SPD, Bündnis90/Die Grünen and FDP was published. In the form of a short series of articles, we would like to inform you of the statements contained in the coalition agreement on labour law and the concrete effects of the plans. Today’s topic: time for the family.
Employment Law16.12.2021 Newsletter
Coalition agreement & labour law: company co-determination
On 24 November 2021, the new coalition agreement of the forthcoming government of SPD, Bündnis90/Die Grünen and FDP was published. In the form of a short series of articles, we would like to inform you of the statements contained in the coalition agreement on labour law and the concrete effects of the plans. Today’s topic: the further development of company co-determination.
16.12.2021Cologne / Frankfurt am Main News
Oppenhoff appoints new partners
Oppenhoff appoints new partners from within its own ranks with effect as of 1 January 2022.