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With the Act to Modernize the Law on Civil Law Partnerships (MoPeG), which came into force on January 1, 2024, it is possible for civil law partnerships to be entered in the company register. Registration is then accompanied by the obligation to use the designation “eingetragene Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts” (i.e. registered company under civil law)...

Our firm recently advised the full-service real estate developer and manager Midstad on the acquisition of the office and commercial building at Kasernenstrasse 6 in Düsseldorf’s city center. Midstad plans to comprehensively develop the property once the transaction has been completed. The approximately 1,650 square meter property is located in the immediate vicinity of the...

FGvW has advised the investment company Fidelity International on the acquisition of a 32,000 square meter logistics property located in a freight transport center in the city of Erfurt, Germany, for the Eurozone Select Real Estate Fund. The property is let on a long-term lease to CATL, a major Chinese manufacturer of batteries for electric...

The EU Battery Regulation ((EU) 2023/1542), which came into force on August 17, 2023, has been partly applicable since February 18, 2024. Companies are undoubtedly confronted with a complex piece of legislation that requires both entrepreneurial and legal insight. The practical challenges are multilayered. Overview of the Regulation’s subject matter The Battery Regulation is intended...

On July 25, 2024, the so-called “EU Supply Chain Act” (Directive (EU) 2024/1760; hereinafter: “Directive”), which relates to the due diligence obligations of companies with regard to sustainability, entered into force. The EU member states have two years – i.e. until July 26, 2026 – to transpose the Directive into national law. Companies to which...

Since the beginning of the year, changes to the shareholder structure of a partnership under civil law (GbR) can no longer be entered in the land register, but only in the company register. This was decided by the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt – and is one of the first decisions on the new partnership...

The Regional Labor Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (“LAG”) clarified in its decision of May 15, 2024 – 3 Ta 21/24 that a dismissal from the position of managing director does not automatically turn the underlying contractual relationship into an employment relationship. Facts of the case The plaintiff was entered in the commercial register as a...

As a rule, managing directors are appointed and dismissed by the shareholders’ meeting. The articles of association may deviate from this and transfer powers to other company bodies. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has now decided what applies if the shareholders want to “reclaim” the authority in such a case. The case decided by...

Since the beginning of the year, changes to the shareholder structure of a partnership under civil law (GbR) can no longer be entered in the land register, but only in the company register. This was decided by the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt – and is one of the first decisions on the new partnership...

The beneficial owners of companies must be filed with the transparency register. However, it is not always simple to determine the beneficial owner of a company, especially in complex corporate structures. The fact that there are now repeated rulings on this topic – for example by the Cologne Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht Köln) at the beginning...