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An employee whose place of work is to be changed by means of a change of employment notice does not have to be offered the option of working from home as a milder alternative. This was determined by the Baden-Württemberg Higher Labor Court (LAG BW) in its ruling dated November 4, 2024. Facts of the...

“Who is well versed in procurement and acquisitions? Which law firm is a leader in criminal or corporate law? And who is ahead when it comes to problems in employment law?” To answer these and other questions, the business magazine brand eins, together with the statistics portal Statista, asked more than 14,500 lawyers from commercial...

The German control of General Terms and Conditions is often criticized as a “locational disadvantage” in the B2B sector. Respectively, companies try to escape its applicability. In cross-border transactions, such an escape can be achieved by choosing a different legal system as the applicable law. However, the question of whether German law can also be...

In its decision dated March 19, 2025 (case no. 10 AZR 67/24), the German Federal Labor Court delivered a landmark ruling regarding  the forfeiture of virtual stock option rights after termination of employment. The ruling specifically addresses Employee Stock Option Programs (ESOPs) that included contractual clauses stipulating that virtual options would lapse when employment ends.....

FGvW has advised Swiss specialist healthcare services provider Affidea on the German law matters of its acquisition of Uroviva Group. Affidea, a leading provider of diagnostic health services, has completed the acquisition of the Swiss Uroviva Group from the German Equity Partners IV (GEP IV) investment fund, which is managed by the independent German investment...

The so-called “EU Supply Chain Act” (Directive (EU) 2024/1760, hereinafter: ‘Directive’ or “CSDDD”), which relates to the due diligence obligations of companies with regard to sustainability, came into force on July 25, 2024 (see the article on the Directive by Sven Tjarks and Stephan Fischer published on August 29, 2024). The directive is also known...

If managing directors or board members breach their duties with regard to the management of a company, they are liable to pay damages to the company they represent pursuant to Section 43 (2) of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG) or Section 93 (2) sentence 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). Whether...

The new Article 10a of the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) has been in force since January 10, 2025. The regulation entails comprehensive information obligations for all economic operators in the medical device sector. The aim of the regulation is to identify potential supply bottlenecks for certain medical devices at an early stage and...

We are pleased to be recommended in the current ranking of The Legal 500 Germany 2025 in 15 legal practice areas: plant construction, employment law, construction law (including dispute resolution), waste management and waste law, corporate law, health, trade, distribution and logistics, real estate law, information technology & digitization, M&A (mid-sized deals), trademark law, medical...

The EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, or EUDR for short) presents companies with new challenges by requiring that commodities such as rubber, palm oil, soy, wood and cocoa are traced along the whole supply chain. While many industries are already working intensively on implementing the new requirements, the healthcare sector is...