On 9 April 2025, the German political parties CDU/CSU and SPD published their coalition agreement1 for the upcoming 21st legislative period. The agreement still must be approved by the relevant party committees of CDU and...more
Our Public Takeover Report provides an overview of market trends and legal developments relating to public takeovers in Germany in 2024.
A quick glance at the takeover market -
With six delisting offers and one mandatory...more
The European Commission published an "Omnibus" package of proposed changes on 26 February, marking the start of a process that could result in significant changes to key EU laws on sustainability reporting, diligence and...more
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The German Act on Due Diligence in Supply Chains (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, "LkSG") came into force on 1 January 2023 and imposes new obligations for supply chain due diligence. In parallel, the European legal...more
Following consultations, the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (the "DCGK") adopted the new version of the Code on May 9, 2019 and published it on May 22, 2019 (new version of the DCGK (in...more