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New Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Rules for Share Deals in Germany

In Germany, real estate transfer tax (“RETT”) has to be paid in different percentages, depending on the respective federal state. This applies not only to asset deals but also to...Read more

Michael Schindlbauer
Legal Counsel, Eyemaxx International Holding & Consulting GmbH, Austria
Smart Contracts – Self-Executing Contracts of the Future?

The first thing many people think of when they hear the term ‘smart contract’ is a contract that is somehow transposed into computer code and runs without any human intervention....Read more

Jelena Madir
General Counsel, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Switzerland
Covid-19 - A Contractual Nightmare
While COVID-19 (previously known as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’) has engulfed the entire world and authorities have been desperately implementing umpteen measures to contain the spread of this pandemic; from a...Read more

Arun Subash
Legal Counsel for Oil and Gas - E&P, Reliance Industries Limited, India
Amazon v. Donald J. Trump: A Massive Defense Contract Award Tainted by the Appearance of Impropriety

An unconventional U.S. president personally attacking the CEO of Amazon, one of the country’s largest and most impactful companies, is salacious news. Important public policy considerations are implicated when those...Read more

Rodney Sweetland
Vice President and General Counsel, Camris International Inc., USA
Expert Witnesses at a Conference with Counsel: A Pracitical Guide
This guide is intended to help expert witnesses understand the purpose of a conference with counsel. If you are a lawyer, you can cut out and keep this article to...Read more

Mark Solon
Managing Director & Solicitor, Wilmington, UK
Comparison in General: The Perils of Generic Disparagement
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In the midst of a lockdown due to the unprecedented outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Bar&Bench reported that in a disparagement suit filed by Hindustan Unilever Limited, Reckitt Benckiser agreed...Read more
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Surup Ray Chaudhuri
Counsel, United Breweries Limited, India
Bilateral Investment Treaties and Amendments to the Corresponding Private Investment Contracts are Long Overdue: They Fail to Cater for the Interests of Both Investors and Beneficiaries


Revised policies for drafting bi-lateral investment agreements and investment contracts as products of these agreements are long overdue. By the same token, a reflection on the attitudinal changes on the...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
A Strategic View for the Applicability of the Duty of Care Doctrine in Consultancy Services Agreements
Consultancy services are becoming so relevant and necessary in all sectors that there is an urgent need to review the current models used to agree upon consultancy methods. After many...Read more

Fernanda de Cooker
Company Lawyer, MaxGrip B.V., Netherlands
Agile Lawyering
Having been lucky enough to work for a high growth tech company for over 15 years and latterly part of a network of General Counsel of similar ilk, there are...Read more

Neil Murrin
General Counsel and Director, Regulatory Affairs, Trainline, UK
Social Media 2020: Corporate Risks and Regulation

In August 2018, Elon Musk tweeted about having secured funding to make Tesla a private company at USD 420 per share. The impact of this tweet was an immediate surge...Read more

Shilpi Sneha
Manager - Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

Rajat Rashmi
Senior Manager - Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, UAE