Knowledge

In our new TransporTrends series in cooperation with Kompetenznetzwerk Logistik.NRW / LOG-IT Club e.V. we regularly report on current topics, decisions & trends in transport and logistics law. In the first edition, we took a closer look at an ECJ ruling on cabotage.

The third edition of the Legal Industry Review (LIR) for Germany was published today and offers plenty of exciting input on the German legal market, including from TIGGES authors, including on the current state of the real estate sector and current topics in the area of compliance.

On 1 August 2021, the new Transparency Register and Financial Information Act on Money Laundering came into force, for which transitional periods will soon expire. Affected companies should quickly clarify whether and, if so, which beneficial owners and information must be reported to the transparency register.

This white paper gives small and medium-sized enterprises a concise overview of how a transaction process can basically be designed and successfully mastered.

For several years now, there has been a debate about the need for a law under which companies can be held accountable for human rights and environmental violations within global supply chains. We have summarised the state of the debate on the so-called supply chain law.

TIGGES partner and head of the Transportation & Logistics Competence Team Klaus-Peter Langenkamp recently became an accredited Incoterms® 2020 trainer. The accreditation is carried out by the ICC Germany .V. (International Chamber of Commerce) and allows Klaus-Peter Langenkamp to train companies on the currently valid Incoterms 2020.

Already since 27 March 2020, companies in financial difficulties due to the COVID 19 pandemic are exempted from the obligation to file for insolvency until 30 September 2020 for all insolvency reasons. The German government has now agreed to extend the suspension of insolvency until 31.12.2020.