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After three years of negotiations, the "Mobility Package I" was adopted on 8 July 2020. It contains numerous new regulations concerning road freight transport and is intended to harmonise the legal situation in this area within the EU. The innovations will enter into force at different times. Here we give you an overview of the most important changes.

Economic Forum 2020 Karpacz, Poland 8-10 September - TIGGES Partner Dr. Dominik Wagner, LL.M. will take part as a speaker in the discussion panel "Foreign expansion of Polish companies. Do they stand a chance of becoming global champions?"

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.

TIGGES strengthens its competence team Transport & Logistics at the Düsseldorf office with the new Of Counsel Dr. Frank Wilting, specialist lawyer for transport and forwarding law and administrative law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the complex trade fair planning and preparation of numerous companies upside down. In addition to the plan changes that are now necessary, many companies are faced with the question of how to deal with the financial consequences.

The current developments concerning COVID-19 are presenting all companies with big challenges. This is also the case with regard to dealings with employees. We have selected some current issues below, for example how you as an employer can deal with negative impacts on work which are associated with school closures and people returning from holiday.

In order to cope with the COVID 19 pandemic, the German legislator has passed temporary changes in the area of bankruptcy law, commercial tenancy law, corporate law, loan law, and performance-refusal law.

We are very pleased about the guest exhibition of the Cologne art gallery Ars Cracovia, which is currently enriching our office premises. Until summer, abstract works by the Polish artist Ewa Sadowska, as well as selected sculptures by Tadeusz Łodziana and objects by Andrzej Bednarczy can be viewed.

TIGGES partner Dr. Dominik Wagner, LL.M. gives in the blog of Legalmondo, an online platform for international legal services, an overview for foreign investors who want to start a business in Germany.