Subscribe to our newsletter3rd January 2024
Labor Law: No compensation for late and incomplete information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR more
12th January 2024
FGvW advises insurtech provider Rocket Enterprise Solutions on sale to Verisk more
15th January 2024
FGvW further expands Projects/Machinery and Plant Engineering capacity – Marco Becker joins as new Local Partner in Cologne more
22nd January 2024
German ski jumping sites more
25th January 2024
Banking law: Risks of standard account authorization for company employees in cases of fraud more
1st February 2024
Hamburg Office Opening more
5th February 2024
Labor Law: Works council can demand equipment with tablets or notebooks more
12th February 2024
Corporate Law: Liability of the shareholders for the costs of insolvency proceedings more
16th February 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024: FGvW again leading law firm more
19th February 2024
Corporate Law: Voting bans in case of shareholder resolutions in limited liability companies more
21st February 2024
Leaders League: Best Law Firms 2024 - Labor Law and Insurance Law more
23rd February 2024
Banking law: Fraud cases in online banking - updates from case law and legislation more
26th February 2024
Corporate Law: New filing fees under German Foreign Direct Investment Regime more
29th February 2024
Corporate law: The shareholders’ list of a limited liability company - declaration of knowledge and no act allowing for representation by a third party more
1st March 2024
FGvW advises Gedeon Richter on its investment into German Formycon AG more
4th March 2024
Corporate and data protection law: Right to information about co-shareholders more
6th March 2024
Product liability: German Federal Court of Justice on burden of proof requirements: No product liability for breakage of a ceramic inlay in a hip prosthesis more
11th March 2024
Medical device law: Are changes to the Medical Device Regulation imminent? more
13th March 2024
Limited liability company law: (No) objection to the list of shareholders when shares are redeemed more
18th March 2024
FGvW again among the azur100 - Top employer: Trademark and Competition Law more
21st March 2024
Labor Law: Works Council election at Tesla may take place more
28th March 2024
FGvW advises shareholders of MBG energy on the sale of ca. 75 percent of shares to SPIE more
2nd April 2024
Corporate Law: Having a real estate civil-law Partnership (“GbR”) entered in the new company register as an eGbR more
9th April 2024
Copyright law: ECJ: Is the (technical) standardization system ("DIN/EN") in Europe collapsing? - Free access to harmonized standards more
15th April 2024
We introduce: Vanessa Bertram more
22nd April 2024
Labor law: ChatGPT and co-determination more
26th April 2024
Germany – Good to know – The European Football Championship 2024 more
29th April 2024
Corporate Law: Free choice of registered office for partnerships more
6th May 2024
Corporate Law: No authorization effect of the shareholders' list in event of abuse of rights more
9th May 2024
Labor law: Incorrect works council hearing in the event of dismissal due to illness more
13th May 2024
Labor law: Works Council election at Porsche invalid more
17th May 2024
brand eins: FGvW is one of the best commercial law firms in Germany 2024 more
3rd June 2024
FGvW further expands its real estate law practice - Jessica Hanke joins as partner in Cologne more
7th June 2024
Germany good to know: Germany and the sea more
13th June 2024
FGvW recommended by Best Lawyers for 2025 more
20th June 2024
Insolvency Law: Pyramid schemes and the reclaiming of bogus profits more
25th June 2024
Real estate law expert Dr Elmar Bickert joins FGvW as partner at the Berlin office more
28th June 2024
Labor Law: Protection of employee data, processing of health data in the employment relationship within the framework of a national legal mandate more
1st July 2024
We introduce: Florian Keller more
4th July 2024
Labor Law: Dismissal for good cause of an Amazon works council due to working time fraud more
8th July 2024
Corporate Law: No deletion of address data in the list of shareholders more
11th July 2024
EU Directive on the "right to repair": What companies need to know more
15th July 2024
Update Wine Law: New EU wine labeling law and ECJ ruling on "cocktail containing wine" more
22nd July 2024
Labor Law: Legal dispute over the withdrawal of a company car with private use included more
26th July 2024
Corporate Law: Filing of the beneficial owner in the transparency register in the case of multi-level shareholdings more
1st August 2024
Labor Law: A post-contractual non-competition clause with a managing director of a limited liability company can be effective even without a promise of compensation for non-competition more
14th August 2024
Limited liability company law: Dismissal of the managing director by the (unauthorized) shareholders' meeting more
21st August 2024
Corporate Law: Land register changes for real estate partnerships under civil law require prior entry in the company register more
2nd September 2024
Labor Law: Requirements for opening legal recourse to the labor courts for managing directors of limited liability companies more
9th September 2024
Product Law: The EU Battery Regulation – challenging for companies more
17th September 2024
FGvW advises Fidelity International on the acquisition of a 32,000 square meter logistics property in Erfurt more
24th September 2024
FGvW advises Midstad on the acquisition of Kasernenstrasse 6 in Duesseldorf more
30th September 2024
The “EU Supply Chain Act” is in force more
2nd October 2024
We introduce: Moritz Rothe more
8th October 2024
WiWo Ranking 2024: FGvW top law firm for inheritance law more
10th October 2024
Germany good to know: The Black Forest Cake - the world's most popular dessert more
14th October 2024
Corporate Law: “eGbR” as the supplement for the legal form of a company can also be used before the actual name of the company more
21st October 2024
Data protection and competition law: ECJ strengthens enforcement in data protection law more
25th October 2024
JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms 2024/2025 - FGvW among the TOP 50 more
5th November 2024
Compliance: Deforestation-free Supply Chains more
12th November 2024
Leaders League: Best Law Firms 2025 more
22nd November 2024
We introduce: Jonas Doser more
29th November 2024
Labor Law: Downgrading the remuneration of a released works council member more
2nd December 2024
FGvW continues to expand Intellectual Property practice in Cologne with Dr Gabi Müllejans more
3rd December 2024
iurratio employer ranking IUR50 2025: FGvW among the TOP 50 employers for career starters nationwide and among medium-sized law firms as well as among the TOP 10 employers for legal traineeships in the southern region more
6th December 2024
FGvW to open new office in Düsseldorf in May 2025 with real estate and distribution law team more
9th December 2024
Tax Law: Gift tax on disproportionate contributions and indirect increase in the value of shares - The gift fiction of Section 7 (8) Inheritance Tax Act more
12th December 2024
Labor Law: Threats and disturbance of peace at the workplace: ordinary dismissal justified? more
16th December 2024
Energy Law: The end of the self-consumption facility (?) more
19th December 2024
We introduce: Hermann Hüwels more
23rd December 2024
FGvW appoints four new local partners as of January 2025 more
23rd December 2024
FGvW strengthens construction and real estate law in Berlin with team led by lawyer-notary Dr Lorenz Claussen more
28th December 2024
Labor Law: Discrimination against part-time employees with regard to overtime pay more
3rd January 2025
Labor Law: Temporary employment - restriction of the group privilege more
10th January 2025
Corporate Law: Invalidity of a shareholder resolution if the shareholders' meeting is convened by an “unauthorized” person more