“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown Could the longest running trade dispute in World Trade Organization (WTO) history be coming to an end? If newspaper reports are to be believed, and I have no reason to doubt them, then the 16 year old trade war could be very close to ending. At the center of this row is the Banana – yes the
By: Ainsley Brown There is nothing new with European Commission having to balance competing constituents – both market and geographic. The case remains the same with the anti-dumping duties put in place in 2006 to protect EU shoe manufacturers from cheaper Chinese and Vietnamese imports. The EU will decide tomorrow if it will continue or end the duties on the cheaper Chinese and Vietnamese
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. During the last several months, some German midsize companies have turn to the UK to undergo insolvency proceedings. They seem to be quiet happy with their decision and, more importantly, they were successful: Today, companies like DNick Holding (formerly Deutsche Nickel AG) or Schefenacker (today separated into the two independent companies odelo and Visioncorp) prosper and
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. The German Federal Council (Deutscher Bundesrat) does not like the European Private Company (EPC). With resolution of Oktober 10, 2008 the Federal Council criticises the conditions for the EPC, set out in the proposal for a “Regulation regarding the European Private Company Statute” by the European Commission of June 2008. The Federal Council has two main issues
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. In the European Union, each of the 27 Member States provides regulation for different types of companies. Because of this diversity it is becoming increasingly difficult to know all the differences between the different types. Especially because the European Court of Justice has allowed the utilization of companies set up in one of the Member States
By: Ainsley Brown Hey it’s Friday and after a long week of work I can be forgiven if my mind I s drifting – oh the joys of a nice ice-cold-beer. MMMMMMMMMM. Anyway before I get too ahead of myself, I still have the day to complete before I can enjoy said beer. However, I can at least think about
By: Ainsley Brown In a judicial review case in the UK, a small importer of low alcohol sparkling “wine” was told by the court that it could no longer market its products as such. And why? It did not meet the European regulations for minimum alcohol content. According to the regulations to legally qualify as wine a drink has to