Bär & Karrer Advises Armira and Dr. Urs Spitz on the Sale of Biosynth Carbosynth
Armira and CEO Dr. Urs Spitz have agreed to sell Biosynth Carbosynth to KKR & Co. Inc. Biosynth Carbosynth is a leading life sciences reagents, custom synthesis and manufacturing services company. CEO Dr. Urs Spitz and senior managers of the group will retain a significant ownership stake in the group. Completion of the transaction is …
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Bär & Karrer Advises Customs Support Group on the Acquisition of Balimpex
Customs Support Group B.V., a portfolio company of Castik Capital which is a leading independent, digital and neutral provider of Customs Services in Europe, acquired Balimpex AG from its founders. Balimpex is an international freight forwarding and customs company based in Switzerland.
Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment Update
The Covid-19 PUP closed to new applicants from 8th July 2021. There has been gradual reduction in the PUP rates. As per the recent notification, the current rates of PUP are as below:
Singh & Associates successfully defends the interest of Vindhyachal Expressway Pvt. Ltd. (VEPL) in Supreme Court; Gets SLP dismissed
Singh & Associates represented Vindhyachal Expressway Pvt. Ltd. (VEPL) in the SLP (C) 15646 of 2021, filed by M.P Road Development Corporation Ltd. (MPRDC) before the Supreme Court. The SC dismissed the SLP on the ground of the analysis of the documents on record and found no reason to interfere with the impugned order passed …
Labour Court Awards €75,000 For Discriminatory Dismissal For Failure Of Employer To Prove That Altered Role Was Not Viable
In the recent decision of the Labour Court in the case of Kevin Roberts v United Parcel Service of Ireland Ltd, ADE/20/115, the Court overturned the decision of the WRC Adjudicator, deciding that the dismissal of Complainant was discriminatory dismissal, and he was not afforded reasonable accommodation.
Employee Awarded €25,000 For Employer’s Failure To Objectively Justify Retirement Age
Facts: The Complainant, Anthony Kenny commenced employment with the Respondent, Bord Na Mona Plc, on 15th May 1975, as a General Operative until he retired in April 2020. He thereafter requested to work beyond his retirement age. A meeting was convened in December 2019 and a correspondence declining his application was issued to him. The application was declined on the …
Verstoß einer Influencerin gegen Unterlassungsgebot: „Bullshit“ = „B********t“
Eine Abmahnung oder gar eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen sich zu bekommen ist schon schlimm genug. Meist steht dann in dem entsprechenden Schriftstück drin, was man zu tun oder vor allem zu unterlassen hat. Doch damit nicht genug. Was viele nicht wissen: die Wirkung geht noch über das geschriebene hinaus. Dies musste sich jetzt letztinstanzlich eine …
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AVELLUM advises world’s leading online gaming and betting company in connection with criminal investigation by Ukrainian law enforcement authorities
AVELLUM conducted a risk-based analysis of the client’s business model in terms of compliance with the newly-introduced regulatory framework and criminal liability risks in Ukraine. The central issue was a criminal investigation into illegal gambling allegations targeting a number of international online gambling companies. Our advice included development of the strategy for liaison with prosecution …
Contribution to Ginko Jitsumu: Explanation of revisions to the JDSA’s rules for sale by solicitation to aged customers
In the October issue of Ginko Jitsumu, a journal for practitioners in financial services published by Banking Education Co., Ltd., Makoto Hibi and Hidenori Shibata explain the revisions to Article 5-3 of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) ‘Rules Concerning Solicitation for Investments and Management of Customers, Etc. by Association Members’, which pertains to sale …
Schoenherr advises Sendinblue on acquisition of Metrilo
Schoenherr advised the leading French-based all-in-one digital marketing platform Sendinblue SAS on the acquisition of Metrilo OOD (“Metrilo”), a Bulgarian e-commerce metrics company, from its founders and several investors such as Speedinvest II International GmbH, LAUNCHub Fund Coöperatief U.A. and Eleven Capital AD. The advising team in Schoenherr’s Bulgarian office advised on all major legal …
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