Deferral of social security contribution due to the coronavirus crisis

Employers are obligated to pay social security contributions for their employees. With the outbreak of the coronavirus, they now have the option to defer these contributions. Many businesses are seeing orders dry up as a result of the crisis surrounding the coronavirus, yet nothing has changed on the cost front. Wages, salaries, and social security …

Tax relief in response to the coronavirus crisis

Germany’s federal government has drawn up various measures in an attempt to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, including tax relief measures. The crisis surrounding the coronavirus is hitting businesses, freelancers, and the self-employed hard and – aggravated by tax liabilities – undermining their economic viability. We at the commercial law firm MTR …

COVID-19: information for employers

Introduction This article provides information for employers with regard to the government’s recommendations in the context of COVID-19. The recommendations include:

Leading legal experts in Europe, Middle East & Africa

Our “strategic” Senior and Managing Partner, Stavros Pavlou, is a Leading Lawyer in the Dispute Resolution and Tax areas, recommended for being “a chess master who maps a strategy several steps ahead” and for finding a way to cut through complexity. He is also highly recommended as a primary contact in Corporate, Commercial and M&A, …

A MULTI-TOP TIER law firm for The Legal 500 once more

We are very proud that The Legal 500, EMEA 2020 edition once again recommends our law firm as a TOP TIER firm in Dispute Resolution and Tax and ranks our Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and Real Estate and Construction practice areas amongst the best in the Cyprus legal market.

Bär & Karrer Advised Maxburg Beteiligungen III GmbH & Co. KG on the Acquisition of saracus consult

Maxburg Beteiligungen III GmbH & Co. KG (“Maxburg”), advised by Maxburg Capital Partners has purchased saracus group, an IT consultancy firm based in Germany and Switzerland.

THAI LAW FIRM PISUT & PARTNERS HAS WELCOMED DOUGLAS MANCILL INTO THEIR TEAM

Bangkok-based international law firm Pisut & Partners has appointed commercial and corporate law specialist Douglas Mancill as of counsel. 25 March 2020, Bangkok – Pisut & Partners is delighted to announce the appointment of Douglas Mancill as Of Counsel.

GOLAW successfully represented Evyap Trading Ukraine in a tax dispute

GOLAW successfully represented a leading international cosmetics manufacturer, Evyap Trading Ukraine, in a tax dispute with a total value over UAH 65 million.

Promotions 2020

HSA Press release – Promotions 2020

Bär & Karrer Advised Banque Cantonale de Genève on the Increase of the Capital of La Foncière

La Foncière, a real estate fund governed by articles 58 et seq. of the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act, completed from 16 to 25 March 2020 an increase by 10% of the number of its units (parts) listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The 1’237’107 additional units were fully subscribed to, in spite of most …