Bär & Karrer Advises the Sellers on the Sale of Briner Winterthur
The owners of Briner AG Winterthur sold the company. Briner is a leading family-owned trading and service company operating in the fields of construction services, steel services, supply systems and building services as well as heating and energy systems.
Sayenko Kharenko advises the world’s leading insurance company on sale of companies in Ukraine
Kharenko has advised AXA Group (France), a global leader in insurance and asset management, and UkrSibbank on the sale of PrJSC "Insurance company "AXA Insurance" and ALC "Insurance company "AXA Life Insurance" to Fairfax Financial Holding Limited (Canada).
Bär & Karrer Advised GfK on the Sale of Four Divisions
GfK has sold four global divisions (Customer Experience, Experience Innovation, Health and Public Affairs) to Ipsos. The sale included GfK's respective businesses in 25 countries.
Our growth continues with an office move for the team in Leeds
July 24, 2018 We are pleased to announce that the new Stowe Family Law office in Leeds is now officially open. The new office can be found in the Minerva building at 29, East Parade in the heart of the city centre and is a stone’s throw from the Leeds civic, commercial and retail centres, …
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Derivatives Trading under FMIA: Reporting Obligations
On 14 September 2018, the Federal Council extended the transition period for the reporting of derivative transactions by small non-financial counterparties (NFC-) until 1 January 2024 under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA). The amendment to the Financial Market…
Ico Imposes Eur224,000 Fine For ‘bcc’/’cc’/’to’ Blunder
In imposing the significant fine as a result of the data breach, the UK’s ICO found, among other things, that the IICSA (which erroneously sent a bulk email using the ‘TO’ field instead of the ‘BCC’ field) failed to make use of an email account that could send separate messages to each participant and also …
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MFSA issues consultation paper with the Financial Services Industry
MFSA issues consultation with the financial services industry regarding VFA Regulations to be issued under the VFA Act.
Virtual Financial Assets Act and Innovate Technology Arrangements and Services Act coming into force
The Maltese Government has published the long-awaited legal notices establishing the 1st November 2018 as the date on which the Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA) and the Innovative Technology Arrangements (ITAS) Act will come into force.
DLT Exchanges Under the Newly Enacted VFA Act
Malta approves legislation regulating crypto exchanges.
Malta Approves Crypto Acts and Creates A Regulated Framework for ICOs and Exchanges
Malta publishes legislation regulating ICOs.