6/6/2025 8:28:57 AM Tax matters: Trump 2.0 -the intersection of US tax and trade policy By Alison Dickie The second Trump administration has made numerous announcements on trade and tariffs, but US tax policy is increasingly woven into the...
5/6/2025 6:16:01 PM German Election #9: Corporate tax plans in the coalition agreement of the new German federal government By Alex Schmidtke David Beutel Robin Rehorst At the beginning of April 2025, the conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the social democrats (SPD) presented their coalition agreement, titled...
4/25/2025 11:09:25 AM Tariff Crisis: Navigating Contractual Challenges and Remedies for Businesses operating in Germany By Roman Mallmann Moritz Becker Sarah Hillebrand Hendric Labonté Jakob Zumbé +2 more... Show less The recent escalation of US tariffs on imports from around the world, and tariff retaliation from (so far) China and Canada, and...
3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
2/14/2025 1:23:31 PM Freshfields’ geopolitical conversations at Munich Security Conference 2025 By Beth George Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Alex Schmidtke Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less What specific impacts of geopolitical tensions are companies facing today? How should governments balance free trade with the protection...
2/13/2025 11:06:10 AM Freshfields' geopolitical monitor By Beth George Christoph H. Seibt Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...
7/26/2024 7:39:40 PM Foreign Subsidies Regulation: The European Commission's guidance on assessing market distortions By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Fabian Bickel Justyna Smela Wolski Maxim Betivu +3 more... Show less More than one year after the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) started to apply, many elements of the EC’s substantive assessment...
7/1/2024 8:47:22 AM EU initiates second dispute settlement procedure with Algeria over trade restrictions – with implications for potential investment arbitrations By Alexandra van der Meulen Alexander Grimm Rahman Apalara The European Commission announced in June 2024 that it has started a dispute settlement procedure with Algeria under the 2002 EU-Algeria...
6/14/2024 6:37:33 PM EU to impose special tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles By Arne Constantin-Krawinkel Lorand Bartels In a press release of 12 June 2024, the European Commission (‘Commission’) announced its provisional conclusion that the battery electric...
2/23/2024 8:45:37 AM Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
9/8/2023 8:20:42 AM The European Critical Raw Materials Act: A quick summary on what it does and when it’s coming By Eric Leikin Samantha Tirthdas Kieran Watkins The European Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) – which is at the heart of the EU’s effort to address critical raw materials strategic...
8/17/2023 5:57:30 PM CE marking recognition extended “indefinitely” for certain products – what does the future hold for UKCA marking? By Andrew Austin Emily Bloxsome Tom Byham On 1 August 2023, the UK Government announced an “indefinite” extension to the recognition of CE marking for certain products placed on...