Employment Law (People Law)
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 02/2026: Selected current judgements
- (No) Direct application of the EUPTD in domestic law in the event of failure to transpose it within the prescribed period
- Adjustment check of pension benefits - Update 2026: Adjustment (check) of pension benefits according to Section 16 BetrAVG
- CLM Systems and Compliance Departments: A Match Made in Heaven How compliance teams get the most out of their organization’s CLM systems – a checklist for turning your CLM into a compliance management system you never knew you had
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 01/2026:Selected current judgements
- (Low-bureaucracy) implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive (EUPTD): The Commission's final report of 24 October 2025: Impetus for German Pay Transparency Act 2.0
- Institutsvergütungsverordnung 5.0 - Sound Compensation in BRUBEG: The legislative process for the Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Relief Act (BRUBEG) is in its final stages: Bundestag passed on 29 January the Act in the version proposed by the Finance Committee on 28 January 202.
- Client Alert regarding the change of the German Residence Act: Starting January 1, 2026 a new § 45c AufenthG (German Residence Act) enters into force which imposes new information obligations on employers. The change arises due to the establishment of a new Federal advice centre, which is providing free advice on labor and social law matters to foreign employees.
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 10/2025: Selected current judgements
- Protection against dismissal in an international context – what companies need to know
- Institutsvergütungsverordnung 5.0-E
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 09/2025: Selected current judgements
- Monthly Dose Employment Law: 08/2025: Selected current judgements
- Employees entitled to information and employers subject to reporting requirements under the EUPTD: Applicable law, especially in international corporate groups
- Company pension law – Case Law Update 2/2025: 1. KNo Statutory Employer Contribution / 2. Qualifying Period for Company Pensions / 3. Sec. 16 (1) BetrAVG and (Annual Guaranteed) Minimum Adjustments / 4. No Pension Adjustment Based on Financially Strong Group Environment
- Institutsvergütungsverordnung 5.0-E: Sound Compensation in drafts of BRUBEG and VerbraucherkreditG
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 07/2025: Selected current judgements
- Gender pay gap in sustainability reporting: Regulatory requirements and current implementation in the financial sector
- Fundamental change in the case law of the German Federal Labor Court on the forfeiture of claims from stock option plans - forfeiture clauses not effective for stock options after self-termination
- Monthly Dose Employment Law 06/2025 Selected current judgements
- Minimum leave – waiver by judicial comparison of facts: Federal Labour Court, judgement of June 3, 2025, reference number: 9 AZR 104/24.
- "Monthly Dose" Employment Law: 05/2025: Selected current judgements
- Freedom of co-determination of a group holding SE founded without employees
- "Monthly Dose" Employment Law: 04/2025: Selected current judgements
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
- Update 2025: Effects of the changes to the contribution assessment limits as of 1 January 2025 on company pension schemes
- Capital payments, (partial) capitalization, and capital option as structuring choices for company pension schemes: Update 2025
- Company pension schemes at employer’s insolvency: Update 2025: Legal framework, protective mechanisms and options for action to continue after the opening of insolvency proceedings
- Monthly Dose Employment Law: 03/2025: Selected current judgements
- Monthly Dose Employment Law: 02/2025: Selected current judgements
- Company pension law – Case Law Update 1/2025: 1. entitlement to pension obligations based on the labour law related equal treatment principle in the executive of normative provisions; 2. requirements for the deterioration of company pension schemes within a company group; 3. employer's contribution to salary conversion in accordance with Sec. 1a (1a) of the German Company Pension Act; 4. requirements for the conditional and causal link between a pension commitment and the beneficiary's work for the company for the qualification of the pension commitment as a company pension scheme
- Employee according to Section 2 (7) IVV: Update 2025
- Monthly Dose Employment Law: 01/2025: Selected current judgements
Digital Law (IDT)
- Digital Sovereignty
- The KRITIS Umbrella Act: New Regulatory Framework for Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- The cloud in the context of EU regulations: Legal compliance of cloud usage with regard to data protection and the legal acts of the EU Digital Strategy
- National Implementation of the EU AI Act across Member States - An overview of implementation trends and what they mean for businesses
- Cross-jurisdictional data protection, cybersecurity and AI overview - fourth edition - Recent updates and upcoming developments
- Europe's path to digital sovereignty: Insights and strategies from the EU summit 2025
- Public Ready: Operating successfully in the security environment
- Current developments in classified information protection - increasing resilience in times of security policy challenges
- Bundestag discusses NIS2UmsuCG – Implementation of the NIS2 Directive is approaching
- EU Data Act: Taking action and seizing opportunities
- Cloud Switching under the EU Data Act: Action planning and contract drafting in light of interoperability and provider changes
- TOP Lawyer in IT Law 2026: Dr. Till Contzen honoured by F.A.Z. Institute
- Second AI Act Milestone as of August 2025 & Codes of Practice für GPAI
- Harmonize retention periods and deletion obligations for companies: More structure, less risk: your key to efficient data management
- The impact of intangibles—unlock unseen value: Identify. Protect. Exploit.
- Overview ‘data sharing’ in the EU Data Act: Action planning and contract drafting in the light of data monetization.
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
- Cross-jurisdictional Data protection, cybersecurity and AI overview - third edition
- From vision to value: How your legal department can help to deploy and scale your Generative AI programme with speed and confidence
- Update: Navigating the DORA contract compliance challenge
- Contracting for Generative AI and mitigating Generative AI supply chain risks
- Deloitte Legal Tech Fair 2025: Developments in the legal market around legal operations, generative AI and the future of legal departments
Corporate/M&A
- M&A Update 2026 - Market, Structuring, and Current Practice Trends
- The company with asset lock (Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen)
- Federal Court of Justice on Call Options in Management Equity Programs
- A guide to pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings across Europe
- EU–Mercosur on the final stretch: What the agreement means for German companies and Latin America
- End of hope: Federal Court of Justice leaves Wirecard-shareholders out in the cold
- Bundestag discusses NIS2UmsuCG – Implementation of the NIS2 Directive is approaching
- The New EU AML Package
- Freedom of co-determination of a group holding SE founded without employees
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
- New thresholds for company size classes under German commercial law: Increase of the thresholds “balance sheet total” and “revenues” for company size classes in the German Commercial Code
- Anti-Money Laundering Compliance| The EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package:
- Modernization of the Global Agreement between the EU and Mexico
- The new transparency register system in China
Commercial Law (Contracts)
- Implementation of the European Union’s 20th sanctions package: About six months after the previous sanctions package, the EU Member States adopted the 20th sanctions package on 23 April 2026, once again imposing comprehensive financial and economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus.
- Stricter requirements for compliance management systems in export control (ICP) following the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1226: With the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1226, the German legislator significantly tightens the individual and corporate consequences for sanctions violations and compels companies to critically review the adequacy and effectiveness of their existing ICP structures.
- The 19th sanctions package against Russia: With the 19th sanctions package, the EU member states have decided on further and, in some cases, comprehensive financial and economic sanctions (embargoes) against Russia and Belarus.
- The 18th sanctions package against Russia and Belarus
- Tariffs, sanctions and embargoes in supply contracts (part I): Who bears the economic costs of potential punitive tariffs in supply relationships and how these can be managed best
- Tariffs, sanctions and embargoes in supply contracts (part II): How sanctions and embargoes affect supply contracts and how these can be managed best
- The 17th sanctions package against Russia: Passing the 17th sanctions package, EU member states once impose further financial and economic sanctions against Russia.
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
Banking & Finance
- Relicensing under CRD VI and the BRUBEG BaFin’s First Proceedings Concerning Third-Country Branches as an Expression of a New Model of Administrative Banking Supervision
- New Rules to Promote Private Investment and Strengthen Germany as a Financial Centre Article by Daniel Kai Fischer and Matthias Meinert (NWB No. 10/2026, p. 606)
- "BRUBEG" in context Published in Hanten/Dengl/Gaida/Schlothofer BKR 2026, 193
- A catalyst for a new market of tokenized financial instruments Article by Alireza Siadat, published in Börsen-Zeitung on 16 December 2025
- EBA specifies new obligations in M&A transactions The disclosure requirements apply to acquisitions, transfers, mergers and divisions.
- Does the Market Integration Package change MiCAR? ESMA will "replace" NCAs
- BaFin simplifies Ownership Control Ordinance
- End of hope: Federal Court of Justice leaves Wirecard-shareholders out in the cold
- Crypto Perpetuals
- Institutsvergütungsverordnung 5.0-E: Sound Compensation in drafts of BRUBEG and VerbraucherkreditG
- CRD VI and Cross-Border Banking Transactions: Article published in Börsen-Zeitung | 29 August 2025
- Understanding BaFin's New AML Guidelines
- The New EU AML Package
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
- Payment Services in eMobility: A collaborative whitepaper by Deloitte Legal, Hubject and Hubject Financial Services
- New 5% infrastructure Quota: Amended investment regulation facilitates infrastructure Investments
Regulatory & Compliance
- Competition Register: Making Compliance Visible – Self-Cleaning as a Strategic Opportunity
- Implementation of the European Union’s 20th sanctions package: About six months after the previous sanctions package, the EU Member States adopted the 20th sanctions package on 23 April 2026, once again imposing comprehensive financial and economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus.
- New Permit Requirements for Fixed-Term Lettings in Berlin
- The Building Modernization Act
- A guide to pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings across Europe
- The 19th sanctions package against Russia: With the 19th sanctions package, the EU member states have decided on further and, in some cases, comprehensive financial and economic sanctions (embargoes) against Russia and Belarus.
- Public Ready: Operating successfully in the security environment
- Current developments in classified information protection - increasing resilience in times of security policy challenges
- Update Energy Law September 2025 (in German language): Bundesregierung legt Gesetz für einen Zuschuss zu den Übertragungsnetzkosten vor; Kabinett beschließt Gesetzentwurf zum KRITIS-Dachgesetz; EU-Parlament und Rat der Europäischen Union beschließen CBAM-Reform; Monitoringbericht zur Energiewende veröffentlicht.
- The 18th sanctions package against Russia and Belarus
- The application of antitrust principles in competition for employees: The ECJ and the EU Commission assess no-poach agreements as cartel agreements.
- The 17th sanctions package against Russia: Passing the 17th sanctions package, EU member states once impose further financial and economic sanctions against Russia.
- The coalition agreement between the CDU, CSU and SPD
- Doing business in...: overview of the laws and regulations on doing business in a variety of jurisdictions
- Modernization of the Global Agreement between the EU and Mexico
Legal Function Transformation / Legal Tech
- Contracts Operate: Transforming Contract Management Through Expert-Led Solutions
From Internal Innovation to Client-Facing Excellence
- The Introduction of a Legal Front Door - and the Works Council: Works council participation rights in the context of the introduction of a Legal Front Door with and without AI?
- The Legal Front Door: An introduction to digital legal matter intake - Part 2: How to make your Legal Front Door a success
- The Legal Front Door: An introduction to digital legal matter intake - Part 1: The benefits of a Legal Front Door
Monthly Dose of Germany
We would like to share some interesting insights into the German Legal market and recent developments as well as interesting events and publications with you.
- Monthly Dose of Germany: May 2026
- Monthly Dose of Germany: April 2026
- Monthly Dose of Germany: March 2026
- Monthly Dose of Germany: February 2026
- Monthly Dose of Germany: January 2026
- Monthly Dose of Germany: December 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: November 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: October 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: September 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: August 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: July 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: June 2025
- Monthly Dose of Germany: May 2025
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