Though the legal and tax rules are different from one jurisdiction to another, family owned company have to face similar problems whatever their nationality. For instance, they have to transfer the control from one generation to the next. They may have to open their share capital to third parties (senior executives, investment funds, competitors, IPO). […]
Log Book No. 95 – November 2016 Termination of employment contract : clarification relating to the waiver by the employer of the non-compete provision. Staff representatives : conditions of admissibility of evidence brought by a trade union. Economic dismissal : clarification on the concept of the group’s scope. Unfitness : new clarification relating to employee’s […]
Log Book No. 94 – October 2016 Restructuring : implementation of the collective warranties of the absorbing company to the employees of the absorbed company. Termination of employment contract : clarification on the amounts owed to the employee in case of constructive dismissal. Harassment : irresponsibility of the employer in the event of acts committed […]
Starting with May 2018, a new regulation on data protection will come into force and replace the current Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). One change that comes with the new regulation is the requirement for data protection by design and by default. This can help reduce the risks identified in each stage of the development of […]
Secondment : conditions of electronic transmission of secondment declarations and certificates. As from October 1st, 2016, declarations of secondment will have to be transmitted electronically. The same will apply as from January 1st, 2017 to secondment certificates of travelling employees seconded by companies of ground transportation. As part of these new obligations, the decree authorizes […]
You probably hit the ground running when expanding overseas, rather than worry about the small stuff; and focus on delivering to your customers. So, how should you handle company incorporation, HR, payroll, accountancy and tax obligations? It would be wonderful if there was a “one size fits all” approach when you expand overseas but unfortunately, […]
Drafting Effective International Contracts: Workshop-seminar on International Sales, Agency and Distributorship Contracts Munich, Germany – Sept. 9-10, 2016 ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER ! The workshop-seminar on drafting effective international contracts organised by UIA in Munich will focus on three types of contracts more commonly used by those who approach […]
Dismissal : nullity of the dismissal of the whistleblower. An employee had been dismissed after denouncing to the Prosecutor in the Courts of first instance the acts of a member of the Board of directors and the Chairman of the association within which he was working. The facts occurred prior to the law of 6 December […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Marie-Christine Cimadevilla of CIMADEVILLA AVOCATS. Marie-Christine has joined IR as our exclusive Commercial Litigation in France. Marie-Christine is fluent in French, Spanish, German and English. Her major practice areas are commercial contracts on national and international level, commercial and business law including […]
Decree n°2016660 of 20 May 2016 relating to labour justice and court treatment of labour litigation, implementingLaw n°2015990 of 6 August 2015 called “Macron”, deeply reforms labour litigation proceedings before both thelabour court and the court of appeal.According to the labour ministry, thesetexts “renew the procedure applicablebefore [the labour court] in order to increase its […]
Termination of the employment contract: the consequences of the absence of reclassification proposal to the employees who accepted voluntary redundancy as part of a PES without commitment not to lay off. In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court states that ” when voluntary departures in a backup plan of employment are addressed to employees whose dismissal is […]
SYC Consultants has significant experience in “due diligence” assignments, for example in connection with mergers & acquisitions operations. Our firm carries out “due diligence” assignments on the initiative of a purchaser but also “vendor due diligence” assignments for early identification of risks, and for preparation of an objective and transparent presentation for the potential vendor. […]