This article (in German) discusses some of the special regulations included in an extensive aid program provided by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance to help struggling companies during the COVID-19 crisis.
This article looks into the main measures set force by the Italian government’s recent Restore Liquidity Decree and how it affects the shipping industry.
This briefing (in French) explores the orders issued by the French government providing exceptional and temporary measures to address COVID-19’s impact on the award and performance of public contracts.
This article comments on the UK Government’s proposals for wider insolvency reform and compares them to two proposals from the insolvency profession.
This article discusses the extraordinary circumstances in which a party’s nonperformance of its contractual obligations may be excused under the New York common law.
This note considers the various health and safety guidance and legal requirements that are specifically applicable to construction projects in the UK, and how they impact on the question of whether construction sites should shut down or not during the pandemic.
In this article we discuss the new measures adopted for the energy sector in Greece, as included in the new Legislative Act issued to address the Covid-19 pandemic.
With its Economic Stabilisation Fund, the German federal government has created a further opportunity to support companies in the real economy impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
Despite uncertainty, some of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the corporate jet market can already be seen or anticipated from past experience.
The COVID-19 crisis has not slowed the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” sanctions policy against Iran and Venezuela, which continues to pose risks to shipowners.