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Managing director analyses digital key figures and risks at the start of the year – symbolic image for managing director liability at the start of the year.

Blog: Corporate Law
The start of the year also marks the beginning of managing director liability
Why personal liability will be decided in the first quarter of 2026
08.01.2026
Peter Fissenewert, Susanne Wirth

Digital representation of a modern production hall with networked machines and visualised data streams for monitoring processes within the framework of quality assurance agreements.

Blog: Commercial Law
Quality assurance agreements
Frequently used, often underestimated in legal terms
06.01.2026
Thomas Rinne, Konstantin Wagner LL.M. (UEA)

Arbeitsrecht 2026: Die wichtigsten Änderungen für Arbeitgeber

Blog: Labor Law
Labor Law 2026: The Most Important Changes for Employers
New obligations on pay transparency, working time recording, and minimum wage – what HR professionals need to know and implement now
30.12.2025
Julia Bruck

Office building of the former payment service provider Wirecard in Einsteinpark with the Wirecard logo visible on the façade and on a company sign in the foreground, surrounded by trees and green spaces. Federal Court of Justice confirms: Wirecard shareholders have no claim to the insolvency estate.

Blog: Restructuring & Insolvency
Federal Court of Justice confirms: Wirecard shareholders have no claim to the insolvency estate
The highest German civil court provides clarity: shareholders are at the back of the queue in insolvency proceedings – their claims for damages are not insolvency claims.
27.12.2025
Peter Fissenewert, Susanne Wirth

Symbolic representation of the transition from 2025 to 2026 with a switch and light bulb – symbolising changes to trademark registration and new trademark classes from 2026 onwards.

Blog: Technology
13th edition of the Nice Classification: Changes in 2026 for trademark applications
New classification system for trademarks from 2026 – what will change?
18.12.2025
Yves-Alexander Wolff

Blue lorry with red container drives over a bridge in a harbour, with container cranes and a cargo ship visible in the background.

Blog: Corporate Law
Digital transformation in international road transport: eCMR and e-documents on the rise
How eCMR, EU Regulation 2020/1056, and electronic dangerous goods documents are changing logistics processes
16.12.2025
Jan Dwornig

A gravel path that splits in the evening light symbolises the choice between conflict and agreement – an image that illustrates the meaning of a dispute resolution clause.

Blog: Commercial Law
Lawsuit dismissed due to disregard of requirement to undertake an attempt for amicable settlement
Why a conciliation clause is not only self serving
11.12.2025
Dagmar Waldzus

Probezeitkündigung

Blog: Labor Law
No standard value exists for the proportionality of an agreed probationary period in a fixed-term employment relationship within the meaning of Section 15 (3) of the German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act (TzBfG).
The proportionality of the probationary period depends on the expected duration of the fixed-term contract and the nature of the work in each individual case.
09.12.2025
Tobias Grambow

Handing over a letter – symbolic of hidden profit distribution

Blog: Corporate Law
As a managing director, you need to bear the following in mind with regard to your salary
When remuneration for managing partners becomes a risk
04.12.2025
Peter Fissenewert, Susanne Wirth

Close-up of a chessboard with two opposing silver and gold knights in the centre, flanked by silver and gold chess pieces in the background, against a dark, blurred background.

Blog: Litigation
Litigation financing: Cost-effective enforcement of complex claims
How companies benefit from externally financed legal enforcement
02.12.2025
Jan Dwornig

Geschenke, Glühwein & Grenzen: Was an Weihnachten erlaubt ist – und was nicht

Blog: Compliance
Gifts, mulled wine & boundaries
What is allowed at Christmas – and what is not
27.11.2025
Peter Fissenewert, Susanne Wirth

Laptop with the words “Family Foundation” on the screen, next to it a golden set of scales and a blue paragraph symbol representing legal issues. Symbolic of the new foundation register.

Blog: Corporate Law
The foundation register is coming — or is it (still) not?
New foundation register and transparency requirements: What is changing for family foundations.
25.11.2025
Thomas Draguhn

Businessman stands at a fork in the road, symbolising strategic decisions and legal choices in commercial court proceedings.

Blog: Litigation
Five pitfalls in Commercial Court proceedings
Court costs, legal remedies and language
20.11.2025
Johannes Brand

Two hands each hold a stack of coins of equal height as a symbol of equal pay and wage fairness and the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

Blog: Labor Law
BMFSFJ Commission presents proposals for implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive
Recommendations only for reporting requirements, right to information, and digital simplifications
18.11.2025
Dietmar Heise

Mehrere nationale Flaggen wehen vor einer modernen Glasfassade.

Blog: Labor Law
No relief for collective redundancies – Part 2
Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, the consequences of invalidity remain in place with regard to dismissals issued in violation of the requirements for collective redundancies.
06.11.2025
Tobias Grambow, Dietmar Heise
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