The Brussels 1 bis Regulation, which entered into force in January 2015, facilitated the free movement of court decisions in civil and commercial matters, abolishing in particular exequatur procedures. Due to Brexit, the European regulatory framework no longer...
On February, 1st of 2020, the United Kingdom formally abandoned the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), having reached an agreement with the European institutions regarding the exiting terms. The official Exiting Agreement was published...
On 27 March 2020 measures concerning insolvency law (and other topics not dealt with in this paper) were approved by the Federal Council (where the state governments are represented) and enacted the same day by the Federal President. These changes came into force...
Libralex member Stephen L. Dreyfuss of the United States spoke at a French-language webinar on 24 March 2020 concerning the effects of the current worldwide health crisis on contractual obligations. Here is a link to the entire...
THE PORTUGUESE GOLDEN VISA REGIME Scope of Application In order to attract foreign investment into Portugal and to help in the economical recovery, the Portuguese Government has created a regime for the granting of so-called “golden visas” to citizensvof...
