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8 July 2026 Corporate Law

Joint Ventures: Fundamentals, Forms and Strategic Significance

Equity joint venture or contractual joint venture? Basic forms, liability issues and decision criteria — Part 1 of our blog series.

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8 July 2026 Corporate Law

The Joint Venture Agreement: Key Provisions and Pitfalls

The key provisions of a joint venture agreement and common pitfalls in practice — Part 2 of our blog series.

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29 June 2026 Insolvency Law

No Loophole Through Choice of Law

The ECJ (C-43/25), on a referral from the German Federal Court of Justice: a recipient of repayments on a shareholder loan cannot escape avoidance under § 135 InsO by choosing a foreign law.

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29 June 2026 International Business Law

Like Odysseus – Between Scylla and Charybdis

Notice-of-defects periods in standard terms must satisfy both § 377 HGB and Art. 39 CISG — which pull in opposite directions. What the OLG Köln says.

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