Publications - Corporate and M&A
The Polish Act on counteracting COVID-19 entered into force
On 31 March, 2020 an amendment to the Act on specific solutions related to the preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, together with other acts (the “Act”) entered…
COVID-19: Companies face a return to non-essential activities, new rules on administrative and procedural time periods and the renegotiation of agreements
The situation created by the spread of COVID-19 requires an analysis of the new legislation from all angles of business law. For another week running, Garrigues summarizes the key new legislation that companies need to be aware of over the coming…
COVID-19: The Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission extends the cessation of terms and deadlines
In an effort to mitigate risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus, the Permanent Commission of the CRE (Energy Regulatory Comission) determined that the cessation of terms and deadlines associated with proceedings processed before the CRE will…
COVID-19: The Ministry of Communications and Transportation of Mexico specifies the essential activities
The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) has published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF) a ruling specifying the essential activities competence of the STC. This is in connection with the ruling published by the Ministry of Health…
COVID-19: Companies should be aware of new deadlines and deferrals, as well as to covenant review, analyzing carefully their financial situation
A constant stream of new legislation is being approved that affects businesses. Every week Garrigues provides a summary of the main issues that companies need to take a look at over the coming days. This week we feature the new legislation approved…
COVID-19: European Commission extends and adds flexibility to temporary framework for authorization of state aid
On April 3, 2020 the European Commission announced the adoption of an amendment extending and adding flexibility to the Temporary Framework adopted on March 19, 2020 to enable Member States to give State aid for research, testing and…
COVID-19: ICAC clarifies the preparation, verification and approval process for financial statements
The Spanish Accounting and Audit Institute (ICAC - Instituto de Contabilidad y Auditoría) replied, on April 2, 2020, to the request for an audit determination on the effect of the public health crisis and Royal Decree-Law 8/2020, of March 17,…
COVID-19: What precautions should companies take when processing personal data within an employment context?
Within the context of the global spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), companies have discovered a new reality, which also raises questions within the scope of the processing of personal data, in particular the fulfillment of the General Data Protection…
Sports & Entertainment Magazine - April 2020
Magazine of the Sports & Entertainment industry corresponding to the last quarter focusing on tax and legal matters of interest in the field of Sports.
COVID-19: Key new legislation introduced in Royal Decree-Law 11/2020
We analyze the measures introduced by Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, from every angle of business law: corporate/commercial contracts, tax, labor and employment, restructuring and insolvency, procedures and administrative law.
Preserving and increasing liquidity in the time of COVID-19
Over the past weeks, Spanish companies and credit applicants from all industries, both essential and non-essential, have been implementing strategies in order to try, as far as they can in the circumstances, to ensure liquidity and minimize the…
COVID-19: Companies face new employee-related measures, the first tranche of guarantees and the beginning of the personal income tax season, among other news
The toughening of lockdown measures in Spain and resulting closure of all business activities not classed as essential makes it absolutely necessary to keep very much in sight this week the measures approved in the labor and employment field. In the…