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Member News
11
Aug
Have you always dreamed of hosting a grand dinner party or just inviting people to enjoy your hospitality? Now is your chance to release your inner party planner for the weekend of August 25-27!
Finnish Your Dinner is a dinner party that is open for everybody. The idea was born in 2013 when the first-ever Dinner Under the Helsinki Sky was organized in Helsinki as part of the city’s birthday, Helsinki Day. Pohjoisesplanadi street in the city center was closed...
11
Aug
Loyens & Loeff advised Brannen Family on the disposal of Niacet Corp. to SK Capital Partners
Loyens & Loeff advised Niacet Corporation, a US-based leading producer of specialty ingredients for food, feed, and pharmaceutical applications and a global leader in propionates and acetates with two fully automated manufacturing sites located in Niagara Falls, NY and Tiel, The Netherlands, on its sale to SK Capital Partners, a US-based private equity firm.
Loyens & Loeff advised Voogd & Voogd on the disposal of...
09
Aug
Major index providers S&P Dow Jones, FTSE Russell, and MSCI recently adopted, or are in the process of considering, changes to their index eligibility rules that could significantly impact companies that have, or that are contemplating, multi-class capital structures. This action, that may impose costs on retail investors that can be avoided by larger investors, should end calls by institutional investors for the stock exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to prohibit the listing of companies...
09
Aug
There has been a lot going on in recent months; the UK general election, the start of formal Brexit negotiations, and the unofficial launch of Britain's independent trade policy at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva.
With so much activity it's often hard for businesses to cut through to the real issues. DLA Piper's Boardroom Brexit is a key client briefing which breaks down recent developments into what businesses need to know, and recommended actions that senior management teams can...
09
Aug
Since the Berlin Higher Regional Court had referred the question to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in October 2015 of whether it was compatible with EU law regulations that only the workers employed in Germany are eligible to participate in the election of the workers' representatives on the supervisory board, the legal sector has been eagerly looking to Luxembourg and awaiting an answer from the ECJ.
The answer is now available and is likely to allow the legal sector to...
08
Aug
New York City’s Fair Chance Act (FCA), which took effect October 27, 2015, imposes affirmative obligations on covered employers and employment agencies regarding when they may conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, and what process must be followed before making an adverse decision on the basis of an applicant’s criminal history. It is one of the nation’s most comprehensive "ban the box" laws restricting employers’ use of criminal history in the employment process.1 The New York City Commission...
04
Aug
KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK:
BREXIT Short-lived UK cabinet unity on transition deal crumbles as calls to end free movement after Brexit re-emerge Any hope held by the EU27 capitals last week that the British government was finally beginning to come to an agreed consensus of a post-Brexit transition deal were quickly dashed over the past few days as various ministers and Downing Street itself committed to ending the free movement of EU citizens after Brexit. According...
03
Aug
On March 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unexpectedly announced that it would temporarily suspend its premium processing service for all H-1B petitions received on or after April 3, 2017. The premium processing program allows a petitioner to receive a decision on its case within 15 calendar days in exchange for payment of an additional government filing fee to USCIS. In the initial announcement, USCIS indicated that the suspension could remain in effect for up to six...