12 September, 2019
Campaigners call for German supply chain law to protect human rights
German companies face calls for a new supply chain law designed to protect against environmental and human rights abuses in the production of the goods and services they buy. This week a coalition ...
29 March, 2019
What boards need to know about whistleblowing
Big corporate scandals have made whistleblowing a headline topic. From Danske Bank to the Panama Papers, whistleblowers have thrown a spotlight on problematic behaviour. Politicians and regulators ...
9 February, 2018
Risk hotspots: a global roundup
Politics — Korea There cannot be a trickier relationship in world politics than the one between North and South Korea. The two appeared to edge clos...
27 October, 2017
Deutsche Börse CEO quits amid insider dealing investigation
Deutsche Börse's chief executive Carsten Kengeter has announced his resignation amid controversy surrounding an investigation for insider dealing. Kengeter will leave the exchange at the end of th...
19 September, 2017
Germany: compliance management system can reduce fines, court rules
Establishing a compliance management system which aims to stop legal breaches can reduce fines under Section 30 of the Administrative Offences Act, the German Federal Court of Justice has ruled in a l...
11 July, 2017
Mittelstand companies: secrets behind their success
The strength of Germany’s mid-cap industrial companies has been the envy of countries around the world for decades. But there are corporate governance challenges ahead if the so-called “Mittelstan...
11 July, 2017
Germany: New equal pay and maternity protection laws approved
New laws to reduce gender-based pay inequality and improve maternity protection in Germany have been approved by the German Federal Government. The Pay Transparency Act, which came into force in Ju...
1 July, 2017
Germany: New proceeds of crime law implemented
Recent law reform in Germany aims to simplify rules on the confiscation of assets resulting from criminal offences, and to transpose the EU Directive on the Freezing and Confiscation of Instrumentalit...
21 June, 2017
Germany to bring into force remuneration transparency law
A new law giving employees in Germany rights to information about the pay of co-workers will be introduced on 1st July. The law will impose new reporting requirements on companies to reveal how they...
30 March, 2017
