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Oppenhoff has advised Dietmar Axt, the former CEO and shareholder of Mustang, on his withdrawal from the Baden-Württemberg textile company.

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The effects of the corona pandemic are also being felt on the recruitment mar-ket. Although it appears easy to obtain personnel at first glance, unexpected hurdles seem to have become stumbling blocks for companies. Our partner Jörn Kuhn talks to Thomas Hartenfels, Director at Robert Walters, a leading international executive personnel consultant.

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Oppenhoff has advised the Canadian Hydro66 Group on the sale of a data centre complex in northern Sweden to Northern Data AG. As part of the sale, all shares in an English holding company of the Hydro66 Group were transferred, including its Swedish subsidiaries.

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Non-US companies must also be aware of US export control regulations and - to the extent permitted under EU law - comply with them. The US authorities have recently demonstrated again that, when it comes to prosecuting violations, they do not stop at national borders: The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has sanctioned a medium-sized German aerospace company for alleged violations of Iran sanctions between September 2011 and July 2012 – in addition to imposing a fine, it also imposed a three-year export ban.

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On 10 February 2021, the Federal Cabinet agreed on a joint draft of the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act [Telekommunikation-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz, TTDSG-RegE]. The planned Act, which is to be passed shortly (the first reading in the Bundestag took place on 25 March 2021), will adapt data protection provisions from the German Telecommunications Act [Telekommunikationsgesetz, TKG] and the German Telemedia Act [Telemediengesetz, TMG] to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) as well as implement essential parts of Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive).

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Myriam Baars-Schilling is the new chairwomen of the law firm Oppenhoff. The 43-year-old lawyer will lead the four-member Executive Board in the future. The Oppenhoff partners also elected Dr. Jürgen Hartung as a new member of the management. Among other things, the 51-year-old IT lawyer is going to drive forward the firm’s digitisation.

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The new law addresses the enormous challenges faced by Chile in the area of energy efficiency: energy-intensive companies in particular must implement energy management systems (so-called “SGEs” [Sistemas de Gestión de Energía]), which require a great deal of equipment, technology and know-how. German and international suppliers and service providers can play a relevant role in providing this.

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Innovative office concepts such as desk sharing and open work spaces can be found in more and more companies, alongside an increasing acceptance of home offices and flexible working. Such office concepts are part of the New Work approach which, among other things, encourages interaction between employees.

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Oppenhoff has advised the Pohl Group on the complete sale of its subsidiary Systea Pohl GmbH to the French Etanco Group. Systea will continue to operate as an independent company.

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The use of artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in the digitisation of retail. According to the "Executive Summary World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots" of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany ranks fifth worldwide in the use of industrial robots - after China, Japan, the USA and South Korea.

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