Background
Jersey imposed travel restrictions in response to the Coronavirus crisis in March 2020 and has been operating a full lockdown for all residents, apart from essential workers, since 30 March.
The vast majority of employees in the Jersey financial services industry are now working from home and there has been no interruption to business continuity for the sector.
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The German Parliament passed an act to reduce the risk of clawback actions and provide more legal certainty in this regard under German law, the so called "Act for the Improvement of Legal Certainty concerning Clawback pursuant to the German Insolvency Code and the Creditor's Avoidance of Transfers Act" (Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtssicherheit bei Anfechtungen nach der Insolvenzordnung und dem Anfechtungsgesetz) on Thursday, 16 February 2017.