According to the Federal Constitution (Article 17) and the international trades subscribed by the Mexican government, one of the most sacred human rights that exist nowadays is the right of “access to justice”, which can be translated into several specific rights, including that any jurisdictional authority (id est Court or Tribunal) must provide to all the particulars with an efficient resort to solve their claims effectively.
Eugenio Sepúlveda, Galicia Abogados
This is an extract from the second edition of the Guide to Corporate Crisis Management- published by Latin Lawyer. The whole publication is available here.
Year in Review - United Arab Emirates Law in 2016
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments have led to unprecedented legal questions that require immediate attention and solutions. These are challenging times. We have therefore prepared the following overview of some of the pertinent legal questions and the answers to consider, in the hope they provide useful preliminary guidance.
Topic | Main issues in relation to the risk of director liability |
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As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to develop, unprecedented issues are affecting the private equity industry. We have identified certain challenges both on a fund and portfolio company level, and measures that will be implemented by the Dutch government that can help you and your portfolio companies to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Would you like to view the most important topics, measures and tips we have selected and our dedicated private equity team? Read the pdf-file below.
In general, creditors in Montenegro may secure their claims by various types of security over debtors’ assets, such as pledge (zaloga), mortgage (hipoteka), suretyship (jemstvo), bills of exchange (menica), etc.
The liability of directors of major organisations receives wide coverage in the press. Examples (in the Netherlands) are Imtech, HDI, FC Twente, Vestia, and Meavita. But the subject really concerns directors of all legal entities, large and small. In this issue of Quoted, we refresh your knowledge of directors' liability and address recent developments, such as case law on `corporate directors' (legal entities which are appointed directors of other entities), the Bill for Management and Supervision of Legal Entities and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In de pers gaat het veelal over de aansprakelijkheid van bestuurders van grotere organisaties zoals Imtech, HDI, FC Twente, Vestia en Meavita. In werkelijkheid gaat dit onderwerp bestuurders aan van alle rechtspersonen: van groot tot klein. Met deze Genoteerd frissen wij uw kennis op over de aansprakelijkheid van bestuurders. Wij staan ook stil bij belangrijke relevante recente ontwikkelingen, zoals rechtspraak over de zogeheten rechtspersoon-bestuurder, het Wetsvoorstel bestuur en toezicht rechtspersonen en de Algemene verordening gegevensverwerking.
Op 17 maart jl. nam de regering uitzonderlijke maatregelen om de economische gevolgen van de corona uitbraak het hoofd te bieden. Met noodmaatregelen probeert de regering ondernemingen overeind te houden. Het blijft onzeker of die maatregelen voldoende financiële ruimte geven om de salarissen en schuldeisers (op termijn) te betalen. We bespreken daarom in deze bijdrage een uiterste redmiddel: de wettelijke procedure van surseance van betaling.
Surseance van betaling (uitstel van betaling)
Het COVID-19 virus heeft ook vergaande gevolgen voor de toegankelijkheid van overheidsrechtspraak en alternatieve vormen van geschilbeslechting in Nederland. In dit artikel vertellen we u welke maatregelen er tot op heden zijn getroffen en wat de consequenties daarvan zijn voor zowel lopende als nieuwe zaken.
Sluiting van gerechtsgebouwen