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New Amendments to the Law on Prevention of Corruption
The Law on Prevention of Corruption (the “Law”), the key piece of Serbian anti-corruption legislation that started to apply in September 2020, recently received a short set of amendments.
Another Gun-Jumping Investigation in Serbia
On 6 September 2021, the Competition Commission (the “Commission”) has initiated a formal procedure against company MAT – Real Estate for potential gun-jumping. The transaction concerned involves the acquisition of company Radijator d.o.o., a distributor of plumbing and heating equipment.
Entrepreneurship in Hungary on the Rise Again
Business start-ups and terminations reflect the recovery of the Hungarian economy after the downturn following the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. In the second quarter of last year, when the epidemic hit the country, only 5,041 companies were set up. Meanwhile, in the last three months of last year, the number was close to 9,000 and in the first quarter of this year it has already exceeded 9,000, as we discussed in a recent joint webinar with OPTEN.
Step Forward Towards Simplification of the Company Registration Procedure in the Federation of BiH – Parliament of Federation of BiH Adopted the Amendments of the Company Law
The Parliament of Federation of BiH adopted the amendments of the Company Law of Federation of BiH and the amendments have been published and entered into force on 23 September 2021. The amendments of the Law are aimed at achieving the goal set in the Reform Agenda of Federation of BiH related to simplification of the procedure for registration of business entities and setting up a one-stop-shop company registration system.
The New Form of a Company in the Republic of North Macedonia
The Company Law in the Republic of North Macedonia has finally introduced a simplified limited liability company.
Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch Becomes New Managing Partner of Greenberg Traurig in Poland
Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch has been named the new Managing Partner of Greenberg Traurig's Warsaw office. She will be supported by two new Deputy Managing Partners, Rafal Baranowski and Radomil Charzynski.