Law of legal entities and business law for Civil-law notaries

The beneficial owner of a legal entity – Novelization of the Czech AML Act (part two)

April 26, 2017

In this article we continue to bring deeper insight into the new legislation of the beneficial owner of a legal entity in the Czech Republic introduced by the novelization of the Act. No. 253/2008 Coll., on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (“the AML Act”), which became effective ... Read More »

The beneficial owner of a legal entity – Novelization of the Czech AML Act (part one)

April 25, 2017

This article is focused on the new legislation of the beneficial owner of a legal entity in the Czech Republic, which was brought by the novelization of the Act. No. 253/2008 Coll., on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (“the AML Act”) and became effective as of 1st ... Read More »

New regulation of Criminal Liability of Legal Entities in the Czech Republic

October 27, 2016

The new regulation is brought by the Novelization of the Act No. 418/2011 Coll., on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and their Prosecution (Act No. 183/2016 Coll.) that will become effective as of December 1, 2016. The main changes are: new concept of the determination of criminal offences for which ... Read More »

Corporate compliance in Spain: Procedural aspects of the criminal liability of legal entities.

September 19, 2016

In 2010, a reform of the Criminal Code, introducing the criminal liability of legal entities in Spanish law; in 2015, a subsequent reform regulated the basic models of crime prevention; it has provoked a small revolution in the legal world and it has been the subject of many doctrinal articles, ... Read More »

Foundation of a simple limited liability company according to the Czech law is now less costly

August 25, 2016

The simplification and reduction in the costs of establishment of a simple limited liability company brings us the novelization of the Czech Act No. 549/1991 Coll., on Court Fees (Act No. 161/2016 Coll.), which became effective as of 7 June 2016. Regarding the fact that a limited liability company is ... Read More »

The European passport for legal entities

May 4, 2015

Directive 2012/17/EU regulates the efforts to increase cross-border access to published data of companies. This means that the national trade registers of the Member States will in due course (after full implementation of this Directive) be interconnected. This interconnection via a central platform (the European e-Justice portal site) will make ... Read More »