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Update Banking & Finance 12/15

Germany
16/12/2015
Available languages: DE
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Focus

  • Does minus and minus really equal plus – and if so, for whom?
  • E-commerce platforms and payment processing – the impact of PSD 2 on the commercial agent exception

Finance

  • Security transfer of title vs. lessor’s lien
  • Admissibility of extending the limitation period for a claim under a guarantee in T&Cs

Regulatory

  • The German Retail Investor Protection Act (KASG) and crowdfunding - consumer protection vs. start-up finance
  • Investment management companies in the legal form of GmbH & Co. KG

Case law

  • Shareholders‘ duty to consent to their exit based on duty of loyalty – BGH confirms “Restructure or exit” judgment
  • Change in case law – reversal of defective payment orders (“initiator cases“)
  • Personal liability of a “weak” provisional insolvency administrator for an escrow account established for enforcement purposes

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