Client Alerts
Navigating labour relations in wartime
Ukraine continues to develop and adapt its labour legal framework to the needs of martial law circumstances. On 14 June 2025, the Law of Ukraine No. 4412-IX dated 1 May 2025 “On the Organisation of Labour Relations under Martial Law” (the “Law”) came into effect. The key changes introduced by the Law relate to the […]...
Ukraine modernises PPP framework: new law on public-private partnership adopted to boost investment and infrastructure development
On 30 July 2025, the President of Ukraine signed Draft Law No. 7508 On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving the Mechanism for Attracting Private Investments Using the Mechanism of Public-Private Partnership to Accelerate the Recovery of War-Destroyed Facilities and the Construction of New Facilities Related to the Post-War Recovery of the […]...
Hungary eases foreign investment screening rules from August 2025
Legislative elements underlying Hungary’s specific domestic foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime are being repealed to incorporate the existing provisions into law and ease some of the currently applicable screening rules. On 19 August 2025, a new piece of legislation will repeal the government decrees underlying Hungary’s “alternative” FDI regime which relied on national state […]...
Hungary steps up life sciences competition enforcement
1. The public procurement cartel case The Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) has recently adopted a decision in a repeated competition supervision proceeding concerning coordinated practices in public procurement procedures for diagnostic medical imaging devices in 2015. The proceeding was originally initiated in 2016. In its new decision, the HCA concluded that the undertakings involved coordinated […]...
A major amendment to the criminal law in the Czech Republic
This Client Alert is available in both English and Czech. Conditional non-prosecution of legal entities As part of a major amendment to the criminal law recently signed into law by the President of the Czech Republic, the Corporate Criminal Liability Act is being equipped with a new legal mechanism that will enable legal entities to […]...
Employment Brief: Poland launches pilot to test reduced working time models
Poland has published details of a pilot programme designed to explore models of reduced working time. The initiative, announced by the Ministry of Labour, will run throughout 2026. It is open to employers that have been operating for at least 12 months and whose workforce consists of at least 75 percent employees engaged under employment […]...
Closing the gap: A new era for pay transparency in the EU
This Client Alert is also available in Hungarian. 1. Tackling the gender pay gap The gender pay gap – the persistent divide in earnings between women and men – remains a global challenge. It is rooted in the lack of transparency in pay systems, vague legal definitions of “equal work” and legal barriers that hinder […]...
FDI screening now applicable in Bulgaria: Key rules and implications
With the adoption of the Amendment and Supplement to the Investment Promotion Act (the “FDI Act”) in March 2024, along with the publication in the State Gazette of the long-awaited secondary legislation – the Amendment and Supplement to the Rules on the Implementation of the Investment Promotion Act (the “Rules”) –on 22 July 2025, the […]...
Employment Brief: Clarification of termination rules for foreign employers in Austria
A recent ruling by the Austrian Supreme Court (9 ObA 94/24z on 25.06.2025) brings much-needed clarity regarding the applicability of termination protection rules for foreign employers with employees working in Austria – a development that is particularly welcome in today’s increasingly cross-border work environments. The Court clarified that the general protection against termination under Section […]...
Schwellenwerteverordnung 2025 in Kraft, Direktvergabegrenzen erhöht
Mit 22.7.2025 tritt die Schwellenwerteverordnung 2025 in Kraft. Höhere Schwellenwerte erleichtern die öffentliche Auftragsvergabe zugunsten von KMU. Mit der Schwellenwerteverordnung 2025, BGBl II Nr. 167/2025, erfolgt die in unserem Client Alert vom 03.07.2025 angekündigte Anpassung der Schwellenwerte für Direktvergaben, nachdem das Zustimmungsverfahren der Bundesländer erwartungsgemäß keine Überraschungen ergeben hat. Mit der Schwellenwerteverordnung 2025 tritt die […]...
Employment Brief: Simplification of work permit procedures in Slovenia
A number of amendments to the Foreigners Act are coming into force in Slovenia, aimed at simplifying procedures for work permits. Key changes include the following: Most of the changes will come into effect in the second half of 2025, though certain provision will take effect even later....
Employment Brief: Bulgaria defines residence rules for digital nomads
As result of the targeted efforts of local entrepreneurial and start-up associations, Bulgaria passed an amendment to the Foreigners Act, setting out the residence rules for digital nomads. The amendments introduce a legal definition of digital nomads in Bulgarian legislation. A digital nomad is defined as an individual (only) who is a foreign resident falling […]...