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Globaladvocaten
Welcome to Globaladvocaten. We are an international network of leading law firms. We provide high quality legal advice across the globe.
Globaladvocaten is a collaboration between independent law firms. Nowadays our network includes over 800 lawyers working in over 20 countries. That’s a whole lot of knowledge within reach.
Established in 1990. Our objective is basically to help clients find the best and most cost-effective lawyers across the world. Because the world becomes more and more international and the law doesn’t stop at the border. Wherever clients are based, Globaladvocaten is able to provide a seamless service across many jurisdictions. We are happy that we can offer expertise in a wide range of commercial legal services and industry sectors.
To give you a little impression of our ‘globalness’, member firms are based in major cities worldwide including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Budapest, Charlotte, Edinburgh, Geneva, Istanbul, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, São Paulo, Warsaw and Zurich. So we are always close by.
Latest blogs
AI: revolution, evolution or just contribution?
May 15, 2019
As Artificial Intelligence becomes less of a futuristic prediction and more of a realistic companion, one question keeps cropping up: Will the legal profession be taken over by machines? With opinions on the subject ranging from alarmist to utter denial, a more realistic approach is finding the balance between embracing what Artificial Intelligence (AI) has to offer without jumping the gun, according to António Macedo de Vitorino. “I believe my generation is not in any danger, we’re talking about future-generation problems that are well beyond our current horizon.” With every step we take, he explains, the landscape of course increases. But […]
Ambitious labour reform injects security and permanence into market (Portugal)
November 14, 2019
With a goal of tackling precarious temporary working conditions, increasing job security and boosting permanent hirings, the recent reform to Portugal’s Labour Code goes a step further with measures to rebalance segmentation in the labour market. For Guilherme Machado Dray, this is the most ambitious reform in Portugal’s democracy, strengthening the country’s so-called ‘decent work’ agenda and setting a precedent, in particular, for the treatment of Portugal’s emigrating young talent. “The whole idea behind the reform is the belief that precariousness and non-permanent working conditions hinder career progression, increase the risk of poverty, decrease growth, undermine competitiveness of corporations and affect […]
Arbitral proceedings in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic
April 14, 2020
Here you can read an article our member Cerrahoğlu has published about the latest COVID-19 measures taken in Turkey and their effect on arbitral proceedings. COVID-19 Effect of the Measures on Arbitral Proceedings
Artikel über das Corona-Virus von Roos Nelskamp Schumacher & Partner aus Deutschand
April 6, 2020
Roos Nelskamp Schumacher & Partner (Deutschland) hat mehrere Artikel über das Corona-Virus geschrieben. Sie können die Artikel lesen, indem Sie auf den folgenden Link klicken: Updates zum Corona-Virus
Belgium: Screening mechanism for foreign direct investments
March 3, 2023
Introduction and background 1. The Belgian economy has attracted foreign investors for decades. This has often led to sales to foreign shareholders without any involvement or supervision through a governmental authority. Some transactions are quite well-known, whereas others, such as the sale of drainage systems to American investment funds (through the so-called sale-and-leaseback) are not. And then there’s the media frenzy surrounding the Chinese government entity State Grid’s possible investment in Eandis, which is still quite fresh in our minds, as well as Ping An’s investment in Fortis. The issue of foreign investment takes on an extra dimension for companies that […]
Brazil: tips for foreign companies with commercial representant
January 20, 2023
Key aspects for the termination of commercial representation contracts for foreign companies. Foreign companies from varied economical branches choose to enter the Brazilian market by contracting a commercial representant in Brazil, as happens in many parts of the world. However, often these companies are unaware of some relevant legal aspects that regulate the commercial representation locally, especially when it comes to the specific rules connected to the contract termination and its consequences. In this article we analyzed the hypothesis of termination of commercial representation contracts with indetermined expiry term and without cause, promoted by the principal. In accordance with Law n. […]
Brexit: a classic example of how not to structure a demerger
May 2, 2019
Comparing Brexit to a corporate demerger highlights failings at both UK and EU level, and the consequences of delivering what the people ‘want’ rather than what they actually ‘need’. The first rule of a demerger is you do not enter into one without a demerger plan. This is your baseline and starting point. But it should also be the end point if no plan is submitted to the shareholders. If you compare Brexit to a corporate demerger, one of the major distinctions is how everything has been clouded by politics. The UK Government put their ‘demerger’ from the EU to a […]
Cash pooling arrangements in Poland and Russia. Do they really work?
May 8, 2020
The primary function of cash pooling is the optimization of cash management within a corporate group by balancing the accounts and allowing the use of surplus funds by all companies. Although it is growing in popularity across the globe, until today, in many jurisdictions cash pooling has received very little or no attention from lawmakers and it remains subject to a complex and incoherent regulatory landscape of civil, tax, banking and insolvency law. This is the case of both Poland and the Russian Federation, where a lack of specific regulation has led to legal uncertainties, which, however, have occurred in different […]
Client Alert: Strengthening Trademark Rights: Protecting Your Brand Just Got Easier Under the Trademark Modernization Act
January 14, 2021
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”), signed into law on December 27, 2020, allows a trademark owner to more easily protect its trademark rights. Here’s what you need to know about the three (3) key provisions of the TMA. Formalizing the procedure for challenging a trademark application prior to publication: First, the TMA formalizes the letter or protest procedure and appears to expand the issues that may be raised. A third party, with no standing requirement, may submit evidence relevant to a ground of refusal of an application, such as likelihood of confusion or descriptiveness, to the Director of the […]
Covid-19 Newsletters from Turkey
April 7, 2020
Cerrahoğlu, our Turkish member, has released newsletters to give an overall view on the administrative and legislative acts as well as the tax measures Turkey has taken due to the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read the newsletters below. Covid 19 latest measures in turkey Force Majeur Event Declared due to Coronavirus
COVID-19 outbreak calls for economic measures for the private sector in Serbia
April 16, 2020
The long awaited economic measures aimed at mitigating the negative economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic are finally adopted by the Serbian Government on April 11. NKO Partners has published an overview of the state subsidies and financial program that is now available to the private sector. You can read the newsletter by clicking on the link below. Subsidies for private sector in Serbia
Czech Republic: Implementation of whistleblower protection
February 23, 2023
The Czech Republic is obliged to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on whistleblower protection and to protect persons, typically employees, but also, for example, contractors who report violations of certain legislation against retaliation by the person who is violating said legislation. On 30 November 2022, the expected Whistleblower Protection Bill was presented to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by the Government. The bill is now heading for a general debate at its first reading. The bill introduces a number of new obligations that will primarily affect employers with […]
Employment Covid-19 CEE guide
March 26, 2020
Here you can find an overview by PETERKA & PARTNERS of the main employment issues arising in the context of COVID-19 pandemic covering our nine jurisdictions in Central and Eastern Europe. It includes, among others, information about general emergency status in the countries concerned, health and safety, quarantine issues, home office and leave. PETERKA PARTNERS Employment Covid-19 CEE guide
Europe: No more online fake reviews
December 2, 2022
Attention! Does your company have an online shop? Or do you like to shop online yourself, reading reviews first? Then you should read this blog. This year, the rules for online shopping have been tightened considerably. For example, fake reviews are now legally prohibited. Paid advertising must also be clearer and the rules for sharing personal data have changed. The aim: to inform consumers more clearly and honestly. Agreements were already made at European level in 2019. These agreements are to be introduced throughout Europe in the coming years. In the Netherlands, these new (European) rules came into force on May […]
Facebook's “Like” Button on a Website
November 1, 2019
Social media plugins. Please, take care with any plugins, e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, or Twitter plugins, that you may have on your websites. Social media has become an essential public-relations and customer-acquisition tool for many companies, especially through the inclusion of tools, such as Facebook’s Like-Button plugin, on a company’s website, which allows the visitor to express their satisfaction with a site on their Facebook profile by clicking on the embedded button. Companies using such tools should be aware of the data protection implications of the European Court’s decision, Az. C-40/17 from July 29, 2019. Data protection problems arise because some social […]
Financial and employment issues arise during the COVID-19 pandemic
March 30, 2020
Shumaker (our member from North Carolina, USA) has published a number of articles concerning the main financial and employment issues arising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please find the articles below. Client Alert: Federal Financial Institution Regulators Client Alert: Commercial Loan Documentation: Effects of COVID-19 Client Alert: Coronavirus Paid Sick Leave and Expanded FMLA Leave Signed into Law
First Ever Cybersecurity Act in Bulgaria
December 10, 2018
From being seen as only a potential treat of the future but just a few years ago, cybercrime has now become a reality affecting the entire EU internal market. In response, cybersecurity has become an essential element of the EU Digital Single Market Strategy (‘Strategy’) leading to, among others, the adoption of Directive (EU) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (‘NIS Directive’). Following the Strategy, on 31 October 2018, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted the first ever Cybersecurity Act (‘Act’) transposing the NIS Directive. The main objective of the NIS […]
GDPR Implementation, Portugal is still waiting...
June 6, 2019
Portugal has not yet approved a local law implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On March 2018, the Portuguese Council of Ministers presented a bill to the Portuguese Parliament. The new law was supposed to come into force on the same application date of the GDPR, 25 May 2018. A year later, we are still waiting for the bill to be voted. During the last year, the Portuguese GDPR bill was criticized by many, including the Portuguese supervisory authority, the Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – CNPD), which had no say on the drafting of the […]
Germany: Obligation for employers to introduce timekeeping
October 20, 2022
Facts of the Case In 2018, the applicant works council and the employers, who run a full-time residential facility as a joint enterprise, concluded a company agreement on working hours. At the same time, they negotiated a company agreement on timekeeping, but no agreement was reached. At the request of the works council, the labour court set up an arbitration committee on the subject of “Conclusion of a Works Agreement for the Introduction and Application of Electronic Timekeeping.” After the employers had objected to its right of initiative, the works council initiated the present decision procedure. It seeks to be determined […]
Higher minimum wage for millions of Europeans
April 8, 2021
Good news for employees receiving minimum wage throughout Europe. The minimum wage will increase. The two largest political groups in Europe, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, have reached an agreement on the matter. Over 24 million employees in 25 of the 27 EU Member States will start earning more within two years (2023). Learn about the details in this blog. How much? The new minimum wage must meet a double threshold. It must be at least 60% of the median salary of a country (which means that half of the salaries will be lower, and half will be higher). […]