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Update on the planned EU late payment regulation

Following significant criticism from associations and member states of the planned EU Late Payment Regulation, the EU Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection agreed on a more moderate common position at its meeting... read more

German Federal Court of Justice rows back on insolvency avoidance

After the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had already dealt with the statutory presumption of fact in Section 133 (1) sentence 2 of the German Insolvency Code InsO in its decisions of 3 March... read more

PASCHEN recommended for the eighth time by corporate lawyers in insolvency law

For its most recent study, the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (DIRUJ) focuses on the personal experiences and recommendations of the heads and heads of the legal department and excludes anonymous... read more

Successful ISO 9001 re-certification after changing certifier

Our declared goal for 30 years now has been to be in a position to offer our clients consistently high quality for our legal services in commercial law, specialising in supplier law issues (national... read more

Caution: The “craftsman withdrawal” business model

The majority of craft businesses are probably not aware that consumers can also have a right of withdrawal under contract law and that this results in an obligation to inform the consumer, as the... read more

Contestation of insolvency and factoring – New BGH ruling

An important factual characteristic of almost all instances of contestation in insolvency proceedings is the creditor’s knowledge of the insolvency of the debtor. Whether this was available at the time of the payment to... read more

Corporate lawyers recommend PASCHEN for insolvency law & contract law

PASCHEN is also recommended in the current tenth Kanzleimonitor study of 2022-2023 of the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (DIRUJ) for insolvency and contract law.

Leading law firm and leading lawyer... read more

Mindestanforderungen an das Credit Management in der Kundeninsolvenz

Rechtsanwalt Michael Schmidt, Insolvenzrechtsexperte bei PASCHEN und Leiter Arbeitskreis Insolvenzpraxis beim Bundesverband Credit Management e.V. (BvCM), stellte beim 19. Bundeskongress des BvCM in Düsseldorf am  27. Oktober 2022 die Mindestanforderungen für das Credit Management... read more

EARN European Accounts Receivable Network Meeting 2022

After a 2-year break due to Corona, the annual meeting of the EARN network took place live again last weekend. The Austrian partner law firm hba Held Berdnik Astner & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH welcomed... read more

Restricted enforcement protection against European Enforcement Order

As early as 2004, Directive (EC) No 805/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st April 2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims (EuVTVO) introduced the possibility of simplified... read more