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Staying on top of all the legal issues for your day-to-day activities and corporate life events in many jurisdictions is a challenge, especially in this current environment. That's why Deloitte Legal launched Dbriefs, live webcasts, to help you gain insights on key legal trends and critical issues affecting your global business operations.

Registrations for the 2017 Q3 (July - September) Dbriefs Legal webcast programme will be available soon.

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Employment Law
Restrictive covenants and competition clauses in European employment contracts: A hindrance or protection?

21 June 2017
Host: Fernando Bazan
Presenters: Myriam Henderson, Petter Schjelderup, Tim Spellmann, and Julia Torres

Restrictive covenants are one of the only limitations on the freedom to provide services to workers. In order to keep such clauses valid and applicable, it is necessary to comply with a series of relevant legal requirements that may vary according to the jurisdiction in question. The difference between the validity or invalidity of a clause may be motivated by failure to comply with a statutory requirement. We will analyze the content of the restrictive covenants with special attention in the followings:

  • Analysis of the legal requirements.
  • Maximum terms.
  • Compensation requirements.
  • Types of restrictive covenants.
  • Application of the restrictive covenants in the different jurisdictions.

Learn and benefit from the Deloitte experts to get practical ideas for employers dealing with restrictive covenants issues across a number of countries.

Commercial Law
Global regulatory crisis management: New trends and future best practices

24 May 2017
Host: Alex Schemmel
Presenters: Andrei Burz-Pinzaru, Joana Pereira Dias, Frank O'Toole, and Alex Schemmel

The regulatory framework for corporations and corporate executives is becoming more and more complex. With liability expanding from direct involvement in regulatory violations or criminal activities to indirect or circumstantial "complicity", there is an increasing tendency for regulatory authorities to not only focus on business entities, but also on "targeting" corporate executives. Business-driven integrity is what makes legally compliant behavior on the part of the company's management bodies and employees possible. While prohibition-driven compliance programs serve the purpose of avoiding punishment and are therefore often viewed as a hindrance or a cost center, the business-driven integrity approach aims at adding value and therefore, at achieving a competitive advantage. Which are the key elements of business-driven integrity and how can they support an effective regulatory crisis management? We'll discuss:

  • Introduction – the need for international risk management.
  • An integrated approach – managing "dawn raid" situations and internal investigations.
  • Market abuse: new European legislation and the need for compliance programs.
  • Fraud: an international perspective.

Hear from the Deloitte's inter-disciplinary team of experts about new trends and future best practices to have a better understanding of how to truly manage regulatory crisis situations, and thus minimize liability risks for corporate entities and executives.

Employment Law
Posted Workers Directive: New employers’ obligations across Europe

29 March 2017
Host: Filip Van Overmeiren
Presenters: Ivana Azzollini, Sashil Durve, Pablo Santos Fita, and Marcin Sekowski

Directive 2014/67/EU is implemented in several European countries and will have high impact on companies’ international mobility plans and procedures across Europe. We will cover the main attention points with a special focus on the legal environment in targeted countries (Italy, Poland, Spain, The Netherlands, etc.):

  • Local labour conditions to be applied to seconded employees.
  • New secondment declarations / notifications.
  • New compliance requirements (social documents, contact person, etc.) and liability mechanisms.
  • Employers’ sanctions for non-compliance.

Gain insights from the Deloitte experts and have a better understanding of your new liabilities as sending employer.

Corporate Law
Brexit from the Legal perspective: Are you ready?

21 March 2017
Host: Andreas Jentgens
Presenters: Cloe Barnils, Kim Chatterley, and Julia Sierig

Brexit will have a huge impact on a number of very important aspects of doing business within or with the UK. Strategic decisions need to be made by international businesses and organizations on how they should respond to the changing environment. Legal questions are at the core of the strategic implications and practical implications. What legal areas are impacted by the UK leaving the EU? How can companies prepare for “Brexit” turning into a reality? What challenges lie ahead? Have you identified and covered the risks and unlocked the opportunities that might arise? This Dbriefs will make “Brexit” tangible for you, by highlighting the following points:

  • Different scenarios for Brexit: What would a “hard” Brexit look like? Will the UK end up in a trade position (with the EU) like Norway or Canada?
  • Legal implications, for example:

- What consequences will Brexit have on certain legal forms or cross-border reorganizations?

- What restrictions on the free movement of workers are to be expected and how can multinationals prepare?

- Will the UK be a “third country” with regard to personal data and data protection?

  • Possible responses and implementation.

Gain insights on these issues and be prepared for the upcoming challenges.

Commercial Law
Intercompany Contracts: BEPS and the increased importance of contractual documentation

15 February 2017
Host: Willem Henckens
Presenters: Dulce Miranda, Richard Schmidtke, and Stefan Wilke

Following the publication of the final OECD Reports regarding BEPS Action 8-10 (Aligning Transfer Pricing Outcomes with Value Creation) and Action 13 (Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country-by-Country Reporting), intercompany contracts between related parties (IC Contracts) are the starting point of a transfer pricing analysis. However, IC Contracts can be ignored for transfer pricing purposes to the extent that they are not aligned with the conduct of the parties. We'll discuss:

  • The increased importance of IC Contracts in accordance with BEPS and its local implementation in various countries..
  • The urgent need for care and attention to the proper IC Contract drafting
  • How the introduction of technology solutions can support the IC Contract creation and management.

Gain insights from Deloitte's tax and legal experts and have a better understanding of the increasing importance of contractual documentation in the light of BEPS.

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