Micro and small companies, including start-ups, may benefit from aid; while recapitalisation measures have been modified for businesses in general.

Medical monitoring and testing plays a vital role in combatting Covid-19, but it is important to remain compliant with privacy...

Companies with longer-term solvency problems have more possibilities to benefit from recapitalisation and obtain subordinated debt following an update of...

Although governments are beginning tentatively to ease lockdown restrictions, for many, it will take some time before trading returns to...

For March and April, the Government had implemented several tax measures such as the tax deferral of direct taxes. In...

As lockdown is extended in France for a few more weeks, companies still need to ensure they adopt actions required...

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times.

Antitrust rules have been eased temporarily by the European Commission to allow closer business cooperation – especially for the health...

Décision de la Commission européenne n° C-2020-2146 en date du 3 avril 2020 relative à la franchise des droits à...

L'activité partielle temporaire est un régime spécifique existant en France pour soutenir les entreprises confrontées à un déclin d'activité /...

Life sciences businesses working on Covid-19 related products may be able to benefit from government funding for a range of...

In the context of the Covid-19 crisis, the French government announced exceptional tax measures. The French tax authorities have provided...

Facing the spread of Covid 19 and to alleviate its serious economic repercussions, the European Union announced a relaxation of...

The increased prominence of online services in the face of Covid-19 underlines the issues flagged by the French Competition Authority...

COVID-19 – and the measures governments have implemented to slow the spread of the virus – represent an unprecedented challenge...

COVID-19 has affected our world in unprecedented ways. Hardly any industry is spared from the serious economic consequences. Though some...

The newly adopted Covid-19 health emergency legislation in France includes an exceptional derogation to the so-called media chronology rule imposed...

Following the French government’s declarations relating to the COVID-19 epidemic, guidance is needed to manage your commercial relationships with the...

As the coronavirus causes the risk of significant economic losses for companies and for citizens across the Union, the European...

In a recently published questionnaire, the CSA (French Broadcasting Authority) has confirmed that regulations brought in to tackle fake news...

As the coronavirus causes significant economic losses for companies and for the citizens across the Union, affected businesses are asking...

With coronavirus now officially categorised by the World Health Organization as a pandemic, businesses will be renewing their focus on...

Where coronavirus causes business disruption, from fulfilment of deliveries to cancellation of events, a common question is whether commercial parties...

Coronavirus-related travel restrictions may cause problems for certain non-UK companies if non-UK-resident directors cannot physically attend UK board meetings.

The coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic that is affecting many countries requires every employer to take the necessary measures to protect its...

With market pressures likely to lead to many businesses triggering events of default and material adverse change clauses, it is...

The effect of coronavirus has hit the real estate market, lowering stock market values, postponing MIPIM and causing concern across...

What is best practice when a company processes personal data for the protection of its employees against Coronavirus?

Businesses and employer organisations will need to keep going as best they can during the more disruptive period of any...

As the situation in the UK and around the world evolves rapidly, many businesses will be focussed on the immediate...

The risk in the UK of coronavirus (COVID-19) has moved from low to moderate, with 35 cases now confirmed within...

The coronavirus is having a substantial economic impact, disrupting production, supply chains and travel. Businesses need to consider the legal...

The Coronavirus continues to dominate headlines around the globe. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation declared that the...