The Schindhelm Alliance opens a new office. It is located at Zygmunta Starego 11A in Gliwice. Responsible for the development of the new office is Marcin Śledzikowski, who was promoted to partner at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM. The new office in Gliwice is a confirmation of the current development direction of the Law Firm in the region of Upper Silesia and Opole.

The new Investment Control Act ("ICA") was passed by the Austrian National Council on 8 July 2020. This law regulates the review of foreign direct investment holdings in Austrian companies. It was enacted in connection with the EU FDI Screening Regulation ("Regulation"), which will be fully applicable as of 11 October 2020.

ECJ, judgment of 16.07.2020 C-311/18 ("Schrems II")

Data transfers from the EU to the US have always been a difficult process from a legal point of view. The ECJ has now struck down a data privacy pack used to establish an adequate level of data protection – the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Shield.

The student Clara Montero from the German School of Valencia has received the scholarship Lozano Schindhelm 2020.

Amid the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus, China´s central government implemented immediate emergency measures to gain control over its spread, including the extension of the Chinese New Year holiday period.

On 01.01.2020 the new location of Schindhelm Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has opened its doors in Frankfurt. The head of the new office in the German commercial metropolis is Schindhelm counsel and partner Dr. Karolin Nelles LL.M.