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On 31 August 2021, we welcomed Dr Jörg Kukies, a top-class guest from Berlin, to our monthly VC Roundtable Düsseldorf. The State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance answered all questions on the topic of the equity fund for technologies of the future ("Future Fund").

With the help of TIGGES, the care provider PROMEDICA, based in Warsaw, has successfully asserted itself in several court proceedings against former franchise and cooperation partners who challenged the legality of the contractual arrangement of the franchise and cooperation agreements.

Today, the Handelsblatt, in cooperation with Best Lawyers, published the annual ranking "Germany's Best Lawyers 2022" and recommends TIGGES partners Micaela Schork, LL.M. and Dr. Dominik Wagner, LL.M. for the areas of IP and Real Estate - a great recognition for the entire TIGGES team!

The Bonn-based company RailWatch GmbH, a provider of innovative rail vehicle monitoring concepts based on camera and sensor technology, has strengthened its position with a new shareholder, Agartha Fund LP from Abu Dhabi, through a capital increase of EUR 3.5 million.

TIGGES supports the dialogue agency gkk Dialog in the implementation of the info hotline as part of the campaign for the Corona vaccination of the Federal Ministry of Health.

A ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 28 October 2020 has caught the attention of the entire freight forwarding industry: The German truck toll has been too high for years and freight forwarders can demand money back. We summarise what freight forwarders need to know about this and what to do in order to claim reimbursement if necessary.

For several years now, there has been a debate about the need for a law under which companies can be held accountable for human rights and environmental violations within global supply chains. We have summarised the state of the debate on the so-called supply chain law.

TIGGES partner and head of the Transportation & Logistics Competence Team Klaus-Peter Langenkamp recently became an accredited Incoterms® 2020 trainer. The accreditation is carried out by the ICC Germany .V. (International Chamber of Commerce) and allows Klaus-Peter Langenkamp to train companies on the currently valid Incoterms 2020.

We warmly congratulate our partner Dr. Dominik Wagner, LL.M. on his appointment as Chairman of the SME and Family Business Commission of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice (Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Katowicach).

After three years of negotiations, the "Mobility Package I" was adopted on 8 July 2020. It contains numerous new regulations concerning road freight transport and is intended to harmonise the legal situation in this area within the EU. The innovations will enter into force at different times. Here we give you an overview of the most important changes.