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06.08.2024 | In the media

Guest article in IT-Zoom: The path to safe and ethical AI

The June 25, 2024 issue of IT-Zoom contains a guest article by KPMG Law expert Francois Maartens Heynike and KPMG Law expert Kerstin Ohrem.

The EU’s AI Act presents companies with challenges – and is intended to pave the way for ethical innovations at the same time. A legal classification.

“Companies should proactively inventory, categorize and evaluate their applications and integrate them into an AI governance structure.”

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06.11.2024 | In the media

Interview in stores + stores magazine on the topic: “Companies need AI rules”

Evaluating application videos using AI, translating employment contracts via smartphone or using AI analyses for target agreements and salary discussions – all of this is…

31.10.2024 | In the media, Legal Financial Services

Statement by Ulrich Keunecke in the in-house counsel on the topic of capital market compliance

For private equity investors, going public is the most common exit strategy when investing in a company.
However, family businesses and SMEs can also gain…

30.10.2024 | In the media

Guest article in ZURe on the topic of reporting channels under the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

The dual obligation to implement reporting channels in accordance with the HinSchG and LkSG poses major personnel and administrative challenges for practitioners, especially in times…

25.10.2024 | In the media

Guest article in the Audit Committee Quarterly: New regulations on the remuneration of works councils

On June 28, 2024, the German Bundestag passed the Second Act Amending the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG). This amendment is intended to increase legal certainty…

23.10.2024 | In the media

Guest article in the Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht: Update Gesellschafterdarlehen: Risks in M&A transactions

Christian Hensel and Daniel Dörstling have published a new article on the insolvency-proof handling of shareholder loans in the context of M&A transactions in the…

21.10.2024 | KPMG Law Insights

EU deforestation regulation forces companies to act

Anyone who trades in or uses the raw materials soy, oil palm, cattle, coffee, cocoa, rubber and wood and certain products made from them should…

18.10.2024 | Deal Notifications

KPMG Law advises Adiuva Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Advellence Solutions AG and Sharedien AG

KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and KPMG Law Switzerland (KPMG Law) advised the owner-managed investment company Adiuva Capital GmbH (Adiuva) on the due diligence, structuring and…

18.10.2024 | KPMG Law Insights

BAG: Showering can be working time

Can showering be working time? The Federal Labor Court had to decide on this question (BAG, judgment of April 23, 2024 – 5 AZR 212/23

11.10.2024 |

Deforestation regulation: The most common mistakes made by companies

The very name of the regulation is misleading. “Deforestation Ordinance” sounds more like a set of rules for agriculture or forestry. But it…

11.10.2024 | In the media

Guest article in the Asset Management Guide 2024: The Fund Market Strengthening Act – Flexibilization and Debt Fund reloaded

On August 5, 2024, the Federal Ministry of Finance published the draft bill for the Act to Strengthen the German Fund Market and Implement Directive…

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Francois Heynike, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Partner
Head of Technology Law

THE SQUAIRE Am Flughafen
60549 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: +49-69-951195770
fheynike@kpmg-law.com

Kerstin Ohrem

Associate

Münzgasse 2
04107 Leipzig

Tel.: 0341 22572 572
kohrem@kpmg-law.com

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