How do you determine the existence of an autonomous economic entity, triggering the automatic transfer of the employment contracts, in the context of a market takeover? ...

Ghenwa Bou Melhem and Mohamed Elhouseny present a challenge faced by a telecommunication subscriber in the UAE, following a breach of contract and interruption of its services. ...

Read the analysis of César Solis, on the latest case law about this topic in the September 12, 2023 issue of French employment law leading magazine Jurisprudence Sociale Lamy. ...

Steering Legal desk presents a summer training session ...

"Health & Safety: what are the keys to a successful in-house investigation? ...

Ghenwa Bou Melhem et Mohamed Elhouseny present the entitlement to commissions in the UAE in a case study. 20230614 Dubai desk

Stéphanie Berland figures out the decision of the French Competition Authority (ADLC) concerning the interim measures pronounced against Meta, of 4 May 2023, in Option Droit & Affaires. ...

Ghenwa Bou Melhem et Mohamed Elhouseny present the annulment of arbitral awards in case of contract’s comprisal of leonine clause. ...

Walter Monteiro presents the main agreement reached on the climate issue following President Lula's visit to the United Arab Emirates. ...

What was the impact of the suppression of the Health and Safety Committee (« CHSCT ») in France? ...

Ghenwa Bou Melhem and Mohamed Elhouseny present The Rescission of Contract in Case of Material Breach of Performance in a case study: ...

A global debate inspired by European regulation ...

Ghenwa Bou Melhem and Mohamed Elhouseny present a case study which established a legal principle: Impact of conflict of interest on Arbitral Awards ...

Limits to the Principle of Privity of Contract: Extension of Arbitration Agreement to separate contracts and to non-signatories   Ghenwa BOU MELHEM & Mohamed El-Houseny from Steering Legal Dubai, present a case study which established a legal principle.   Steering Legal Dubai - Limits to the Principle of Privity of Contract

Is the sudden case dismissal a fair outcome for a claimant’s partial settlement of judicial fees?   Ghenwa Bou Melhem & Mohamed El-Houseny from Steering Legal Dubai, present a case study which established a legal principle. ...

Our Employment Team analyzes the latest position of the French Administration (« Urssaf ») on the adjustment of the value-share bonus (« PPV ») according to seniority. Read the interview of César Solis in French employment law magazine Liaisons Sociales from January 9, 2023. Liaisons Sociales Quotidien 9 janvier 2023  

  Mohamed El-Houseny, Guillaume de Rocquigny and Ghenwa Bou Melhem present the limits to party autonomy in arbitration: non-arbitrability of public policy matters, in a case study.  ...

Our Employment Team is pleased to contribute to the latest issue of Liaisons Sociales Quotidien from December 26, 2022 about the new mechanism of presumption of resignation. This contribution, along with other colleagues and RH professionals, can be read on pages 3-4 of Liaisons Sociales Quotidien from December 26, 2022. liaisons sociales 26 decembre

New philosophy Brazil has profoundly changed the conditions for granting residence visas with its new immigration law, Law 13445, of May 24, 2017. This law replaces a 1980 law, with a very different philosophy. Until 2017, the principles that guided immigration regulations were those of national security. The philosophy of the 2017 law is that of humanitarian principles. Thus, concretely, since 2017 the regulations facilitate the obtaining of the residence visa in Brazil. In the first place, new grounds for granting visas have been created, such as the visa through the acquisition of real estate; and the Digital Nomad visa.[...]

The second part of the European digital space reform project is coming to an end: the EU Regulation 2022/2065 or Digital Services Act (DSA) entered into force on November 16, 2022. All the details in the article below. 2022 12 08_Digital Services Act_Steering Legal en-US

Ghenwa Bou Melhem, LLM and Mohamed Elhouseny, from Steering Dubai (United Arab Emirates), provide an insight about oath-taking formalities for witnesses in UAE arbitration cases. 20221125 Steering Legal - Case Study

The European digital space reform project is coming to an end: the #Digital Markets Act (#DMA) is set to enter into force on May 2, 2023. It is an ambitious legislation that aims to ensure more fairness in the competition of the digital sector, by setting up ex ante rules against the major "gatekeepers" of the online platform market. All the details in the article below. 20221104_Digital Markets Act_Steering Legal en-US

Gwenaëlle Artur and César Solis comment on the decree n°2022-1284 regarding the procedures for the collection and processing of whistleblowers' reports introduced by law n° 2022-401 of March 21, 2022 aiming at improving the protection of whistleblowers, which has been published in the French Journal Officiel (JO) on October 3rd, 2022, and comes into force today, October 4, 2022. In particular, this decree sets out : The deadlines applicable within the framework of the internal whistleblowing procedure (including acknowledgement of receipt of the alert and information to the author of the alert on the measures proposed or taken to assess the[...]

One Award, Two Precedents of Cassation of Dubai ...

On May 5, 2022, the French Data protection authority CNIL issued a formal notice to 22 municipalities for not having designated a Data Protection Officer (DPO). However, this obligation provided for by Article 37 of the GDPR applies to any public body implementing personal data processing. Stéphanie Berland, partner in charge of the IP / IT / Data practice, reviewed the issues related to the implementation of this specific provision for Options Droit & Affaires.

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Find their analysis of the whistleblower protection system, supplemented by the new law of March 21, 2022, from the point of view of social law. 25 04 2022 STEERING Whistleblowers

Sharing the same technology - full peer-to-peer - and the same philosophy - freedom of expression through the communication secrety - France en Ligne and Twinlife have decided to come together in order to create the first global European messaging system. The merger now includes 15 million users worldwide with a new user every 10 seconds. Steering Legal assisted Skred, with Nuno de Ayala Boaventura, Partner, and Agathe Martin in corporate.

Read their perspective on recent French case-law regarding whistleblowers, consultation of employee representatives, telework and working duration in days. ...

Here our local team from Steering Legal in UAE comments on the potential consequences of a Court of Cassation judgment appearing to against a well-established legal and judicial principle, by which the rulings from the Court of Cassation are considered final, binding, and superior to the considerations of public ...

Here our local team from Steering Legal in UAE comments on a recent case concerning the withdrawal of a confirmed offer letter. ...

Why has the CNIL condemned Amazon and Google? On December 7, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority CNIL sanctioned Amazon and companies Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited for violation of Article 82 of the law No78-17 of January 6, 1978 amended so-called "Informatique et Libertés" Act. This condemnation follows several online controls carried out by the CNIL, during which the Authority found that advertising cookies are deposited on the computers of Internet users when they consult google.fr and amazon.fr websites without prior consent and without satisfactory information. Cookies are deposited as soon as web users arrive on the websites,[...]

On June 4th, 2021, the European Commission published new standard clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries. What are the consequences on your contracts involving data transfer outside the European Union? ...

Should teleworking by 100% be implemented ? Gwenaëlle Artur, partner in charge of the Social Department, and César Solis, lawyer, have clarified the current situation of teleworking in France and its practical application. Discover the newsletter about teleworking

The Court of Cassation provides unprecedented clarification on this subject. Discover the newsletter regarding the proof of moral harassment.

Here our local team from Steering Legal in UAE comments on the last Dubai Court of Cassation ruling. Check out the article to find out more

The Steering Legal has represented Dubai Developments, owner of the iconic Dubai hotels Al Murooj and Al Bustan, in the negotiation of the Hotel Management Agreements relating to the takeover by AccorHotels of the operation of the two hotels under Swissotel & Swissotel Living and Movenpick brands respectively. Part of the multi-purpose luxury Al Murooj Complex, comprising residential towers of 400 luxury apartments & penthouses and a state-of-the-art leisure centre, the Swissotel & Swissotel Living Al Murooj is one of the Dubai’s finest City Lifestyle Resort set in the heart of Downtown Dubai, opposite Dubai Mall, DIFC and Burj Khalifa.[...]

The Steering Legal has advised Action Hotels Company in the conversion from a management model to a franchise one and negotiating the franchise agreements for its portfolio of 9 operating hotels, representing 1,603 key-rooms under AccorHotels brands across the Middle East (Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE Dubai & Sharjah, Oman and Jordan). Action Hotels Company is a Dubai based company, leading owner, developer and asset manager of branded three- and four-star hotels in the Middle East and Australia, and currently operating fourteen hotels providing a total of around 2,500 rooms. Action Hotels Company is the hospitality subsidiary of Kuwaiti group Action Group[...]

In the article published on July 11, 2019 in L'USINE NOUVELLE, Alice Bellilchi, partner Steering Legal Marseille, reviews the major changes brought by the PACTE law in company law : obligation to appoint a statutory auditor, simplified audit, facilitated current account advances, extended inter-company loans, consideration by companies of social and environmental issues, creation of a sustainability fund, measures to make company operations more flexible (annual accounts, BSPCE, free shares, preference shares ...) before concluding : Often described as a "catch-all" law, the Pacte law has the merit of not adding new obligations to companies and of trying to make[...]

Nuno de Ayala Boaventura was interviewed by Arnaud Dumourier, for Le Monde du droit about the opening, by Steering Legal, of three new offices in Brazil. Read More

Steering Legal will be partner of the next Paris Arbitration Week, to be held from 9 to 13 April 2018 in Paris. Find the program here. For more information, click here.  

On January 1st 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with all the countries in the GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC), will introduce value-added tax (VAT) at a rate of 5%. This VAT will apply, except in the case of exceptions, to all local and imported goods and services. Our office in Dubai will specify the content and the methods for implementing these new regulations, which mark a profound turning point for the region. See more here

The Steering Legal law firm has been recognised by Décideurs magazine for its expertise in the following Leaders League rankings: Wealth management 2016 Rankings of the best law firms in France - Regularisation & Litigation – Wealth taxation Category "Indispensable" Laurent Moury | Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux | Florian Guais Wealth management 2016 Rankings of the best law firms in France – Wealth taxation Category "Excellent" Laurent Moury | Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux Mergers & Acquisitions 2015-2016 Rankings of the best law firms in France – Transaction taxation Category "Strong reputation" Laurent Moury | Florian Guais Corporate taxation 2015-2016 Rankings of the best law[...]

Steering (Florian Guais, Olivier Guinard, Adrien Matillon) advised the transferors on the change of ownership of Anjou Volailles via an MBI. See the press release here

Frédéric Raimbault, a Steering Partner in Angers, was interviewed for the article in the Courrier de l'Ouest: Quand le voisinage rejette les promoteurs. See the article here Source: Courrier de l'Ouest - 22nd June 2016

The Steering law firm was recognised in the 2015/2016 Leaders League rankings in the magazine Décideurs for its expertise in the five following rankings: 2016 Ranking - Wealth management Category "Excellent" - Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux et Laurent Moury 2015/2016 Ranking - Mergers & Acquisitions Category "Strong reputation" - Laurent Moury et Florian Guais 2015/2016 Ranking - Corporate taxation Category "Strong reputation" - Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux, Laurent Moury et Florian Guais 2015 Ranking - Litigation & Arbitration Category "Outstanding practice" - Mathias Audit et Sébastien Fleury 2015 Ranking - Mergers & Acquisitions Category "High quality practice" - Florian Guais et Olivier Guinard

Florian Guais, a Steering Partner in Dubai, answered the questions of Leaders League, in his article Dubai truly acts as an assembly point to Africa. See the article here Source: Leaders League - 2015 International report and Directory series