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David Vardanyan is awarded the Jorge Mañá Award 2025!
The WLN Board are delighted to announce the second winner of the Jorge Mañá Award 2025! Congratulations to David Vardanyan (Mikinski and Partners Law Office, Sofia). The winner’s grant will support David in spending time with fellow WLN member firm Bufete Mañá-Krier-Elvira in Barcelona. We thank all applicants for their time and efforts and encourage those unsuccessful […]
WLN Restructuring Focus Group Launch!
We recently announced the launch of the WLN Restructuring Law Focus Group with a brilliant kick-off meeting. As with all our focus groups, the opportunity to meet with fellow lawyers to share experience and legal updates will be invaluable, in addition to building connections with members in different jurisdictions. Sebastiaan Meeuwens (Legalis advocaten) is the […]
NL: More security for flex workers: what does the new bill mean?
On 19 May 2025, the Bill on More Security for Flex Workers (Wetsvoorstel meer zekerheid voor flexwerkers) was submitted to the House of Representatives by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. The aim of the bill is to offer flexible workers, such as employees with a fixed-term employment contract and on-call and temporary workers, more […]
NL: Bill on the implementation of the Wage Transparency Directive for men and women
On 7 June 2023, the European Wage Transparency Directive entered into force. Member States of the European Union, including the Netherlands, must implement this directive in their own legislation. The intention is to regulate this implementation by means of the bill ‘Implementation of the Wage Transparency Directive for Men and Women’. Content of the bill […]
WLN Litigation & Arbitration Focus Group
Today the WLN Litigation & Arbitration Focus Group met to conclude current discussions about bankruptcy proceedings in our jurisdictions. It addressed whether there are any special debts for which the director of a company can be held accountable more easily. Many thanks to Gloria Vinyals for chairing the meeting and to John Kenneally, Kevin Harrison, Sebastiaan Meeuwens and Ashley […]
Italy: bureau Plattner with Zweegers Equipment for the acquisition of the majority stake of Busato Macchine Agricole S.r.l.
Zweegers Equipment has acquired the majority stake in Busato Macchine Agricole S.r.l., a leading dealer of agricultural machinery in Veneto. This acquisition represents a strategic step for the Dutch Zweegers Equipment group to expand and strengthen its presence in Europe, enhancing its ability to provide state-of-the-art agronomic solutions to farms in Italy. An integrated team […]
Jorge Mañá Award Winner, Shivani Sinha, shares her experience working at Paoletti Legal Consultants
“Enriching and valuable.” This is how Shivani Sinha, winner of the Jorge Mañá Award 2024, described her experience working with WLN member firm Paoletti Legal Consultants in Dubai last year. Read on to find out why the Award is so special to our network and supports young lawyers across the world: “I want to take a […]
Aleksandra Olbratowska is awarded the Jorge Mañá Award 2025!
The WLN Board are delighted to announce the first winner of the Jorge Mañá Award 2025! Congratulations to Aleksandra Olbratowska (Gorazda, Świstuń, Wątroba i Partnerzy adwokaci i radcowie prawni, Krakow). The winner’s grant will support Aleksandra in spending time with fellow WLN member firm bureau Plattner. The WLN Board members all send Aleksandra our warm […]
UK: Update: Extension of Time Limits for Employment Tribunal Claims
The time limit for bringing most employment tribunal claims has been extended from 3 months to 6 months. We do not expect this change to come in until 2026, but this is yet to be confirmed. This significant change will have a major impact on both employers and employees. What does this mean? Why settlement […]