Brexit means the end of free movement of persons between the EU and the UK. This change will affect companies in the EU and the UK that depend on workers who are UK and EU citizens respectively. This note discusses the rules on free movement of persons before and after Brexit and offers guidance to companies and other parties in this regard.

The outbreak of Covid-19 continues to have a material negative effect on a large number of companies and their businesses on the Swedish labour market and it has also led to considerable fluctuations on the financial markets. Because of these negative effects, businesses may need to proceed with redundancies if proper cost saving options are not implemented. We have summarised a couple of options that employers may want to consider.

Existing and future commercial contracts that include some form of EU-UK cross-border transaction risk being affected by Brexit. This note discusses some of the issues Brexit may give rise to in this regard and offers guidance to companies and other parties.

Sanctions imposed by OFAC have a global reach and therefore also an impact on any company involved in international trade. The legal basis can sometimes be questioned, but in practice there is no option but to abide, since a breach can cause very high fines. Companies are therefore well advised to implement compliance programmes taking into consideration sanctions imposed by OFAC.

We started to see signs of a decrease in M&A activity during Q4 2019 and following a relatively sluggish start to 2020, Covid-19 has had a significant impact on M&A activity in Sweden. In this note we address some of the key observations.

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease has had a significant impact on people and businesses. The situation has also raised questions about the possibility of physical attendance at upcoming AGMs. Due to new temporary legislation and new instructions regarding the interpretation of the Swedish Corporate Governance Code, as well as the authorities’ updated recommendations, Vinge publishes this update regarding companies' alternatives for the upcoming AGMs.