A number of recent high profile cases have highlighted the importance of whistleblowing in the workplace and the need to encourage employees to raise concerns about wrongdoing. These include:
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Dusseldorf, 31 May 2013. Linklaters has advised Douglas Holding AG in relation to the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders by way of assignment to Beauty Holding Two GmbH. The majority interest in Beauty Holding Two GmbH is owned by the financial investor Advent International. Linklaters also supported Douglas at its Annual General Meeting where the assignment resolution was passed. The AGM approved the squeeze-out on 28 May 2013 with a 99.9375% majority. Upon entry of the resolution in the commercial register, almost 50 years of Douglas Holding AG’s listing on the stock exchange will come to an end.
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