Business Continuity in the COVID Crisis

March 31, 2020

This complimentary webinar was presented by our Head of Commercial Advice, Rebecca Hegarty, Head of Property, Andrew Grima, and Tax Team Leader, Dung Lam on 31 March 2020.

They provided the webinar attendees with the legal framework to address the business continuity issues and concerns organisations are facing as the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve.

This seminar covered the following topics:

Economic stimulus measures
Cntracts – variations, terminations, amendments, Force Majeure rights
Supply chain issues
Implications on the property market
Important changes to tenancy regulation

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