On November 26, 2015, Germany’s new law combatting commercial corruption came into force. The law amends the provision on commercial bribery in the German Criminal Code.
In a recently published decision of April 22, 2015 (file no 5/12 Qs 1/15), the district court in Frankfurt am Main ruled that bribing the managing director of a limited liability company is not a criminal offense under Section 299 German Criminal Code, if the managing director is also the…