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The ECJ’s Inspire Art decision has boosted the UK Ltd’s popularity as a vehicle to do business in Germany. In response a new bill entered into force in November 2008 inter alia reducing the financial and bureaucratic burdens for incorporating a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung – GmbH) under German law.

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