On June 16, 2014 the Supreme Court of the United States (hereafter the “Supreme Court”) issued its decision on the two court cases ongoing between Argentina and the so-called “holdouts”, since it rejected the writ of certiorari filed by the Latin American state to review second judgment issued by the Court of Appeals for the […]
In May 2014 the National Registry of Rural Lands (hereinafter “NRRL”) published a list of forty-nine (49) municipalities across the country that exceed the maximum domain of national rural land by foreign owners. Accordingly, foreign legal entities and individuals will not be allowed to acquire rural lands in these sectors. The legislation that rules national […]
On September 12, 2014 Argentine Law No. 26.98 was published in the Official Gazette. This Law was referred to as “Sovereign Payment and Public Debt Restructuring Law” (the “Law”), which was proposed by the Executive Power in order to attempt to regularize certain payments to bondholders whose restructured debt was prevented by a US Justice […]
On September 16 2013, the Decree No. 1315/2013 (the “Decree”) was published in the Official Gazette. The Decree regulates Law No. 25,922 of Promotion of Software, nowadays in force with the amendments introduced by Law No. 26,692 (the “Software Law”). One of the first provisions set by the Decree is the creation of a Regime […]
STEP LatAm Conference; Where Common Law and Civil Law Converge: Combining Knowledge – Improving Planning The STEP Latin American Conference will take place in Mexico City, Mexico, September 4 – 5, 2014 at The St Regis Hotel. The Conference has three primary objectives:– To support the international practitioner who works with Latin American clients to […]
On December 19 2013, the Tax Authorities issued the General Resolution No. 3572 (the “Resolution”). The Resolution sets forth the creation of a Registry of Related Parties (the “Registry”), in which the following information must be provided to the tax authorities: taxpayers and/or those responsible resident in Argentina whose earnings are of the third rate, […]
Javier Canosa contributed with an article in the last edition – February / March – of Alternative Emerging Investor. Click here to access the article. Canosa Abogados
Javier Canosa contributed with comments on an article published by Thomson Reuters, for the March 2014 edition of the magazine International Financial Review Latin America. Click the link below to read the full article.
On June 3, 2013 the law that created a New Voluntary Disclosure Program (“New Voluntary Disclosure Program”) and the creation of three new financial instruments designed to funnel the assets disclosed under the New Voluntary Disclosure Program was enacted. We believe the initiative is positive. 1. Voluntary Disclosure Program. We will develop firstly the New […]
Saying that Latin America has a vas growth potential is an understatement these days. Latin America offers vast extensions of land; fairly unpopulated, with young educated people, good weather conditions and vast natural resources. This region has been promising since the early twenty first century, when WWI was devastating Europe. The first subsidiary factory of […]
It seems that there will be plenty of news from Argentina in 2014. The legal environment is defined by the needs of the economy for dollars and the necessary break to the inflation fever that has outburst recently in Argentina. These few weeks have proven to be very vertiginous. To give an example, the unofficial […]
Javier Canosa wrote an article for Alternative Emerging Investor Magazine Published on: 03/12/2013 Javier Canosa contributed with an article in the last edition – December/ January – of Alternative Latin Investor Magazine, called Recent Trends in Bilateral Investment Treaties. Click here to access the article Haga click aquí para acceder al artículo -sólo disponible […]