IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Carlos García Rubio of FICUS CAPITAL – ARG. Carlos has joined IR as our exclusive Investment Funds member in Argentina Carlos García Rubio, President of Ficus Capital Argentina SA, is an M&A specialist, whose activity is focused primarily in mass media, content, […]
Javier Canosa participated in an International Bar Association sponsored (IBA) training programme to prepare Cuba’s lawyers for a new era of legal practice. Designed in conjunction with Cuba’s National Organization of Collective Law Offices (ONBC), the programme will address the urgent need to fill the knowledge gap of Cuban lawyers unfamiliar with the workings of commercial […]
On January 1, 2015, Law No. 5493 entered into force, introducing amendments to the Tax Code of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (“TC”) concerning the Stamp Tax. The amendments to the TC regarding the Stamp Tax included – until December 31, 2015 – the following: “The acts, contracts and transactions carried out by correspondence […]
On September 7th, 2015, the Federal Court in and for the City of Mar del Plata ruled in favor of the merger between business entities owned by the same economic group. Such decision was based on Law No. 20,628 about income tax (the “income tax law”), its regulatory decree, and precedents from the Argentine Supreme […]
On August 1, 2015, the Civil and Commercial Code (hereinafter “CCC”) entered into force, introducing specific legal regulation on the franchise contract from Sections 1512 to 1524. The CCC provides a legal definition of the franchise contract establishing that it is performed when one party – the franchisor – grants another party – the franchisee […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Jorge Octavio Cappellini, a main partner of Cappellini & Asociados. Cappellini & Asociados has joined IR as our exclusive Commercial Litigation & Insolvency Member in Argentina. Cappellini & Asociados is a team of lawyers that combines professionalism, expertise and technical capacity […]
October 14, 2015 – MIAMI, Fla. – Global U.S. law firm Diaz, Reus & Targ LLP announces a newly formed strategic alliance with Australian firm Holman Webb Lawyers to further strengthen its capabilities in the Asia Pacific region and to more effectively serve its well-established U.S. and Latin American client base seeking business opportunities in […]
On August 28, 2015, Division “F” of the National Court of Appeals in Civil Matters (the “Court”) hold that, pursuant to Section 765 of the Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”), foreign currency obligations in Argentina do not involve public order rules. As set forth in Section 766 of the CCC, the parties may agree to […]
On September 23, 2015, the Argentine Congress passed a draft (the “Draft”) which amends Law No. 26,190, governing the National Promotion Regime of Power Generation from Renewable Sources (“Law of Renewable Energy”). The Law of Renewable Energy, enacted in December, 2006, declared the power generation from renewable sources to be of national interest, both for […]
On September 12, 2014, the General Resolution of the Tax Authorities No. 3674/2014 (the “Resolution”)was published on the Official Gazette, regulating the form and term for an income tax of ten per cent (10%) on the distribution of dividends and/or profits. The Resolution provides that when incomebeneficiaries are taxable in the country, the deductions made […]
On January 9, 2015 was published on the Official Gazette Law No. 27.073 (the “Act”), which establishes new regulations on the payment of the second half of the employee’s Supplementary Annual Salary (“SAS”), which is ruled by Section 122 of the Labour Contract Law (” LCL”). Before the amendment, Section 122 LCL stated that the […]
On March 11, 2015, the Tax Authorities (hereinafter “AFIP”) issued General Resolution No. 3749/2015 (“GR”) which obliges contributors registered in the Value-Added Tax (“VAT”) to apply the electronic invoices’ system to support operations within the framework of the internal market, having to comply since July 1st of this year. In order to intensify the use […]