International Standards on Auditing

The Firm BP&A has recently published a book containing the official auditing standards to be applied on audits of financial statements starting from 1 January 2015. The publication contains extensive comments and practical application guidance.  Paola D’Angelo is co-author of the book   International Standards on Auditing

Avvocati Associati Franzosi Dal Negro Setti joins IR Global as the exclusive Employment Law (Corporate) Member in Italy

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Piercarlo Antonelli of Avvocati Associati Franzosi Dal Negro Setti. Piercarlo has joined IR as our exclusive Employment Law (Corporate) Member in Italy. Piercarlo Antonelli is head of the labor law and industrial relations department and partner at Avvocati Associati Franzosi Dal Negro Setti. His […]

International accounting standards convergence process: IAS/IFRS – US GAAPs

During the event, that will take place on 9th December 2015 at the seat of the Italian Stock Exchange (Milano), we will be focusing on the harmonization process between the two major accounting standard sets: IAS/IFRS and US GAAPs. The event, jointly organized by BP&A and the Univesity of Urbino, will focus on the progresses […]

Dr. Pierino PostacchiniChartered Accountant, Auditor, BP&A, Finance and Business consulting

Geo-Blocking of Copyrighted Material Across the EU

The free movement of goods and people across the EU does not apply to the purchase of television programmes, films or music. Unsurprisingly, TV broadcasters and film distributors are opposed to removing geo-blocking techniques, which prevent their services from being used on a cross border basis. However, a resolution adopted by the European parliament on […]

Katherine EvansSenior Partner, Mirkwood Evans Vincent

EU vs UK Intellectual Property Rights – Unauthorized use of Photographs on Website

The case of Absolute Lofts South West London Limited v Artisan Home Improvements Limited and another (2015) EWHC 2608(IPEC) is an Intellectual Property Enterprise Court case, where the judge was asked to determine the damages for use of over twenty photographs on the website of a home improvement services company, in circumstances where the photographer’s […]

Katherine EvansSenior Partner, Mirkwood Evans Vincent

Finance and University: save the date (10th November 2015)

In order to promote interactive education and bring practical examples on the complex financial daily activities, BP&A and IMI Bank will be holding a special event at the University of Urbino to discuss the most recent and interesting aspects of listing process (IPOs) and bond issuing, with focus on the legislative domestic developments. Classes will […]

Dr. Pierino PostacchiniChartered Accountant, Auditor, BP&A, Finance and Business consulting

The 2014 LCIA Rules: A Brief Analysis Of The 2014 London Court Of International Arbitration Rules

19.10.2015 – LCIA adopted new Arbitration Rules for all the proceedings starting from 1st October 2014 which provide significant changes mainly in respect of (1) the law governing the arbitration agreement, (2) the proceedings itself (3) the conduct required to legal representatives and (4) the appointment of emergency arbitrators (as part of the emergency procedures […]

BP&A: Finance for Small and Medium Entities

BP&A, proud Partner of the London Stock Exchange Group, is very active on cross-border financial transactions (mergers, acquisition, listing projects, bond issuing, private equity operations). We operate with a broad network of international key financial players (investment funds, private equity and venture capital companies) with specific focus on small and medium sized companies. Today, alternative […]

Dr. Pierino PostacchiniChartered Accountant, Auditor, BP&A, Finance and Business consulting

Copyright issues on social media

According to a June 1 decision by the Court of Rome, the uploading of photos on one’s own Facebook wall using the ‘public’ setting does not amount to granting a copyright licence to third parties. Therefore, whoever downloads photos marked ‘public’ from a Facebook wall and uses them without authorisation infringes copyright and may be […]

Bacciardi and Partners joins IR as the exclusive Foreign Investment member in Italy.

International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Lorenzo Bacciardi of Bacciardi and Partners. Lorenzo has joined IR as our exclusive Foreign Investment member in Italy. Handle various cross-border M&A, joint venture and real estate transactions as well as assist with international assignment of employees, international tax planning and company […]

Lorenzo BacciardiPartner, Bacciardi and Partners