A Wonderful IR Member Visit – Freitas & Weinberg LLP & Pamir Law Group

“A wonderful visit from Bob Freitas our long time friend and IR co-counsel visiting for a light lunch at the Grand Hotel’s Golden Dragon restaurant w its panoramic views and delicious food. It was a fun time. As you can see, we were eating lightly.” – Nicholas V. Chen (Photo from left to right: Nicholas V. Chen, […]

Nicholas V. ChenPartner, Pamir Law Group

Indication of the “benefical owner” at the Corporate Taxpayer’s Registry (CNPJ) becomes mandatory

Following a global trend of combating tax evasion, foreign currency drain and money laundering, as well as complying with the foreign treaties entered into for such purposes (such as the adherence to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), to the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters and the BEPS – Base Erosion and Profit […]

Brazilian government is narrowing the field to non-declared assets and resources maintained abroad by Brazilian residents

Following a global trend of tax evasion, foreign currency drain and money laundering fighting, as well as complying with the foreign treaties entered into for such purposes, the Brazilian government has enacted this year a pack of rules aiming at combating the crimes referred to herein above. The first rule was published in January of […]

Virtual Currencies in the European Single Market

What are virtual currencies? European Banking Authority (EBA) regards virtual currencies as being a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or a public authority nor necessarily attached to a regular currency, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of payment, and can be transferred, stored […]

Katherine EvansSenior Partner, Mirkwood Evans Vincent

Rail cartel: Bundeskartellamt imposes fine running into millions of euros

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has brought a close to the so-called “Schienenfall” (rail case) and imposed a fine amounting to millions of euros on a rail company for illegal price-fixing agreements. GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and London conclude: In what has been […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte