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, […]
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 […]
The OECD has reached on February 20th 2015 a consensus on the underlying principles of the nexus approach applicable to Intellectual Property tax regimes. The Luxembourg Ministry of Finance consequently announced on February 26th 2015 that the current Luxembourg IP Income Tax Regime (“IP Box”) will be amended to fall in line with this new […]
“The Council adopted on 20 April 2015 a regulation aimed at increasing the pool of capital available for long-term investment in the EU economy by creating a new form of fund vehicle. European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), by virtue of the asset classes that they will be allowed to invest in, are expected to provide investors with […]
A new light shines on the Soparfi (Luxembourg holding), following the agreement adopted by the Council of the European Union on January 27th, 2015 amending the Parent-Subsidiary Directive and introducing an anti-abuse measure. The amendment to the Directive has yet to be transposed into national law by all EU member-States and should come into force […]
Hance Law is a law firm specialized in the creation, management, and domiciliation of companies, mergers & acquisitions, as well as financing operations (SIF – SICAV – securitization – venture capitalism), and offers Family Office services.Present in many countries and based in Luxembourg, Hance Law’s values can be summed up in three words: Attention, Professionalism, […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union struck hard at the beginning of the year.The international jurisdiction ruled that France cannot collect social levies on foreign-source capital income from cross-border workers. The regulations regarding the generalized social contribution (CSG) or the social debt repayment contribution (CRDS) have admittedly rolled through several twists and turns […]
In January 2015, a Conference wholly dedicated to Fintech companies was held in Luxembourg. The term “Fintech”, a contraction of “Financial” and “Technology”, has long aroused concern and distrust from Luxembourg financial players. However, the Luxembourg market has now been made aware of the undeniable importance of these start-ups specialized in financial technology, which have already […]
The simplified private limited liability company In order to promote entrepreneurship and stimulate growth, the Luxembourg Government has introduced the draft law dated 2 February 2015 for the purpose of creating a new type of private limited liability company (“Société à responsabilité limitée simplifiée” or “S.à r.l.-S”) that can be incorporated pursuant to a private […]
DEFINITION A Luxembourg Commercial Company is any company that performs a commercial, craft or industrial activity in the territory of Luxembourg. In order to be able to perform the stated activities such company has to obtain a business permit (autorisation d’établissement or autorisation de commerce). OBJECTIVE, PURPOSE Luxembourg Commercial Company performs a commercial, craft or […]
The main legislation governing operation of funds is the UCITS Law from 1988. The first part of the stated law regulates UCITS compliant funds. UCITS compliant funds are open-ended and compliant with the legislative requirements on eligibility of assets, spreading of risks, prohibition of short selling and leveraging, implementation of a risk management process. They […]
So here’s an idea. Let me know what you think: A hedge fund or other investment vehicle centered on antitrust analysis. I’ll explain. As you might know, I am an antitrust attorney. And I write a blog on antitrust and competition law. So, as you may expect, I follow antitrust developments somewhat obsessively at times. As a […]
