A client of ours has been mandated to help in the sale of a number of holiday resorts in Slovenia’s highly prestigious Portoroz region. These holiday resorts are owned by one specific group and the sale of the hotels has been demanded by the banks following the signing of Master Restructuring Agreement between them, according […]
Decree-Law 24/2014 transposing into Portuguese internal law Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of October, 25th of 2011 will come into effect on June, 13th of 2014, revoking the previous law on Consumers Protection in Distance Selling Contracts (Decree-Law 143/2001, of April 26th). The new Decree-Law, which was published last February […]
On June 4 Mikhail Aleksandrov, Partner of DS Law.Attorneys, spoke on “Legal risks in asset structuring different jurisdictions in frames of last updates in Russian Legislation” at the conference CIS Wealth Ekaterinburg 2014. Over 200 participants from Russia and 20 other countries took part in CIS Wealth 2014. Among delegates there were senior managers of major […]
In recent years a number of EU countries have introduced schemes that can lead to substantial tax benefits in relation to license/royalty payments deriving from the exploitation of intellectual property rights. These schemes have come to be known as an intellectual property rights box (‘IP box’). Cyprus by way of its IP box offers an […]
Through the years, Cyprus and the Russian Federation have developed very strong ties and cooperation bonds in areas such as economic, political and social. From an economic view the comparative advantages Cyprus has to offer as an International Business Centre combined with the favourable Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) in force between the two countries, […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Guilherme Santos of Gasparini, De Cresci e Nogueira de Lima Advogados. Guilherme has joined IR as our exclusive M&A Member in Brazil. Guilherme Santos is the head of the Corporate and Capital Markets group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Gasparini, De Cresci e […]
On 8 May, Law no. 27/2014 was published, undertaking a new amendment to the Portuguese Labor Code by setting new rules for job elimination redundancies. Pursuant to this new Law, when there are a number of positions with identical functional contents, the employer must follow a particular hierarchy of criteria, defined by the Law as […]
We are pleased to announce that PEKKA VALO, LL.M. (Turku), Trained at Bench, LL.M. (Exeter), Solicitor (England & Wales) has joined Kauttu & Coas a Special Counsel. Pekka Valo has wide experience in business law bothin Finland and England where has worked several years as Solicitor and In-house lawyer. Mr. Valo is specialised in International Contract […]
Traditionally a means of protecting family wealth through the generations, trusts have perhaps in recent times become more familiar as vehicles for tax planning and asset protection because of their adaptability and convenience in effecting complicated forms of settlement. Today trusts are mainly used for wealth management and asset protection. Trusts can be established in […]
Cyprus’ strategic geographical location, situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea at the hub of three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, has been a major factor in shaping its history throughout the centuries and, in recent years, its development into an international business center. Cyprus is nowadays considered one of the most attractive tax planning jurisdictions […]
A multitude of tax and non-tax factors are taken into consideration for a jurisdiction to be regarded as an attractive location in which to set up a holding company taking always into account the particular circumstances of the investor. The underlying factor though remains the same – to minimise the tax charged on income and […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Paul Bavelaar of Bavelaar Attorneys. Paul has joined IR as our exclusive M&A Member in the Netherlands. Paul Bavelaar, LL.B., LL.M., LL.M (Kiel), Ph.D., has read law at the Univeristy of Amsterdam where he had graduated with honors. In 1993, he […]