Smart contracts certainly provide a quasi-real time audible record of information that is simultaneously updated and distributed among participants. Businesses using and trusting records that are stored on shared ledgers must consider the legal basis for these records. Users of these records will need to be assured of their reliability as an authoritative source of […]
The Luxembourg regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has adopted the view that ‘virtual’ currencies can be considered to be money, since they are accepted as a means of payment for goods and services by a sufficiently large group of people. Despite this, they are not legal tender in Luxembourg and would […]
What are the legal implications of this in your opinion and have you dealt with any smart contracts? It is currently a question among Luxembourg scholars whether smart contracts are, or are not, true contracts. The majority of authors believe that smart contracts constitute a way to execute contracts, rather than the actual conclusion of […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Roberto Mendes Londral of Mendes Londral & Associados. Roberto has joined IR as our exclusive Tax (Law) member in Portugal. Roberto initiated his career as a tax auditor and tax consultant at Deloitte (Lisbon), in 2003. Three years later, Roberto joined the […]
Roberto Mendes Londral was recognized by the American “Best Lawyers” directory in the Corporate area, on 12.12.2017. This American ranking distinguishes annually the Lawyers having greater appreciation among their peers, in diverse areas of practice. Above all, this distinction is the recognition of the hard work and full dedication of the entire team of ML&A […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Diego A. Embon of Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados. Diego has joined IR as our exclusive Tax (Law) member in Argentina. Diego recently joined Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados and is in charge of the tax law department. He renders advice on […]
In this post, we are going to analyze how cooperatives work and its relationship with new corporate forms. Therefore, we will review its main values and the way in which it operates. At the same time, we will focus on how this corporate figure fits perfectly into the business system of the XXI century. Thus, […]
Corporate Governance and directors’ liabilities are a key subject in board agendas. As legal counsel to many Luxembourg regulated and non-regulated companies, we continuously ensure that these subjects are appropriately addressed and documented in the minutes of board meetings. We also often attend board meetings, or advise Chairmen or General Counsel, to ensure that board […]
The widespread use of the Internet has not only come to the daily life of people and is the same for the business world, where it has been necessary to incorporate corporate websites as one of the main pillars of the relationship between the company and their partners and third parties. In first place, the […]
As you may be aware, the government has embarked on a series of reforms with a view to simplifying, clarifying and tightening the tax treatment of termination payments to employees. From Friday 6 April 2018 inclusive all payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) will be treated as earnings. This means that all PILONs will be […]
Please view our new legal watch (link HERE) The Legal watch includes the topics below: – ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT FUNDS– CAPITAL MARKETS– BANKING AND FINANCE– TAX– CORPORATE– DATA PROTECTION
Please view our new legal watch (link HERE) The Legal watch includes the topics below: – ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT FUNDS– CAPITAL MARKETS– BANKING AND FINANCE– TAX– CORPORATE– DATA PROTECTION
