Provisions to Poland-U.A.E. Tax Treaty Take Effect

Provisions to Poland-U.A.E. Tax Treaty Take Effect The new protocol to the 1993 Poland-United Arab Emirates tax treaty, which was signed in Abu Dhabi on December 11, 2013, and entered into force on May 1, 2015, became effective on January 1. The new protocol introduces significant changes to the decades-old treaty. (Arabic protocol text ; Polish text; Arabic treaty text ; […]

ABC 7 Eyewitness News

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Pichard & Associés joins IR as the exclusive Tax(Law) Member in France.

IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Benoît Couty of Pichard & Associés . Benoît has joined IR as our exclusive Tax(Law) Member in France. Benoît Couty advises on the tax aspects of mergers & acquisitions, international group mergers, LBOs and share capital reorganisations. He also has considerable expertise […]

Benoît CoutyPartner, Pichard & Associés

Transposition of Directive Brings About Changes in the Accounting Regime

Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (the “Directive”), which was published in the EU Official Journal on June 29th 2013, repealed the fourth and seventh accounting directives dealing with the preparation of separate and consolidated accounts. Legal Notice 289 of 2015, under the name of ‘Accountancy Profession (General Accounting Principles for […]

Dr Jonathan De GiovanniPartner | Legal and International Tax, WDM International

Evolution of Interim Measures as an Example of the Judicialisation of 21st Century International Commercial Arbitration.

1. Introduction As Prof. Jerzy Rajski mentioned in his summary of the Diagnosis of Arbitration conference held in Warsaw in 2014, ‘[a]rbitration has developed. In recent years, we have been witnessing a dynamic development of arbitration, and this has to have an impact on regulations. This development dynamic has certain properties which are intrinsic to, […]

Representations and Warranties in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

Representations and warranties originated in the common law system, but are now used widely in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions generally. While their underlying purpose, wherever they are used, is to protect the fair exchange of goods between the parties, they may be perceived and regulated differently, dependingon local practices and applicable law. This article […]