In July, a law was passed introducing deep structural reforms to the Argentinian economy, including the introduction of the Incentive Framework for Large Investments (RIGI, by its Spanish acronym) which provides tax, foreign exchange and custom duties benefits to companies planning to import and invest a minimum of US$200m in Argentina.
Released on Dec 10, 2024
Following the Labour Party’s election victory on 4 July 2024, the direction of the new government’s immigration policy has prompted cautious optimism among immigration law practitioners.
Released on Dec 10, 2024
This article considers the financing of mandatory criminal defence in Hungary, including recent attempts to solve the issue.
Released on Dec 10, 2024
Brazil enacted its first general data protection law, locally known as the LGPD, in August 2018, and it became effective on 18 September 2020. Similar to several data protection laws around the world, and largely inspired by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the LGPD sets forth requirements for the processing of personal data.
Released on Dec 10, 2024
In November 2020, the European Union (EU) Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers was adopted. The EU Directive will be implemented in Austria through two legislative acts. On the one hand, a Federal Act on Qualified Entities for Collective Redress will be enacted, and on the other hand, the Code of Civil Procedure will be amended by adding a fifth section on collective redress.
Released on Dec 10, 2024
Taxes in Brazil have never been easy, and they are likely to become even more complicated in the years to come, even if, in the long term, they are for a potentially positive outcome.
Released on Jun 11, 2024
Transfer pricing, in very basic terms, refers to stock transfers between multinational companies or enterprises. But as easy as it sounds, it is also complex.
Released on Jun 11, 2024
Globalisation has fundamentally accelerated and altered business transactions. The search for low labour costs and cheap raw materials has led to a proliferation of international transactions and large international law firms are being called on to participate in complex transactions generally and help businesses tap into sources of finance around the world for investment.
Released on Jun 11, 2024
On 10 December 2023, a new president was inaugurated in Argentina with a strong capitalistic and conservative profile. President Javier Milei believes in balanced state budgets, free international trade, insertion of the country in the Western world, private investment as a means of economic growth and social advancement and deregulation of the economy.
Released on Jun 11, 2024
It was not very long ago that the idea of an international law practice, much less that of an international law firm, was, if not a completely bizarre notion, certainly most unusual. Indeed, there was a time when, if you said ‘international law firm’, you would have been talking about the Franco-American law firm Coudert Brothers (or Coudert Frères), now vanished into the mists of history; and maybe Baker & McKenzie, the Dentons of the mid-century legal world. And that was it.
Released on Jun 11, 2024
In an era of relentless innovation and disruption, are lawyers keeping pace with the rest of the world, or do they need to create purple cows? In this essay, submitted as part of the IBA Senior Lawyers’ and Young Lawyers’ Committee Scholarship, Stella Loong discusses what the legal profession can learn from Fintechs.