Brazilian tax reform: what should we expect?
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 India – a critical analysis
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
Some reasons for the significance of American and British law firms in the global context
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
Revolutionary changes in Argentina’s economic legislation
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
Globalisation is here to stay, and lawyers have got the message
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
How now, purple cow? What Fintechs can teach the legal profession about being remarkable
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.