The straight line may result in the shortest distance, but it is not always the best path. Your company wants to sell its products in Nicaragua, but learns it is less expensive and burdensome to import its products through Guatemala. How about setting up an insurance underwriter in the European Union? Most people think London would be the best location, but setting up the underwriter in Malta, with less cost and regulation, can get your company started and running more quickly. A panel of experts will discuss different approaches on how to enter international markets by using international treaties and agreements.
This Quick Counsel outlines recommended contract provisions on the valuation of shares to be used under French law as well as under other European laws.
Like it or not, different territories have different laws. There are 28 states in the European Union and across these states there are tranches of relatively harmonised laws in certain areas. The basic underlying laws of contract and case law or codes which aid their interpretation are, however, all different. Nearly every in-house counsel has faced the task of tackling an impending overseas deal when only local state law governed terms are at hand. Staring down the barrel at an unknown legal system, a familiar scene plays out: localise or push ahead with what we've got?
This InfoPAK provides a primer to assist corporate counsel in recognizing issues related to government funded research and practical tips for managing the many related requirements and obligations.
This primer provides a detailed analysis of M&A activity by deal value, volume and type together with analysis of the political environment and deep rooted financial crisis. It considers recent legal developments in corporate, competition, tax and, pension and employment in the context of M&A throughout Europe.
More than 350 in-house lawyers from 30+ countries celebrated the 20th anniversary of ACC Europe and discussed today’s biggest challenges at the ACC Europe Annual Conference in London. A rich program of sessions on specialist legal and business subjects, networking events and social gatherings filled the two-and-a-half day conference, providing delegates the opportunity to discuss the latest trends affecting in-house counsel.
This primer is a guide to VAT on digital e-commerce providing a sufficiently detailed summary to give an e-commerce business an understanding of the VAT implications on typical cross-border transactions, VAT on different e-commerce business models, as well as how to manage VAT registration and VAT representative procedures in various member states in the EU.
Annexes to the impact assessment.
Answers to these FAQs have been prepared by the Data Protection Unit of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security with a view to assisting EU/EEA entities, and more particularly SMEs, in understanding the EU legal framework applicable to transfers of personal data processed in the EU (and the EEA) to “third countries” (i.e. countries that are not members of the EU or the EEA).