Expert Guides - Rising stars

France heightens criminal enforcement of tax fraud

After numerous debates, French Parliament passed, on October 23, 2018, the Law on the Fight against Tax Fraud (Loi relative à la lutte contre la fraude fiscale – hereafter “2018 Tax Fraud Law” or “the Law”)

19/06/2019 Ophelia Claude, Antonin Lévy & Associés, France

Transfer pricing: Beyond the pricing

Although transfer pricing dates back to 1917, the practice has grown impressively since the OECD published the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations in 1995, and its updates in 2010 and 2017

19/06/2019 Peter Kurjanowicz, Grant Thornton, Canada

The scope of application of the recently introduced Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications in Switzerland

On 1 March 2018, the fully revised Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications (FASPT) entered into force in Switzerland

19/06/2019 Jan Kleiner, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland Lukas Stocker, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland

The Changing Landscape of US Tax Law

The international tax provisions of United States tax laws were expanded and modified by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017

19/06/2019 Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West, US

Essential facilities and Primary Jurisdiction in Mexico

On June 12, 2013, an amendment to the Mexican Federal Constitution regarding antitrust and telecommunications matters became effective (the “Constitutional Amendment”)

19/06/2019 Luis Gerardo García Santos Coy, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Jorge Kargl Pavía, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Mauricio Serralde Rodríguez, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Sebastián Martínez Pastrana, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico

The Reform of Swiss International Arbitration Law has entered Home Stretch

Swiss law on international arbitration is part of the Swiss Private International Law Act (PILA) as its Chapter 12

19/06/2019 Johannes Landbrecht, GABRIEL Arbitration, Switzerland Axel Buhr, GABRIEL Arbitration, Switzerland

DIS Arbitration– New Rules for Improved Efficiency

Beginning of 2018 saw the release of the new arbitration rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, DIS)

19/06/2019 Georg Scherpf, Luther, Germany

Overview of conflict of interest at the Board of Swiss companies

Representatives of large shareholders, e.g. major shareholders or controlling shareholders, are frequent on the Board of directors of Swiss companies

19/06/2019 Louis Burrus, Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland Tarek Houdrouge, Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Star Awards – winners announced

The best rising stars lawyers from across the continent congregated at The Pierre Hotel last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Americas Rising Stars awards

28/09/2018

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Stars Awards – inaugural shortlist announced

Euromoney Legal Media Group has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Americas Rising Stars Awards.

19/09/2018

The changing landscape of transfer pricing: 10 practices you need to implement today

18/07/2018 Peter Kurjanowicz, Grant Thornton, Canada

Brexit: the implications for Trade Marks and Design protection and profession in the UK

With the UK set to leave the EU on 29 March 2019, and in light of the draft withdrawal agreement, this article looks at the implications for Trade Marks and Design protection in the UK and the implications for the Trade Mark and Designs profession in the UK

18/07/2018 Tanya Buckley, Maucher Jenkins, United Kingdom Janet Strath, Maucher Jenkins, United Kingdom

Sports and Data Protection: Practical Insights

In sports, like in any other business sector, the importance of data grows

18/07/2018 Jan Kleiner, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland

Moving into and out of Germany – When the fiscal authorities reach their limits

For many coming from other countries, Germany is an attractive country to which to move

18/07/2018 Maximilian Haag, P+P Pöllath + Partners, Germany

Q&A with Alja Poler De Zwart

A rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, and particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), keeps me and my colleagues in Morrison & Foerster’s Privacy and Data Security Group—whether in Europe, the United States, or Asia—fully occupied at the moment

18/07/2018 Alja Poler De Zwart, Morrison & Foerster, Belgium

Q&A with Xi Liao

Over the past few months, I have been busy assisting clients in relation to merger control filings for their transactions

18/07/2018 Xi Liao, Linklaters, China

Sovereign risk in international renewable energy investments: key lessons from oil & gas disputes

The energy sector is no stranger to sovereign risk

17/07/2018 Simon Maynard, Three Crowns, United Kingdom Agnieszka Ason, Three Crowns, United Kingdom

Virtual Reality and Computer-Based Accident Reconstruction in US Aviation Litigation

United States courts serve an important “gatekeeping” function with respect to the admission into evidence of expert testimony and any accompanying demonstrative evidence

17/07/2018 Kevin Sutherland, Clyde & Co, US Natasha Mikha, Clyde & Co, US

Q&A with Hugo Prinsloo

I head up our firm’s enforcement team and specialise mainly in trade mark and copyright litigation and arbitrations, including trade mark oppositions, trade mark infringement / passing-off, advertising complaints, company name objections, domain name objections, and civil / criminal anti-counterfeit...

19/06/2018 Hugo Prinsloo, Von Seidels, South Africa

In with the New – In with the Old: TJCA Allows for Full Expensing of New and Old Depreciable Property; Lower Tax Rates for Certain Sales to Foreign Buyers

There has always been a tension between buyers and sellers as to whether to structure a negotiated M&A transaction as a “stock sale” or an “asset sale”

19/06/2018 Ora Grinberg, Fenwick & West, US

France’s attractiveness: will the International Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal open the door to a new way to litigate in France?

On February 7, 2018, were enacted the new rules applicable to the already existing, albeit rarely used, International Chamber of the Paris Commercial Court and the ones applicable to the newly created International Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal

19/06/2018 Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Signature Litigation, France

The importance of arbitral hearing centres for the popularity of the arbitral seat – the case of Japan

Not only arbitral institutions and law firms, but also countries are competing more and more to become attractive for international arbitrations

18/06/2018 Lars Markert, Nishimura & Asahi, Japan

Parallel Import and Repackaging of Pharmaceutical Products in Turkey

While the European Union has long determined its approach to trademark issues for parallel imports and repackaging of pharmaceuticals, Turkish courts and legislation lack a unified and established practice on the issue

03/07/2017 Gökçe Izgi, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey Merve Altinay, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey

Practicing Tax Law in a Changing Legal Environment

Tax is an exciting and ever-changing area of the law and navigating the plethora of tax rules to achieve a favorable result for a client is very rewarding

03/07/2017 Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West, US Ora Grinberg, Fenwick & West, US

The application of tax treaties to collective investment vehicles: The Portuguese case

The purpose of this article is to make a brief summary of the problems and issues regarding the application of conventions to avoid double taxation to collective investment vehicles, and then to summarize the solution recently (2015) adopted by the Portuguese legislator to address such issues in an...

03/07/2017 Filipe Abreu, PLMJ, Portugal Joana Maldonado Reis, PLMJ, Portugal

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