Expert Guides - Rising stars

Export Bans – Legal Issues relating to Commodity Sale and Shipping Contracts

On 31 December 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia announced that it will ban the export of coal for the month of January 2022 on concerns over shortage in the domestic supply of coal

26/01/2022 Chen Zhida, Helmsman LLC, Singapore

Total Recall? – Witness Evidence in International Arbitration

The 1990s movie Total Recall tells the story of a construction worker (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) who finds himself incapable of distinguishing between his real experiences and those that are the result of his memory implants

27/07/2021 Georg Scherpf, Clyde & Co, Germany

Rising Stars Expert Guide 2021 is now live

Welcome to the Legal Media Group (LMG) Rising Stars Guide

27/07/2021

Arm’s Length Analysis on the Commodity Transactions: An Indonesian Perspective

Tax authorities of commodity-exporting countries including Indonesia have major transfer pricing challenges in ensuring the arm’s length nature of the commodity transactions

18/07/2021 Emanuel Dewo Adi Winedhar, TaxPrime, Indonesia

Update on FIFA-related proceedings in Switzerland

This contribution is a follow-up to our previous contribution of July 2019, which announced the disqualification of the Attorney General of the Switzerland (OAG) and of two other federal prosecutors following informal meetings conducted by the OAG with representatives of the Fédération...

10/07/2021 Pierre Bydzovsky, Charles Russell Speechlys, Switzerland Ludivine Kaiser, Charles Russell Speechlys, Switzerland

Rising Stars Awards Americas 2020: shortlist announced

Breaking new ground: Up and coming professionals from across the Americas shortlisted for the 2020 Rising Stars Awards

23/11/2020

Transfer pricing disputes: a matter of evaluation rather than evidences

The allocation of the burden of proof is one of the key issues in the context of tax litigations on transfer pricing

17/06/2020 Diego Conte, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani, Italy

The Reform of Swiss International Arbitration Law has entered Home Stretch—an Update

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

22/05/2020 Johannes Landbrecht, GABRIEL Arbitration, Switzerland Axel Buhr, GABRIEL Arbitration, Switzerland

Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards – winners announced!

The best rising stars lawyers from across the continent congregated at The Bvlgari Hotel in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Rising Stars Awards.

08/11/2019

Inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards – shortlist live

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

22/09/2019

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Star Awards: 2019 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 second annual Americas Rising Stars awards.

17/09/2019

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Star Awards –shortlist announced

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

31/07/2019

New Swiss Decisions in the FIFA Corruption Gate

Decisions of the Federal Penal Tribunal BB.2018.190 and BB.2018.197 of 17 June 2019

14/07/2019 Pierre Bydzovsky, Charles Russell Speechlys, Switzerland

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 G 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, Clyde & Co, 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 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

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