Expert Guides - Rising stars

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, Kleiner & Cavaliero, 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, Hogan Lovells, 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 Ora Grinberg, Fenwick & West, US Julia Ushakova-Stein, 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

Proposed amendments to Norwegian tonnage tax system

The amendments of the Norwegian tonnage tax regime in 2007 proved to be controversial, followed by industry complaints and lawsuits subsequent the Government’s decision to retrospectively tax income that was previously subject to a tax deferral

03/07/2017 Per Daniel Nyberg, KPMG, Norway

Lack of scientific debate before the French courts: current main disadvantage for companies’ defense

Companies doing business in France are currently facing a detrimental paradox: while the precautionary principle, which is supposed to be triggered by scientific evidence, is increasingly used against them, scientific debate has disappeared before the French courts as line of defense

03/07/2017 Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Hogan Lovells, France

Data Breaches: a GDPR response guide

Hacks, ransomware, theft of credit card details, phishing mails… data breaches are taking a prominent position in daily headlines

03/07/2017 Joke Bodewits, Hogan Lovells, Netherlands Chantal van Dam, Hogan Lovells, Netherlands

Jurisdiction of Antitrust Authorities in Mexico, a follow-up: the case of AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner (the second precedent)

In the 2016 edition of LMG Rising Stars 2016, we analysed the implications and reasoning set forth in the ruling issued by the Mexican Second Collegiate Circuit Court specialized in competition, broadcasting and telecommunications matters (the “Circuit Court”) in the context of the Nokia /...

03/07/2017 Luis Gerardo García Santos Coy, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Jorge Kargl Pavia, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Mauricio Serralde Rodríguez, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico

Swiss International Arbitration Law to be updated

Earlier this year, the Swiss Federal Council released its draft bill to amend certain provisions and to propose the inclusion of new provisions in the Swiss International Arbitration Law (Chapter 12 of the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law, “PILA”)

03/07/2017 Florian Mohs, Pestalozzi, Switzerland Alain Muster, Pestalozzi, Switzerland

Testing the boundaries of emergency arbitration in investment and construction disputes

The advent of emergency arbitration can be considered as one of the big success stories of international arbitration in the past decade

03/07/2017 Lars Markert, Nishimura & Asahi, Japan

Arbitration under the new Expedited Procedure Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

On 1 March 2017, the revised Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) became effective

03/07/2017 Jan Erik Spangenberg, Manner Spangenberg, Germany

India – Aviation sector roundup

Following India’s amendment to its Aircraft Rules in 2015 to recognize the provisions of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment...

03/07/2017 Dhruv Khanna, Wadia Ghandy & Co, India

Importing Pharmaceuticals to the Turkish Market

Given the potential risks posed to public health, the pharmaceutical sector is one of the most strictly regulated sectors in many countries, including Turkey

12/10/2016 Gökçe Izgi, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey

Online Sale of OTC Pharmaceutical Products in Turkey

Online sale of over the counter (“OTC”) pharmaceutical products is banned in Turkey because the legislative framework deems not specifically address this market segment

21/07/2016 Gökçe Izgi, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey Merve Altinay, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey

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