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The ADVOC Quaterly Gazette
Now in it's 9th year!
This 60 hours of work publication is full of news and updates from member firms, Committees and Practice Groups. It also includes information on new members and a report on Brand Standardisation.
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Siqueira Castro – Advogados incorporates a whole prestigious IP Team in São Paulo
A new IP team for our member in Brazil
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Achour Law Firm - Project Finance
Getting the Deal Through publication from our new member in Tunisia.
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Siqueria Castro - Brazil Intends to Align Tax Evasion Rules with OECD Standards
Offshore tax evasion has been an enemy of fiscal authorities worldwide. It is an illegal way of tax reduction, which results in the loss of a great amount of tax revenue annually. It can also be a very difficult crime to spot, mostly because of the many sophisticated schemes used to achieve it and minimize the risk of detection, such...
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Siqueira Castro - Limits on the use of a Trademark: Parallel Import of Products Bearing Registered Trademark in Brazil
Parallel import is an act of importing and reselling in a country a non-counterfeit product without the previous consent of the intellectual property owner.
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Siqueira Castro - Conflict of jurisdiction between arbitration chambers and the silence of the Arbitration Law
The Superior Court through the judgment of the CC 113260/SP stood on the competent judicial body to judge jurisdiction conflict between arbitration chambers, since the arbitration law is silent regarding the competence to solve the conflict.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin - April 2012
Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
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LA 1st Annual Meeting Informaion
Information regarding the Latin America meeting in Panama in July 2012.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin - March 2012
Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
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Ashfords lawyers recognised in international legal industry guide following merger
Lawyers at the newly enlarged practice have received recognition in this year’s edition of Chambers Global.
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ADVOC LA - First Annual Meeting
Please can you indicate your interest with Ivette Martinez (imartinez@pmalawyers.com) or Gina Rios (grios@pmalawyers.com) by 15th March.
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Ashfords LLP and Rochman Landau merge
On 1st March 2012 Ashfords and Rochman Landau merged under the name Ashfords LLP.
The enlarged practice will create a law firm with nearly 500 staff and annual fees of £30m.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin - February 2012
Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin - January 2012
Welcome to the third edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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The Advoc Quarterly Update
Welcome to the first edition of the Advoc Quarterly Update!
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Ashfords LLP - New Build Yacht Accepted with Work Outstanding
Riva Bella S.A. -v- Tamsen Yachts considers the implications of signing a Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance where there are defects with the vessel and the seller's obligations to meet the standards of a classification society nominated by the buyer.
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CBP Lawyers - How do law firms implement technology?
This is an edited version of a presentation given by managing partner Dunstan de Souza at the 6th Annual Lawtech Summit & Awards 2011.
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Ashfords' Marine - Broker Arbitration Service
Contractual clauses can provide only a limited amount of protection in the event of disputes and complaints.
Arbitration provides a realistic and more expedient alternative to Court proceedings when disputes arise.
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Ashfords' Marine Newsletter
Welcome to this edition of the Ashfords Marine Newsletter.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
Welcome to the second edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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Ashfords' Marine - VAT Sailaway Scheme
The Sailaway Scheme enables an (eligible) person to buy a boat from a supplier in the European Community (EC) without paying VAT, provided certain conditions are met. However, from 1 January 2012 a UK resident will no longer be able to benefit from the scheme.
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Ashfords Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
Welcome to the first edition of our Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin which will be published monthly.
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JTJB - September Newsletter 2011
Article - Director’s right to inspect the company’s accounts and other documents under section 199(3) of the Singapore Companies Act.
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Siqueira Castro Advogados - Brazilian Legal Report
Brazilian Legal Report. November 2011
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Norman Waterhouse welcomes Anna Hsiao to its migration practice
Norman Waterhouse has a long history of working with overseas clients, particularly investors from China, providing to them a range of services associated with migration, commercial and property development matters.
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VANDENBULKE’s Investment Funds Newsletter
In 2013, a new era will begin on the alternative investment market with the implementation of the AIFMDin all EU-Member States legal frameworks.
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Ashfords' Construction Newsletter - 2011
Welcome to the Autumn edition of the Ashfords' Construction Newletter, Buildlaw.
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BSJP - Updates concerning the Polish market
· Investing in Poland - Guidelines including Important Legal Provisions
· Polish IT Market Report
· Real Estate in Poland
· Renewable Energy in Poland
· ...
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Ashfords' Marine Newsletter - Summer 2011
Ashfords' Marine Newsletter - Summer 2011
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News from BSJP
BSJP ranked in the leading law firms, published on April 15 in Rzeczpospolita. The ranking presents the biggest and best companies involved in legal services.
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Asian Legal Trends
Members of Advoc-Asia have prepared short briefing notes giving a snapshot of developments in their own countries up to May 2011.
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Doing Business in Latin America
This publication intends to provide a general overview of the legal environment for business and foreign investment in the different Latin American countries where Advoc is established.
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Bribery Act 2010 to be implemented on 1 July 2011 - Ashfords LLP, England
More than a year after it received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 - and following weeks of speculation as to when the unimplemented provisions of the Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act") will come into force - the Ministry of Justice ("MoJ") announced yesterday that the remainder of the Act will have effect from 1 July 2011.
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10 top tips to consider when thinking of licensing technology
There are many issues to consider when you are thinking of either taking a licence for a third party's technology or granting a licence of your technology to a third party.
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Investment Fund News from VANDENBULKE, Luxembourg
The newsletter includes articles on the new prospectus directive and counsel David Louis, Recent Awards and new hire at VANDENBULKE’s investment fund department.
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ICT Update from Maddocks, Australia
The update provides an overview of the latest issues of interest to ICT professionals both in Australia and Internationally.
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Doing Business in the UK
A PDF guide to doing business in the UK
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The ASA's new remit to regulate marketing messages on websites
The Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") is the UK's independent regulator of advertising across all media, including via television, print, the internet and radio.
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Improvement of investment climate in aircraft manufacturing - Peritet Law Firm, Ukraine
On 11 February 2010 a new Law Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning State Support of Aircraft Manufacturing Industry (“Law No 1814-VI”) came into effect. Law No. 1814-VI is the law that investors were looking for, as it provides essential
improvements to the investment climate of Ukraine.
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Australian Taxation Office Targets Foreign PE Firms
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has recently focused its attention on the taxation of profits made by foreign private equity (PE) firms in Australia. This follows an ATO attempt in late 2009 to prevent foreign PE firm, TPG, from repatriating $1.5 billion in
profits made in relation to the public listing of an Australian company, Myer Limited.
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Requirements concerning the form of arbitration agreements - LSV Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Germany
In a recent judgement of 23. November 2009 the Munich Higher Regional Court (OLG) stated some interesting principals upon the requirements concerning the form of arbitration agreements. The court had to decide upon the following facts:
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U.S. Reporting Obligations Related to Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
There has been extensive publicity surrounding the settlement and negotiation between the United States government, the government of Switzerland and UBS AG involving the release of the names of United States persons that maintain foreign
financial accounts with UBS AG.
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Funds find a new home in Gibraltar
Despite numerous proposed changes, Gibraltar is well placed to capitalise on to the proposed European Directive controlling Fund Managers, argues Joey Garcia.
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Personal Property Securities and Investment in New Zealand
In New Zealand the Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (PPSA) (which is similar to regimes currently operating in the US and Canada and that which recently received royal assent in Australia) governs the creation and enforcement of security interests
over personal property.
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Steps Made in Hungary for the Wider Protection of Consumer Clients against Financial Institutions
Similar to other countries, financial institutions tried to shift their expenses – increased as a result of the financial crisis – to their clients mainly by raising significantly the interest, fee, and cost element of the contract concluded with them. Partly as a result of
the highly increased payment instalment, and partly due to other negative effects of the financial crisis...
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Earthquake in Chile - Some views with respect to insurance.
The strong earthquake and tsunami on 27 of February 2010, caused extensive and severe damage to both public and private property, including productive centers and infrastructure. Legal consequences are manifold and, with respect to insurance, are
relevant for civil liability covers and eventual subrogation action against insurers of physical assets.
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Electronic mailboxes mandatory in the Czech Republic
As part of the ongoing e-government reform, the electronic mailbox system was introduced in the Czech Republic during the second half of 2009. The main idea of this project was the simplification and cost decrease for communication between the state
and private entities.
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Labuan Enters into a New Dawn through Legislative Changes
Effective 11th February 2010, the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA) is now known as Labuan Financial Services Authority (“Labuan FSA”). This change coincided with the enactment of four new Acts and the amendments made to
four existing Acts affecting the Labuan FSA.
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Exchange of Information between Swiss and Foreign Tax Authorities and the new Role of the Swiss Banking Secrecy
Over the last few months, Switzerland has renegotiated double taxation treaties with several countries and continues to do so. In fact, we mainly talk about amendments and additions to existing treaties. The countries in questions are, among others, the United States, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Katar, Mexico, Finland, Italy and Germany.1
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The Treaty of Lisbon and Foreign Direct Investment
The Treaty of Lisbon brought into being “The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union” (TEU). The TEU modified many policy areas of the European Union (EU), including the “Common Commercial Policy” (CCP).
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New powers give the Information Commissioner the right to levy fines of up to £500,000
The Information Commissioner has been granted new statutory powers to issue fines of up to £500,000 to data controllers who commit a serious breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) on or after the 6th of April 2010, when the new powers came into force.
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Significant Changes on Director’s Proxy and Circular Board Resolution
This article provides brief information and current practice on the board of Directors meeting of a limited company under the Thai Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”), specifically on the Director’s proxy and the circular board resolution.
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