An update into changes in trade marks law in Australia from Colin Biggers and Paisley
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An update from our member in Barcelona - Estudi Jurídic Sánchez & de Canals
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An Insolvency update from our member in England, Ashfords LLP.
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Welcome to the latest edition of the ADVOC Gazette!
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Our website is now available in three languages!
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An IP update from our member in England, Ashfords LLP
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A legal update from Siqueira Castro Advogados, our Member and the biggest law firm in Brazil.
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The latest Energy update from BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sp. k. in Poland
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A tax update from one of Garvey Schubert Barer in the US
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Hosted by Apisith & Alliance Ltd
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Given the difficult economic situation the country is currently going through, and aiming to try to ensure the survival of Spanish companies and meet the requirements laid down by the European Union, a series of measures to support business people, SMEs and the self employed have recently been adopted. Among them are measures aimed at reducing late payment in commercial...
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A conference organised by the IBA Real Estate Section, supported by the IBA Latin American Regional Forum and IBA North American Regional Forum
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ADVOC is hosting our first International Business Law Conference in Bali, and we would like to invite you to join us.
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The March 2013 Tax update from our member BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sp. k. in Polan
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An update on Australia's Foreign Investment Policy from Maddocks, Melbourne.
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ADVOC prides itself on the ease and confidence in referrals from Member to Member.
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The March 2013 update from our member BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sp. k. in Poland
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Joint Administrators of Heritable Bank plc v Winding Up Board of Landsbanki Islands hf [2013] UKSC 13
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The Firm has now a leading name in the field of patents and technological innovation.
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ADVOC prides itself on the ease and confidence in referrals from Member to Member. DELACOUR DANIA, Denmark referred one of their clients to Muhtaranlar & Asssociates, Turkey, as they looked to obtain the deed of a property they recently purchased in Kas.
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Our member in Brazil welcomes one of the most prominent names in Labour Law to their Partnership.
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ESTUDI JURÍDIC SÁNCHEZ & DE CANALS, SLP. update us on the changes on tax law in Spain
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A tax update from our member in Poland.
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Two Energy Law updates from our member in Poland
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An update from Vandenbulke in Luxembourg on the changes in tax law in their jurisdiction.
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With the upcoming change in Australian trade mark opposition procedure and practice, our member in Sydney have prepared a briefing paper for ADVOC members and clients.
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Our member in Barcelona announce their new name - ESTUDI JURÍDIC SÁNCHEZ & DE CANALS, SLP.
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Carlos Gerke Mendieta is selected to write a chapter on Bolivian law for the first book of it's kind.
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Our member in Australia informs us of a new visa option.
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A legal update from Apisith & Alliance, our member in Thailand
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Our Member in the Netherlands legal update on The Flex BV
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In 2012, two juries in the Supreme Court of Victoria found that Google and Yahoo! had defamed Mr Milorad ("Michael") Trkulja through image and web results generated from their search engines. As a result Mr Trkulja was awarded damages totalling $425,000.
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Is your development application properly made since the recent amendments to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009?
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Maddocks in Melbourne's update on Advertising, Brands and Marketing
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Our member, the leading Scots Law firm, MacRoberts, is to expand into the north east of Scotland by opening an office in Dundee.
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A legal update from our firm in Milano.
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Welcome to the latest edition of the ADVOC Gazette. Now in its 10th year!
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The Maritime and Transport Practice Group are hosting the first seminar in the ADVOC Maritime Series.
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A legal update from one of our Italian members on Employment legislation changes in their jurisdiction.
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The monthly Brands Bulletin from Ashfords LLP, our member in England.
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The recent update from Maddocks on Employment, Safety and People
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An update from our member in England on international energy law
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The monthly update from Ashfords LLP in England.
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The latest Legal update from our member in Brazil.
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Our member in Barcelona have produced a FAQ sheet on insolvency proceedings.
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A summary of the changes in UK Immigration law
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Welcome to the final edition of Maddocks Quarterly Water Update for 2012.
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A firm under continuous growth. That is the consensus regarding Siqueira Castro – Advogados
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This monthly bulletin from Ashfords' IP Team is a great summary of recent international Intellectual Property law changes and updates.
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The monthly update from Ashfords LLP in England.
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Maddocks, like many ADVOC Members, are able to offer sound international environment law advice. Read more from them here.
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A comprehensive report on wind energy in Poland
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This monthly bulletin from Ashfords' IP Team is a great summary of recent international Intellectual Property law changes and updates.
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An international Planning and Environment law update from our member in Melbourne, Australia. Many ADVOC firms have expertise in various aspects of international Planning law and international Environment law.
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Our member in Argentina have this week announced that they have merged with the large law firm, Estudio Cardenas and they will continue to practice as Nicholson y Cano.
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DVORÁK & SPOL, the ADVOC member in the Czech Republic, are happy to announce that that they have been recognised as a recommended firm in the Law Firm of
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Our member in Brazil, the largest full service law firm in the country, add two more great charities to the list that they already support
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An international Technology law update from our member in Melbourne, Australia. Many ADVOC firms have expertise in various aspects of international Technology law and international Intellectual Property law.
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Kan Ruksasook, a Partner at our Thai member Apisith & Alliances, updates us on Thai- Austalia FTA.
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Robinson & Cole is very pleased to invite you to Boston for the ADVOC 2013 Joint Conference. Limited places left!
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The monthly bulletin from Ashfords' IP Team is a great summary of recent international Intellectual Property law changes and updates.
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ADVOC, the international network of independent law firms, would like to congratulate the newly elected Board Members in the Latin America and Caribbean region!
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The monthly update from Ashfords LLP in England.
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An article from our member in England regarding changes to business immigration law in the UK.
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Registration for this great event has been extended!
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Stuart Hetherington, of CBP in Sydney is appointed as President of the Comité Maritime International (CMI)
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Ashfords LLP’s multi award winning conveyancing team has gained further national recognition for the quality of its service at the 2012 LFS Conveyancing Awards.
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Stop the Press edition of Ashfords Brands Bulletin. To recieve regular updates please email info@ashfords.co.uk
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The planning of the ADVOC annual meeting 2012 has begun and we would therefore be grateful if you could send us this registration form no later than October 15th, 2012.
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It is with great pleasure that Cocuzza & Associati welcomes you to Milan for the ADVOC Open Board Meeting on 5-7th October 2012.
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The ADVOC “Young” Lawyers weekend is open to all members of the ADVOC Global network who are young and talented. (You decide who comes within those criteria!)
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Welcome to the Latest Edition of the ADVOC Gazette! In its 9th year.
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Update from the Insolvency Team at Ashfords LLP.
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The latest Corporate and Commercial Update from Ashfords LLP. Written by James Lyons and John Finlay from the London Office.
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Robinson & Cole LLP congratulates its 2013 “Lawyers of the Year” as designated by The Best Lawyers in America.
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Robinson & Cole is very pleased to invite you to Boston for the ADVOC 2013 Joint Conference. Below is the meeting invitation, registration form, Boston venues and Schedule.
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Thirty One Practice Areas awarded Tier status Seven Practice Areas within Tier One
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An unexpectedly high uptake of the feed-in-tariff ("FiT") scheme caused the government to re-evaluate its likely effect on energy bills. The FiT will now operate on a reduced tariff with effect from October 2012. The reductions have prompted potential solar farm developers to consider the viability of Renewables Obligation Certificates ("ROCs") under the Renewables Obligation scheme as an alternative.
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On 21st of July 2009, a shopping center building close to Berlin completely collapsed due to structure faults in the roof – fortunately not in opening hours.
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With the beginning of September, the BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Law Firm opened a new office in Szczecin, providing its Clients with even a broader scope of legal services.
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Terms and Conditions - Enforceability of Website terms and conditions
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Exclusion of Terms Implied by Law - International Supply Contracts
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Trustee in Bankruptcy Obtains Orders of Contempt against Bankrupts
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São Paulo - Siqueira Castro - Advogados has been appointed as legal counsel to Queiroz Galvão Energia Renováveis in its first venture in the clean energy industry, in the Northeast of Brazil.
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One of the leading business monthly editions Corporate Intl Magazine announced 2012 winners of its annual legal awards recognizing PARITET “Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine”.
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Appellate attorney Linda L. Morkan has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s inaugural edition of Top 250 Women in Litigation.
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Important and favourable decision has been made in the case of real estate and agricultural tax.
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BSJP update us on their recent deals
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Siqueira Castro – Advogados, the largest full service law firm in Brazil, announces the admission of lawyer Bruno Granzotto Giusto to its team of partners.
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Estudi Jurídic are pleased to inform you that they have been selected to conduct a TV programme on channel “Círculo de Mujeres de Negocios” in Spain. The programme is titled "LEGAL TV" and Gal.la Sánchez, Estudi Jurídic Partner, is the hostess.
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The Firm now relies on one of the major references in the field of Real Estate and Timberland Investment Law in Brazil.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin - June 2012
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Considered one of the main players in Brazil, Siqueira Castro - Advogados has been a pioneer full-service business law firm throughout Brazil.
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Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob acted in this complex transaction as legal advisor to the buyers
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We are pleased to announce that Stephen Williams will, as at 1 July, take over as Managing Partner from Tom Darbyshire, who will be handing over the reins after an extremely successful 4 years managing the firm.
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Sydney law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley (CBP) has formally merged with Melbourne firm Monahan + Rowell.
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From the title of this post you might be thinking we’ve found a great slogan and not much else, a bit like those ads for miracle diets which are all over internet,
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Gary Newton a partner in the property team of CBP Lawyers, ADVOC Asia’s member firm in Sydney, had a holiday in Hong Kong straight after Chinese New Year on 1 February 2012. He took this opportunity to visit our Hong Kong member Fred Kan & Co. Gary is pictured with Timothy Cheung and Vincent Chu.
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Vandenbulke are the official sponsors of the INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ALLIANCE SUMMIT & AWARDS 2012 in Paris.
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BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sp. k. law company has led the Spanish company Dragados to a success, due to which Dragados will be able to continue the construction of the S-7 express road.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
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The São Paulo state government plans to procure five hospitals as PPPs before the end of the year, State Secretary of Health Giovanni Guido Cerri has announced.
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The Royal Decree Law 9/2012,in effect since the 18th of March, amends two major laws affecting companies: The Corporations Act and the Act of Structural Changes in Companies. The aim of the amendment is to get companies to use their company web site and electronic communications, not only to save on costs, but also for planning and implementing such complex...
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It is with great pleasure that Cocuzza & Associati Studio Legale invites you to join the ADVOC European Open Board Meeting, to be held in Milano, Italy, on October 5-7, 2012
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A series of controversial cases singling out the banking sector have arisen recently and have affected the contracts business people and private individuals have with their financial institutions (swaps and preferred shares). For this reason, we thought it timely to inform you of the basic rules which all financial institutions must abide by and which you should be aware of...
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This post, unlike those you are used to receiving from us, is not going to explain something new. We are writing it because of the recurring problems many of our clients are having; whether they be companies who contract sales agents or companies who are sales agencies.
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On Friday 30th of March the Cabinet passed the Royal Decree-Law 12/2012, whereby various tax and administrative measures will be introduced with the aim of reducing public deficit.
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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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A new IP team for our member in Brazil
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Getting the Deal Through publication from our new member in Tunisia.
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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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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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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
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Information regarding the Latin America meeting in Panama in July 2012.
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Ashfords' Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin
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Lawyers at the newly enlarged practice have received recognition in this year’s edition of Chambers Global.
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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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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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Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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Welcome to the third edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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Welcome to the first edition of the Advoc Quarterly Update!
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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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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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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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Welcome to this edition of the Ashfords Marine Newsletter.
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Welcome to the second edition of our monthly Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin.
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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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Welcome to the first edition of our Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin which will be published monthly.
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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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Brazilian Legal Report. November 2011
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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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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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Welcome to the Autumn edition of the Ashfords' Construction Newletter, Buildlaw.
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· 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
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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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3 June 2011
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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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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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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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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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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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The update provides an overview of the latest issues of interest to ICT professionals both in Australia and Internationally.
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A PDF guide to doing business in the UK
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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