BVI changes to Trust and Estate Law
BVI changes to Trust and Estate Law The BVI has made several changes to Trust and Estate law to attract new business, in particular from non-trust jurisdictions with a view [...]
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08, 2021
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06, 2021
The United Kingdom in Relation to EU Disclosure Provisions
The United Kingdom in Relation to EU Disclosure Provisions The United Kingdom is taking advantage of its decision to break from the European Union and has made it clear that it [...]
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05, 2021
Loop Structure Ban Ceased in South Africa
Loop Structure Ban Ceased in South Africa Loop Structures allow for residents to form offshore structures which can then be used for a variety of purposes including investment, share acquisition, loans [...]
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03, 2021
UK Hopes to Continue in the Lugano Convention
UK Hopes to Continue in the Lugano Convention The Lugano Convention is an international agreement between the EU and EFTA states that covers cross border legal disputes by determining which courts [...]
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03, 2021
Foreign Ownership in UAE
Exemption from Shari’a Law For Foreign Residents The United Arab Emirates is a Muslim country and is therefore subject to Shari’a Law, whereby heirs and descendants have the right to claim [...]
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03, 2021
Foreign Ownership in UAE
Foreign Ownership in UAE The United Arab Emirates has complex rules when it comes to ownership. Fortunately it also has a lot of options. Previously under a law passed in 2015 [...]
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01, 2021
Russia and Luxembourg Double Taxation Agreement
Double Taxation Agreements (DTA) are a means of reducing the tax burden on cross-investments which otherwise might be susceptible to being taxed twice on the same transaction and therefore possibly decreasing the appetite for cross [...]
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12, 2020
UAE Conclude Peace Deal With Israel
The treaty which was signed on the 15 September 2020 was formally ratified by the Israeli cabinet on the 12 October 2020 and the UAE parliament on the 15 October 2020 and is intended to [...]
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10, 2020
Foreign Investors to be Allowed to Invest in Debt Instruments in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has recently made announcements concerning both resident and non-resident foreigners which will enable them to be able to invest in both listed and non-listed debt instruments. It is hoped that this will open [...]
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09, 2020
Carried Interest Relief in Hong Kong
The Government in Hong Kong has released a consultation with regards to introducing tax concessions for carried interest distributed by private equity funds. If approved the relief will come into effect retrospectively from 1 April 2020. [...]
