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• PL: Will EAA and Swiss Investors be able to Freely Acquire Agricultural and Forest Real Properties?

  On 2 May 2016, restrictions on acquiring agricultural and forest real properties located in Poland by foreigners from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will cease to be binding. Does this mean that trade in agricultural real properties will be entirely free and not subject to any restrictions as of that time?  read more...
  - Schönherr

• Reforms for improved environmental legislation required

  By Pia Pehrson, partner, and Pelle Stubelius, associate; Foyen Advokatfirma
  - Foyen Advokatfirma AB

• Capital Increases under the Microscope

  Published:   24 Feb 2015   at 06.00  
  - LawAlliance Limited

• The International Comparative Guide to: Telecoms, Media and Internet Laws Regulations 2015

  Download a free copy of the  Philippine section of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecoms, Media and Internet Laws and Regulations 2014 , which was contributed by SyCipLaw partner  Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez  and senior associate  Ruben P. Acebedo II . 
  - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

• Getting the Deal Through: Life Sciences 2015

  Download a free copy of the  Philippine section of Getting the Deal Through: Life Sciences 2015 , which was contributed by SyCipLaw partners  Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez  and  Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez  with senior associate  John Paul V. de Leon  and associate  Mark Xavier D. Oyales .
  - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

• Purchasing Immovable Property in Cyprus

  Cyprus is an  attractive destination for foreign investors, retirees and individuals or families looking for a holiday home or a new working environment. Cyprus' accession to the European Union has made the island an even more attractive candidate for the purchase of immovable property.  ESME PALAS, an advocate of MICHAEL KYPRIANOU & CO. LLC, outlines the two most important legal issues the purchaser needs to be aware of when acquiring immovable property in Cyprus.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC

• Purchasing Immovable Property in Cyprus

  Cyprus is an  attractive destination for foreign investors, retirees and individuals or families looking for a holiday home or a new working environment. Cyprus' accession to the European Union has made the island an even more attractive candidate for the purchase of immovable property.  ESME PALAS, an advocate of MICHAEL KYPRIANOU & CO. LLC, outlines the two most important legal issues the purchaser needs to be aware of when acquiring immovable property in Cyprus.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC

• Cyprus Shipping and Securitization of Financing

  Shipping finance forms an inevitable part of the Cyprus shipping industry with international as well as local financing institutions playing a key-role in the shipping industry development. Under Cyprus ship financing transactions, financial obligations are usually secured by providing a mortgage on the ship or a pledge on the shares of the ship-owning company. TONIA ANTONIOU, a partner of MICHAEL KYPRIANOU & CO. LLC, examines the procedures that need to be followed.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC

• Serbia: Amendments and Supplements to Planning and Construction Act

  In December 2014, two sets of amendments to the Planning and Construction Act were published in nos. 132/2014 and 145/2014 of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia (collectively " New PCA ").  read more...
  - Schönherr

• RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES IN SINGAPORE – 101

  Singapore has been a trade bridge between the East and the West for close to 200 hundred years. It has one of the busiest ports and one of the best airports underlying its fantastic transportation links. For one of the most densely populated places on earth, the traffic flows smoothly, people get to places reliably on the metro network and there is a large number of taxis that gets you anywhere you need to be in about 10 minutes, or 20 if getting to or from the airport.
  - Joyce A. Tan & Partners