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Applications for Concluding Advance Pricing Agreements
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In November 2011 the Cyprus Parliament enacted a law allowing for a partial write-off of interest and penalties on overdue tax liabilities of companies and individuals in respect of tax years up to and including 2008.
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The Alternative Investment Management Association has published an analysis of the divergences it has identified between the European Commission's draft Level 2 regulation implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the technical advice provided to the Commission last November by the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified
that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is
obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act
1996.
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The 2012 UK Budget confirmed that, following a consultation period,
changes to the current UK REIT regime are expected to be introduced in
the third quarter of 2012.
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Norway is a member of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”),
and a party to the EEA agreement. Through the EEA agreement
Norway has implemented EU legislation on, inter alia, public
procurement.
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On 3rd May 2012, Advocate General Verica Trstenjak issued her opinion in case C-130/11, also known as the Neurim case. Should the Court of Justice choose to accept the findings of the opinion, it will improve the possibility for the pharmaceutical industry in Europe to obtain SPCs for medicinal products.
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In Le Temps, the daily newspaper of reference of Western Switzerland, Yves de Coulon analyses the latest developments in the field of planning and zoning: Weber Initiative, Landscape Initiative, recent modifications of the Federal Law on planning and zoning, what consequences on the cantons' autonomy in the area of planning and zoning?
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Issuance of Licensed Importer Numbers
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The head of our tax practice group, partner Dominique Christin, summarises the legal requirements to obtain a lump sum taxation status in Switzerland and in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud.
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Liz Barratt and Paul Ridge have been short-listed for the prestigious Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2012.
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International conference entitled «International Commercial Arbitration in Ukraine and the World: yesterday, today, tomorrow», dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the ICAC at the UCCI.
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An amendment to the double taxation avoidance agreement between Austria and Cyprus was signed on behalf of the two countries on Monday 21 May, according to an announcement by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance.
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The Qatar Law Forum
is a three-day gathering in Doha of invited leaders in law from around
the world, held under the patronage of His Highness the Emir of the
State of Qatar.
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Olympic medallists Roger Black, MBE and Steve Backley, OBE will be the VIP speakers at an
Olympic-themed event hosted by International Law Firm, Hassans. The event will take place
in the run up to the London Olympics, on the 12th July, at the Khaima at the Rock Hotel.
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Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to the lenders in the course of restructuring of financial obligations of “Potok8” (former Mirax Group), one of the leading Russian construction and development companies, under the outstanding USD 180 million credit linked notes.
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Theta Capital Pte. Ltd., a unit of property developer PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk (LPKR) has on 9 May 2012 launched the issue of US$150 million senior notes, to be used for (a) the development of new retail malls, hospitals and large scale integrated development and (b) working capital requirements and general corporate purpose . The notes will be guaranteed by LPKR and its subsidiaries. Citigroup and Deutsche Bank were joint global coordinators and lead managers in the issuance.
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Public and Employment Law barristers from 11KBW will tackle the big questions in local authority law for Wales. They will look at what’s happening in legislation and case law across a number of key
areas, and what it means for authorities, their in-house legal teams and advisers.
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On 30 April 2012 representatives of GRATA Law Firm (Finance and Securities Department) took part in internal legal seminar held by JSC DB Sberbank.
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Lidings' Counsel Stepan Guzey participated
in the All-Russian Congress «State Regulation of Subsoil Usage 2012» which took
place in Moscow,
23-24 April.