ArticleEffective Crisis Management Should Attract Foreign Investors To GermanyLike other countries, Germany was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. GermanyGovernment, Public SectorVistra
ArticleThe EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Is No Longer LawfulFrom 16 July 2020, transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S. using the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield mechanism are no longer compliant with the GDPR.GlobalPrivacyVistra
ArticleGDPR - Should Accountants Be Concerned?The General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) is new data protection legislation that comes into effect on 25 May 2018. United KingdomPrivacyVistra
ArticleUK Employers Need To Know About These Good Work Plan Changes To Written StatementsA number of important new employer requirements went into effect this month in England, Scotland and Wales. The changes follow former Prime Minister Theresa May's Good Work Plan consultations in late 2018. United StatesEmployment and HRVistra
ArticleOECD Proposals Could Change The Way We Tax The Digital EconomyDigital devices are everywhere these days, making water cleaner, helping educate children in remote regions, and letting some of us watch TV shows on our smartphones during morning commutes.United StatesTaxVistra
ArticleThe Netherlands' New Posted Worker Requirement In An EU ContextA new Netherlands regulation goes into effect March 1, and will align with an updated EU directive governing EU workers who are temporarily posted to another EU country where they don't normally work. European UnionEmployment and HRVistra
ArticleNew U.S. Visa Restrictions Curb Foreign HiringNew U.S. visa restrictions effective until the year's end will make it harder both for American companies to hire foreign workers and for multinationals to transfer their workers to the U.S.United StatesImmigrationVistra
ArticleRemote Work: Permanent Establishment And Other Corporate Tax ConsiderationsMultinational organisations have been operating during a pandemic for six months now. Over that span many employers have increasingly ...United StatesTaxVistra
ArticleWhat It Takes To Expand Into The UK: Pete Doyle InterviewThe UK's coming exit from the European Union has made headlines for years now, and for good reason. Even apart from the EU, ...United KingdomTaxVistra
ArticleAre Emerging Market Clients A Mix Of Quasi Private Client, Corporate And Fund In Nature?The global, double dip, recession has now been with us since 2008 and over the last 5 years the environment seems to have simply got harder and harder.JerseyWealth ManagementVistra
ArticleCaroline Baker On Venture Capital Trends And The Lure Of Southeast AsiaTrade tensions, Chinese debt reduction and other factors have led to a 90 percent drop in Chinese investment into the U.S. over the last couple of years. Despite this declineUnited StatesFinance and BankingVistra
ArticleNew BVI Fund Products: Incubator Fund And Approved FundThe Incubator Fund is a start-up fund product which offers investment managers an easy to set up and cost-efficient solution for implementing an investment strategy with low up-front costs and limited ongoing obligations. British Virgin IslandsFinance and BankingVistra
ArticleOIL Opinion - Smoke, Mirrors And Offshore RegulationLook beyond the political hyberbole about offshore financial centres and you find an industry that is responding to new commercial imperatives and is better managed and more regulated than ever before.JerseyWealth ManagementVistra
ArticleNew EU VAT Rules For Online Commerce: Sales From Outside The EUIn part one of this post, we looked at how EU e-commerce businesses can comply with VAT rules that will take effect in 2021. United StatesTaxVistra
ArticleUnderstanding The New BEAT And FTC Regulations2 December 2019 was a fruitful day for the international tax community and multinational enterprises.United StatesTaxVistra
PodcastThe Surge Ahead: Powering The Future Of AI (Podcast)With rapid advancements in AI, the energy sector is facing a critical power challenge as companies are investing billions of dollars into improving and scaling up this new technology.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
ArticleStructuring UK Property Investments Through LuxembourgFollowing a change in UK law in 2015, it has become harder for non-UK residents to make tax-efficient investments in UK property. LuxembourgReal Estate and ConstructionVistra
ArticleContract Frustration – Seeing Into The Future?An impasse was reached between Kendlebell and the franchisees which was resolved by deeds of termination and releases executed between December 2011 and January 2012.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawVistra
ArticleWhy Are Reliable Board Minutes So Important?In this post, we will consider why taking board meeting minutes is important and discuss the overall risk to the business caused by failing to produce accurate minutes. United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawVistra
ArticleFour Steps Your Company Can Take To Reduce Global Mobility RisksSending an employee on assignment to another country is financially and administratively burdensome. Many estimates put the cost of employing an expatriate worker at two ...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawVistra