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Legal Insights

Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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Oliva-Ayala Spanish Interview

How Preventative Counsel Is Changing Criminal Defense

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Ayala Gómez discusses Oliva-Ayala's 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for criminal defense law in Spain.

Panama Papers

Panama Papers: Evasion and Avoidance

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Attorneys from across the world consider what the future holds for businesses and individuals with foreign holdings and investments.

Corporate Criminal Compliance Spain

Corporate Criminal Compliance in Spain

Victor Jimenez Carbayo

Four issues must be fulfilled: a legal person can be punished for the crime, the individual who has committed the crime is a member of the organization, the corporation directly or indirectly benefits, and the corporation has not implemented any measures to prevent the commission of the crime.

Contractual Partner

Is Your Contractual Partner Insolvent or under Criminal Investigation?

Violeta Saranciuc and Cosmin Vasile

This is how it may affect your ongoing dispute.

Cuatrecasas Law Firm of the Year Interview

Opening Pandora's Box in Portuguese Tax Law

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Diogo Ortigão Ramos discusses Cuatrecasas' 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for tax law in Portugal.

Meet Viktor Yanukovych's Lawyer

Olga Prosyanyuk of Aver Lex on Her Criminal Defense Practice

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Aver Lex won the 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award for Criminal Defense in Ukraine.

Incomplete Tax Expenses

Incomplete Tax Expenses

Sergey Pepeliaev

Economists are very robust in pushing their ideas forward into legislation, and lawyers often pay no attention to the legal inconsistency of such innovations.

Cross-Border Reorganizations

Recent Case Law on Cross-Border Reorganizations

Marie-Hélène Raffin

The Euro Park decision is bound to facilitate the application of the French favorable tax regime to cross border mergers and spin-offs.

An Interview With Bougartchev Moyne Associés

An Interview With Bougartchev Moyne Associés

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France’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree in Criminal Defense Law

Tax Saving Opportunities

Tax Saving Opportunities under Puerto Rico Incentives

Alexis R. González-Pagani

Puerto Rico offers a variety of attractive incentives packages that cover multiple industry sectors.

Fintech Law

Fintech Law: A Dynamic Space

Catherine M. Brennan

If a true lender challenge is successful, the Fintech company may face significant civil and criminal penalties for failing to be licensed as a lender, and the loans may be usurious and void in some jurisdictions.

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Legal Marijuana Enterprises and Federal Criminal Liability

Ambrosio Rodriguez

If the trend of decriminalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana for recreational and/or medicinal purposes continues, marijuana may be widely available across the country within a matter of years.

A Strange Look into Criminal Justice

A Strange Look into Criminal Justice

Eva Saviano

Making A Murderer’s Dean Strang fights for the fair administration of criminal justice.

LFOTY Interview With KM Partners Ukraine

Q&A With Alexander Minin of KM Partners, 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" Winner for Tax Law in Ukraine

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Alexander Minin discusses his tax practice at the 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" winning firm.

ECOFIN Reaches Tax Agreement

ECOFIN reaches political agreement on Anti-Tax Avoidance

Mariano Roca López

EU finance ministers reached a new agreement March 13 to tackle aggressive tax schemes in the EU.

Bluff, Bluster, Badger, Beg, and Barrister

Bluff, Bluster, Badger, Beg, and Barrister

Joel Hirschhorn

Pursuing Favorable Outcomes in White-Collar Defense When the Deck Is Stacked

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Could the Feds Make a Felony Case out of a Lost Lunch Receipt?

Jesse Gessin

“If this is the law, nobody is safe.”

Colorado’s New “Red Flag” Law

Colorado’s New “Red Flag” Law for Extreme Risk Protection Orders

James H. Chalat

Preventing Mass Shootings

New Tax in Catalonia: Tax on Companies’ Non-P

New Tax in Catalonia: Tax on Companies’ Non-Productive Assets

Mariano Roca López

The New Tax Is Levied Annually on Entities That Own Certain Non-Productive Assets

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Interview

Monica Biringer and Firoz Ahmed on Canada's Changing Tax Practice

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The attorneys from Canada's 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" winning Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt look at their achievements over the past year.

Three Steps to Contest Tax Penalties

Three Steps to Follow when Contesting Tax Penalties

Anthony E. Rebollo

Take these steps to avoid paying hefty tax penalties.

Baraona Fischer & Cia LFOTY

Baraona Fischer & Cia on the Changes Coming to Tax Law in Chile

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Juan Manuel Baraona of the 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" award-winner for Tax Law in Chile discusses forthcoming regulations, career highlights, and his secrets to success in an interview with Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer.

Worker’s Compensation Law: A Life’s Lesson

Worker’s Compensation Law: A Life’s Lesson

Andrew J. Edelberg

As successful as I became these past years, the very harsh and stark reality of my clients’ positions and lives sank in more than ever.

Business Environment in Brazil

The Incredible Improvement in the Business Environment in Brazil in the Last 10 Years

José Vinícius Bicalho Costa, Jr.

Often we come across statements about the complex business environment in Brazil—questions about the difficulties of starting a business, the slowness of the judiciary, and the legal aspects of tax, labor, and business.

Tax Law's Messi Doctrine

The “Messi Doctrine”: Tax Advisors Could Be Prosecuted for Their Tax Advice and Meet the Same Fate Than Their Clients

Mariano Roca López

Could lawyers be held responsible for their client's fraudulent activity?

Social Change Amid #MeToo

Lecher Pays

Ann E. Evanko and Katherine L. Wood

Can social change be sped up via legislation? A key provision of the recent tax-law overhaul, clearly written with #MeToo in mind, suggests it can.

Konstantin Mikhel

Q&A with Konstantin Mikhel at Vlasova Mikhel & Partners

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A Q&A with Konstantin Mikhel of Vlasova Mikhel & Partners about his experiences and the legal field in Belarus.

Cole Schotz

Henry M. Matri, Hackensack "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law 2017

Cole Schotz

Hank Matri co-chairs the corporate department at Cole Schotz that he founded nearly three decades ago.

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