The European Commission recently announced new legislation to address work-life balance and women’s underrepresentation in the labour market. Across the EU, the overall rate of employment of women is still 11.5 percentage points lower than that of men and it estimates that the economic loss due to the gender employment…
In a nutshell: Issuance of bearer shares not permissible anymore after 1 January 2020. Automatic conversion of existing…
Cooperation agreement between Brazil and Chile In April 2019, Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) and Chile’s…
On 21 March 2019, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the Final Regulations) relating to FATCA verification and certification requirements. FATCA Sponsoring entities, trustees of trustee documented trusts (TDTs) and compliance financial institutions should review their FATCA compliance under the Final Regulations to ensure compliance. The Final…
Despite geopolitical shifts, uncertainty and various factors that seem to affect numerous sectors, the global luxury and fashion…
We are pleased to invite you to the ICC-Baker McKenzie Thirteenth Annual Conference 2019 on “Trends and Developments…
Across the globe, tax is at the top of the agenda in newsrooms and boardrooms alike, owing to a marked rise in the number of cases being contested. New research Baker McKenzie recently conducted shows that the amount of tax globally under dispute is so large that it wipes out…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of whether the IRS is able to access information about bankers and other third parties.
A Swiss Federal Criminal Court shined some light on the Swiss approach regarding the scope of the legal privilege.
Building on the success of 2016’s “EMEA Corporate Liability Handbook,” we are pleased to present you with the first global edition that collates and describes in detail the corporate liability and corporate crime regimes of countries in Asia, EMEA and the Americas.