Peru – South Korea Free Trade Agreement update *

Peru, South Korea - October 8 2010
On August 30, 2010, the Governments of the Republics of Peru ("Peru") and Korea ("South Korea") announced the conclusion of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement ("FTA") between the two countries, which is expected to enter into full force in mid-2011 after the conclusion of each country's internal ratification procedures.

Co-authors: Eric S. Jones, Charles F. Trucios.

California appellate court okays service on foreign corporations through service on their California subsidiaries in certain circumstances despite Hague Convention requirements *

USA - April 27 2010
Foreign companies doing, or planning on doing, business in California should be aware that a recent decision from the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District held that under certain circumstances a foreign corporation can be validly served in California by serving such corporation's California-based subsidiary despite the requirements of the Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters (the "Hague Service Convention").

Co-authors: Eric S. Jones.

U.S. and Chile sign convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital *

Chile, USA - March 24 2010
In an effort to provide certainty and stability of tax treatment for U.S. and Chilean cross-border investors, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Chilean Finance Minister Andrés Velasco signed on February 4, 2010 a new income tax treaty between the United States and Chile.

Co-authors: Michael A. Lehmann, Eric S. Jones.