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Financial services quarterly report

  • Dechert LLP
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  • Asia-Pacific, European Union, Germany, Luxembourg, Russia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 22 2012

Until recently, the Kingdom of Bahrain was the only choice for domiciling a collective investment vehicle within the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”

The Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and confirms that a tax system in which offshore companies avoid taxation constitutes a state aid scheme that is incompatible with the internal market

  • Stibbe
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 27 2012

In August 2002, the United Kingdom notified the Commission of the proposed reform of corporate tax which the Government of Gibraltar planned to introduce as a consequence of former Commission proceedings regarding tax measures applicable qualifying companies

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Commission refers Spain to the EU Court of Justice over discriminatory inheritance and gift tax rules

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • December 13 2011

The European Commission has concluded that Spanish inheritance and gift tax rules constitute an obstacle to the free movement of persons and capital in breach of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and therefore has decided to refer Spain to the EU Court of Justice for discriminatory tax rules that require nonresidents to pay higher taxes

Gibraltar’s tax advantages for offshore companies amount to state aid says the ECJ

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, Gibraltar
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  • December 1 2011

Gibraltar’s status as a tax haven has suffered a blow after the ECJ upheld a Commission decision that the proposed corporate tax reforms conferred material selective advantage on offshore companies

Changes to the Eu savings tax regime in the British Virgin Islands

  • Harney Westwood & Riegels
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  • British Virgin Islands, European Union
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  • September 1 2011

A new order has changed the way that the British Virgin Islands complies with the EU Savings Tax Directive

BVI adopts changes to EU Savings Tax regime

  • Harney Westwood & Riegels
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  • British Virgin Islands, European Union
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  • August 16 2011

The British Virgin Islands’ Mutual Legal Assistance (Tax Matters) Act, 2003 as amended in 2005 has given effect in the BVI to EC Directive 200348 on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments for the last six tax years

The European debt crisis: Key issues to consider when purchasing distressed European loan portfolios

  • Dentons
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  • European Union
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  • July 20 2011

As an increasing number of European banks look to move underperforming loans off their books, a number of funds are hoping to turn European bank woes into profitable endeavors

European Court of Justice decision in Prunus Sarl v. France (C-38409) has major tax implications for companies established in certain off shore tax havens or territories

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • June 9 2011

France for years has imposed an annual tax of 3 of the value of immovable property situated in France when that property was owned, directly or indirectly, by a legal person

No EU membership rights for overseas countries and territories: Case C-38409 Prunus

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 25 2011

The ECJ has handed down its decision in Prunus, reaching the same conclusion that Advocate-General Villalon did in December last year