Tax & Legal
Gregory P Joseph, Partner, Gregory P Joseph Law Offices
Gregory P Joseph has had an outstanding career in commercial law – litigating highly complex disputes with considerable stakes. In practice since 1975, he has seen significant changes in the way the US judiciary handles commercial cases, and won considerable victories along the way. He discusses the emerging trends in commercial litigation and a recent $268m judgement he secured for City Bank against Morgan Stanley.
May 16, 2012
Tax & Legal
Darío Oscós, Senior Partner, Oscós Abogados
It has been more than a decade since the Ley de Concursos Mercantiles – Mexico’s business reorganisation law – was enacted. But the law was never fit for purpose, and since then just 440 filings have been made. The recent case of Vitro demonstrates one of the critical flaws in the system: Darío Oscós discusses the company’s unique restructuring strategy, and how a truly modern insolvency system would prevent it.
April 18, 2012
Tax & Legal
Martin Litwak, Managing Partner, Litwak & Partners
As opportunities dry up in Europe, private equity investors are turning to emerging economies in Latin America to profit from these countries’ entrepreneurial spirits. Martin Litwak discusses Uruguay’s growing industries and the safest way for international investors to establish themselves in the region.
April 13, 2012
Tax & Legal
Revaz Beridze and David Eristavi, Eristavi Law Group
The World Bank Doing Business survey has identified Georgia as a top reformer, ranking it 16th for doing business and seventh for starting a business. Legislators have been working hard to remove bureaucratic requirements and reduce tax complexity, but businesses still require an expert local partner. Revaz and David from Eristavi Law Group discuss the recent growth areas for FDI.
April 6, 2012
Tax & Legal
Anastasios Triantafyllos, Partner, Pistiolis-Triantafyllos Associates
The Greek government is working hard and fast to reform its business environment and become more attractive to foreign investors. A key pillar in becoming more internationally competitive is reducing employment costs, and indeed labour law has changed more in the last 18 months than the preceding 18 years. Anastasios Triantafyllos discusses the potential for long-term reform in Greece.
March 30, 2012
Tax & Legal
Carlos Nicacio, Partner, Deloitte Brazil
One of the challenges for businesses in Brazil is how taxes are levied by multiple levels of government, in different ways across its states and municipalities. The country offers many benefits to alleviate its tax burden – but companies can require a larger tax department than in other jurisdictions to navigate the complexities. Deloitte’s Carlos Nicacio outlines the issues, and how Brazil’s transfer pricing legislation differs from the OECD standards.
March 28, 2012
Tax & Legal
Pedro Oller, Senior Partner, Oller Abogados
Costa Rica has been opening and expanding its economy since the 1990s, enacting significant free trade agreements and reforming its laws to enable international integration. Costa Rica’s business disputes, however, are still being resolved offshore. Pedro Oller has worked with the country’s government to reform their arbitration laws: he discusses his vision to make Costa Rica an arbitration hub in Latin America.
March 7, 2012
Tax & Legal
Vijay Sambamurthi, Founding Partner, Lexygen
India is a complex market for M&A and private equity. Cultural challenges – Indian business owners are often reluctant to surrender control – are compounded by regulatory ones – such as exchange controls and sector restrictions. In this context Lexygen is renowned for working on trend-setting, market-defining transactions. Vijay Sambamurthi discusses the importance of innovation in “Indianising” PE firms’ objectives and rationale.
February 13, 2012
Tax & Legal
Paul Stratford, UCITS IV Leader, Ernst & Young UK
UCITS IV, which came into force in July 2011, focused primarily on asset managers’ risk management obligations; but it has a number of broader implications for the industry. Paul Stratford discusses some of the structural changes already seen as managers grapple with the new KII requirements, as well as the opportunities for revenue growth and cost savings that asset managers can achieve.
February 10, 2012
Tax & Legal
Richard W Silverthorn, Attorney, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
The scale of today’s M&A transactions means corporate lawyers must call upon an incredible array of specialists – in tax, real estate, employment and anti-trust, to name but a few – to achieve a quality result for their clients. Richard W Silverthorn discusses the many strategic considerations of planning and executing a transaction, and the importance of experience and comprehensive due diligence.
February 3, 2012