Investor-State arbitration and sustainable development: environmental-related claims on the rise
Disputes related to environmental matters are frequent in the context of investor-state arbitration and are likely to increase in years to come. Claims vary from alleged breaches by host states because of environmental permit denials to…
Highlights of the Revised Negative Lists for Foreign Investment Access
“Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access (Negative List) (2019 Edition)” and the “Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Trade Zones (Negative List) (2019 Edition)”…
Libra: the legal and regulatory aspects will be decisive for the new currency
The Libra Association, founded by Facebook and 27 other organizations, intends to promote the construction of a global financial infrastructure and issue from it a new cryptocurrency called Libra, enabling operators to carry out payment transactions…
About the PRC Foreign Investment Law – Things Foreign Investors Should Know
On March 15th, 2019, the National People’s Congress of the PRC approved the PRC Foreign Investment Law, which will come into force on January 1st, 2020, repealing simultaneously the present foreign investment legal framework formed by…
Things to know on the Chinese pricing tag
To the retail operators, administrative penalty imposed on price cheating is one of the most common administrative penalties they would face in their daily operation. Price Cheating, as provided in the Pricing Law of the People's Republic…
These are Spain's measures to prepare for a no-deal Brexit in the fields of employment, judicial cooperation, financial services and customs
The Spanish government has adopted a range of contingency measures to prepare for the event of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without an agreement on March 30, 2019. They are temporary measures approved through Royal Decree-Law 5/2019…
“Blockchain can help to improve problems in the musical industry, the distribution of royalties”
Interview with Antonio Delgado (member of the advisory board), and Eric Jordi (responsible for Business & Legal Affairs), at Unison.
China Publishes New Draft of Foreign Investment Law
On December 26, 2018, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China published the draft Foreign Investment Law (New Draft), seeking for public opinions. This draft is considered as an updated version based on a draft made by China’s…
Implementation of Scope Expansion of Deferred Withholding Tax Policy on Distributed Profits Reinvested by Foreign Investors for Direct Investment
The Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation (SAT), the National Development and Reform Committee and the Ministry of Commerce have jointly released Cai Shui (2018) No. 102, Circular on Expanding the Applicable Scope of the…
The five main challenges lawmakers must tackle in the new Spanish Start-ups Law
Insight into the Upcoming New Individual Income Tax Law: A Remarkable Revolution in Chinese Taxation
The Individual Income Tax (“IIT”) Law of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) was first introduced in 1980. The prevailing IIT Law of PRC was revised in…
Will the Prague Rules on the taking of evidence change anything in International Arbitration?
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