China recently issued a notice regarding the access by foreign investors to the Real Estate market. According to previous national legislation, aimed to cool down the real estate sector, foreign investors (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan nationals) were subject to special restrictions in order to invest in Chinese real estate, such as the maximum… Read More
After more than two years and a half of negotiations, an agreement in principle for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Europe and Vietnam has been signed few days ago. This agreement has the scope to boost the exchanges between the European and Vietnamese operators removing nearly every tariff on traded goods. The agreement won’t… Read More
After more than a century and a half in force, the current Civil Code will be finally substituted. In fact, on August 1st, the new unified Civil and Commercial Code is bound to entry into force in Argentina. The new Code, approved by the Parliament in October 2014, is the result of a years’ long… Read More
The recent reform, known as “Jobs Act”, follows the previous one called “Riforma Fornero”. Both reforms are willing to give more flexibility to the labour market and more certainty about the ending phase of an open ended working contract with an employee, allowing entrepreneurs to know perfectly how much could cost to fire an employee… Read More
Have you ever heard about great projects of new economy such as Skype, Transferwise, Playtech, smart ID card, e-residency, … subcontracting for electronics and ICT industries, world’s most innovative banking platforms and more? All these are created and developed in Estonia. The well-established e-Estonia project means signing a legally-binding contract over the Internet, from anywhere… Read More
The extant Foreign Direct Investment policy for Insurance sector has since been reviewed and further liberalized. Accordingly, with immediate effect, FDI in Insurance sector shall be permitted up to 49% subject to the revised conditions specified in the Press Note 3 (2015 Series) dated March 2, 2015. Also, a new activity viz. “Other Insurance Intermediaries… Read More