Scaling Success: Hanley Energy’s Journey From Ireland to the U.S.
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Outbound Investments and CFIUS Review
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - How Foreign Companies Can Protect Their IP and Brand in the U.S.
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Business Etiquette and Intercultural Communications Around the Globe
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Privacy & Cybersecurity Considerations for Non-U.S. Companies
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 1
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Pillar Two Analysis: An Asia Pacific Viewpoint
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Gearing Up for Pillar Two
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Economic Incentives for Foreign Companies Entering the U.S.
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Corporate Considerations for Scaling Across Borders
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - U.S. Tax Considerations for Scaling Across Borders
AGG Talks: U.S. Bankruptcy Basics for Foreign Investors
10 Things Lawyers Should Know About BVI Transactions
Nota Bene Episode 109: Asia Q1 Check In: China’s Emergence as the Number One World Economy and New Hegemonic Role in Asia with Paul Kim
The Evolution of Cross-Border Restructuring Processes
Nota Bene Episode 93: Navigating the New Global Cybersecurity Compliance Landscape with Scott Giordano
National Security Podcast: US Government Zeros in on China
Nota Bene Episode 85: Trade Wars - The Rise of Export Controls and the Impact on the Growth of Technology with Reid Whitten
Nota Bene Episode 80: South Korea’s Bellwether on the Pandemic Market Recovery with Paul Kim
In Nuctech Warsaw (T-284/24), the EU Court of Justice held that EU subsidiaries can lawfully be required to provide access to email accounts and data held by their overseas parent company. The ruling involved the following...more
The U.S. and the U.K. are focused on common national security risks, including preventing foreign access to key emerging technologies, the integrity of the defense supply chain, protection of critical infrastructure, and...more
On January 1, 2024, the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) took effect. For the first time, many U.S. companies—including U.S. subsidiaries of UK...more
Changes to the beneficial ownership regime took effect on 31 July 2024 and enforcement relating to the new requirements is suspended until early 2025. Many entities that previously had few or no obligations will have to...more
The Cayman Islands is now set to be removed from the EU anti-money laundering (AML) list. This action follows the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) monitoring group on 27 October 2023 and subsequent removal...more
The attractiveness of the United Kingdom as a business location is unabated. There are many advantages to doing business in the UK. Investors can draw on a skilled workforce and access a large market; costs of labour and...more
This note describes in outline the laws and taxes which currently apply to a foreign corporation establishing a business operation in the United Kingdom and the administrative requirements which need to be observed once the...more
The identification of where a company is resident is a critical element in accessing the benefits of a double tax treaty. GE Financial Investments Limited (“GEFI Limited”) was a UK incorporated and tax resident company...more
This briefing is the fifth in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks the...more
On February 8, 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and the High Court held in a joint ruling that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) does not have the power under section 26 of the Competition Act 1998...more
The deadline for registration as an Overseas Entity is fast approaching and by 31 January 2023, all qualifying overseas entities, who own freehold land or property in the UK (or leasehold land of more than seven years), must...more
The Cayman Islands, as a British Overseas Territory, is a party, through the United Kingdom, to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (‘the Hague...more
On 1 August, a new Register of Overseas Entities under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 came into force, requiring overseas entities that currently own land in the United Kingdom to register verified...more
The United Kingdom ("UK") Qualifying Asset Holding Company ("QAHC") regime (at Schedule 2 to Finance Act 2022) comes into force on 1 April 2022. The HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") policy paper dated 27 October 2021 states:...more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER BRITISH LAW - 1. Introduction - Historically, there has been significant investment by overseas individuals and corporations in real estate in England and Wales and in...more
The priorities will impact non-US companies who may face a US DOJ with a renewed emphasis on combating corporate crime. In a recent speech that has garnered significant attention, the Deputy Attorney General of the...more
On 27 October 2021, HM Treasury, BEIS and HMRC published a consultation paper seeking views on proposals for a UK re-domiciliation regime under which foreign-incorporated companies could change their place of incorporation to...more
On 6 April 2021, an amendment was introduced to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/3132) (the “CPR”) at Part 6 concerning service out of the jurisdiction. The change is of interest where at least one or more...more
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. As the UK gets used to life outside the EU and implements...more
Organizations in the United States often ask us how to comply with GDPR. But starting with that question skips a key inquiry: the extent to which GDPR applies to a US company in the first place....more
The Issue: The UK Supreme Court was asked to decide whether section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 granted the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") powers to compel the production of documents held outside the United Kingdom. ...more