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Andersen Global Adds Depth to African Presence; Announces Collaboration with Madagascar-Based Tax and Legal Firm
The firm Headed by Office Managing Partner Hanna Gräfin Keyserlingk, HK Jurifisc has a team of over 30 professionals and offers a holistic service capability which includes tax, legal, recruitment, HR and immigration support services. The firm’s tax and legal practice areas include business and corporate law, labor and social security law, banking, real estate, […]
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Register of historical trademarks to protect the Made in Italy during the restart
Our professionals analyze the advantages and disadvantages of trademark registration by local companies in the Register of historic trademarks of national interest (Registro dei Marchi storici di interesse nazionale) to safeguard the so-called Made in Italy in an article published by IPSOA Quotidiano. The restrictions applied during the health emergency affected the representatives of the production and […]
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Company claim of directors’ liability and the individual shareholder’s claim
The title originates from a legislative comparison between the rules governing the liability of directors which are apparently very different in the two most common types of Italian legal entities. Indeed, it is well known that the legislator of the 2003’ reform, structuring limited liability companies’ (S.r.l.) directors liability, on the one hand, has exalted […]
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Restrictive contract clauses within the discipline of Consumer Code
The Court of Cassation recently, on April 28, 2020, expressed a principle on restrictive contract clauses and consumer contracts according to which “in the case of contracts drawn up unilaterally by the trader, two requirements for the validity of restrictive clauses have to be met. The first requirement concerns direct knowledge of the clause derogating […]
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Ordinance of the Lombardy italian Region: further preventive measures in the workplace
The President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, signed Regional Ordinance no. 546 last May 13. This ordinance introduces safety measures in all workplaces in Lombardy (e.g. production activities, offices, shops, etc.). The measures will be effective from May 18 until May 31. Surely the most important measure introduced by the ordinance is that .the […]
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Andersen Global Debuts in Mauritania, Continuing its West Africa Expansion
The firm Chinguity Law is a full-service legal practice founded in 2009 and is comprised of more than six attorneys practicing throughout the country. The firm has two locations in Nouakchott and represents individuals, small to medium-sized businesses and international corporations. The firm specializes in an array of sectors including family, business, employment, banking and […]
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Procedure for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards
It is a controversial question in doctrine and jurisprudence whether the decree of recognition of the foreign arbitral award issued pursuant to Article 839 of the Italian Civil Procedure Code (c.p.c.) attributes enforceable effectiveness to the award, or whether the latter, in order to become enforceable, must await the expiry of the deadline for objection […]
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Registered merger transaction may not be challenged for procedural irregularity
All merger transactions under the Italian law shall follow the procedure set out in the Italian Civil Code. The final step of the procedure is the registration of the merger deed in the companies register, and according to article 2504 quater of the Italian Civil Code (I.C.C.), such a registration blocks challenges and disputes over […]
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Coronavirus has no impact on impairment test valuations in 2019 financial statements
The emergency caused by the Covid-19 is having a significant impact on the operations for the companies, including those concerning the preparation of financial statements. While preparing the financial statements, directors are wondering whether the current emergency is an element that should be taken into account when assessing impairment indicators and if the estimate of […]
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100% refunds for purchase of P.P.E.
Companies, regardless of their legal form, the sector in which they operate and the accounting regime adopted, can request reimbursement of 100% of the expenses incurred for the purchase of personal protective equipment (so-called P.P.E.). In fact, Invitalia in compliance with the Legislative Decree no.18/2020, better known as the CuraItalia Decree, has activated a call […]
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Right to health, contact tracing and privacy
Since the declaration of a state of emergency on 31st January, privacy has been at the center of the debate. the adoption of measures of an extraordinary and urgent nature is justified by the need to safeguard the collective interest in public security, including the protection of the personal data of natural persons. The right […]
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Andersen Global Strengthens Eastern Europe Presence and Debuts in Ukraine
The firm Founded in 2004, Sayenko Kharenko is one of the largest law firms in Ukraine with 17 Partners and more than 120 total professionals. The firm specializes in complex cross-border and local matters and provides services for a variety of industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, agriculture, energy, retail and natural resources. “Our tax practice has […]
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Tax bonus for the sanitization of workplaces
Alessandro Poli, Associate Partner of Andersen in Italy, explains how to obtain the tax credit for the sanitization activities in an article published by IPSOA Quotidiano. The Legislative Decree so-called “Cura Italia” introduced the possibility to ask for a tax credit (50%) for the sanitizing expenses of the working premises and equipment up to a […]
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Multinational groups should review transfer pricing policies
Maricla Pennesi, Partner and Head of Tax area, and Stefano Rossi, Partner, delve deeper into the impact of the health emergency on transfer pricing policies in an article published by Il Sole 24 Ore. Following the inconveniences caused by the global spread of the Covid-19 virus, multinationals groups were forced to edit supply contracts appealing […]
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The future of football contracts
Our legal expert in labor law, Matteo Amici, inquires the validity of the contracts of engagement for professional soccer players in an article published by the magazine CF – Calcio e Finanza. Our lawyer analyzes the impact of the health emergency and the related measures for the extension of the deadlines for sports work relationships, […]
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Supervision of the Auditors Statutory Board during COVID-19 emergency
The Auditors Statutory Board must continue to carry out its function of monitoring according to the Law and to carry out the usual periodic checks. It must also verified if the requirements imposed by the various Prime Ministerial Decree are compliant. The current context in which the control bodies are operating is unusual: the restrictions […]
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News about suspension of payments
Paragraph 1 of the new article 61, which also includes bookshop owners who are not included in publishing groups directly managed by them, has widened the range of taxpayers who can, without further conditions, benefit from the extension of the payments relating to – withholding taxes on income from employed and similar, social security and welfare contributions […]
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Misappropriation of company’s files
The Court of Cassation has recently confirmed the charges for the crime of embezzlement with reference to the conduct of an employee who, after his resignation – followed by the hiring at a new company, operating in the same sector – had returned the company’s notebook with the hard disk formatted, taking possession of the […]
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Denied access to the composition with creditors for companies deleted from the commercial register
With a recent ruling (S.C. n.4329/2020), the Supreme Court once again addressed the issue of the relationship between the cancellation of the company from the register of companies (by the Article 2495 of the Civil Code), whose bankruptcy is requested within one year of cancellation (Article 10 of the Bankruptcy Law), and the access to […]
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New protocol for safety in the workplace
On 24 April 2020, the “Shared Protocol to regulate measures to counter and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace”, signed on 14 March 2020 , was amended. The purpose of the document is to ensure the continuation of production activities by protecting workers with adequate protective measures. If the Protocol is […]
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