This year’s conference was held under the motto “Less traditional. More Innovative”, reflective of the dynamic changes taking place in the retail real estate industry. True to this motto, the future of retail was on display in all corners of the Convention Center.

It has just been made public that the legislative proposal to force Portuguese Sephardic Jewish descendants to live 2 years in Portugal in order to receive Portuguese citizenship is no longer going forward.​

With the Law Decree n. 34 dated April 30, 2019, the Italian Government has just modified the tax special regimes provided in favor of researchers and lecturers (see my previous article of 2017) and other “incoming” people who decide to move to Italy. The above mentioned tax regimes are granted in order to encourage the scientific and technological development in Italy and “incoming” of human capital and provide important tax exemption from IRPEF (Italian personal income tax) and IRAP (Italian regional income tax) purposes.

Big box stores have recently been large contributors to the “retail apocalypse” facing owners of shopping centers with broad swaths of empty space.

According to Italian tax law, some specific incomes are taxable in Italy through a substitute withholding tax when are paid to foreign beneficiaries.

In the past few years, many industries have poured resources into exploring how they can use blockchain to grow.  The retail industry is no exception. 

According to article 6 of the tax treaty in force between Italy and France “income from immovable property, including income from agriculture or forestry, may be taxed in the State in which such property is situated”.

Actually, the above mentioned services – when supplied to non-taxable persons of member States - are subject to VAT in the member States of the client.

The impact of our work on our client´s lives and business are huge, because most of the time the development of their business activity depends on the security regarding the protection and the exclusivity of its IP rights.

Industry experts seem to agree that while traditional retailers may be on the decline, innovative stores that focus on “experiential retail” will continue to thrive.

Just weeks ago, New York made headlines as the second state to ban single-use plastic bags. The New York bag ban, which will take effect on March 1, 2020, is similar to California’s.

On February 2019 the new Code of business and insolvency crisis was published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale, implementing the reform of bankruptcy proceedings.

India gets ready to vote in the world's largest democratic exercise, commencing last week, from 11 April to 19 May. The number of voters is bigger than the population of Europe and Australia combined.