Effective from the fiscal year starting after the fiscal year in progress to December 31, 2018 (i.e. from January 1, 2019 for calendar year companies), new Italian CFC rules were introduced.

The National Government seeks to promote a "Knowledge Economy Law" that replaces the current Software Law, with the ambitious objective of covering such important areas as robotics and biogenetics.

Intellectual property must be protected, and the holders of copyright have to count with several means in order to protect it, there have to be a fair balance with other rights at stake.

"The return to the ancients, understood as a return to the beginning, is what gives strength and life to everything"

In recent days the Motivated Opinion that the European Commission addressed to the Kingdom of Spain in February 2017 in relation to model 720 has been made public.

Italian Parliament approved the compulsory introduction, with some exemptions, of the electronic business-to-business (B2B) invoicing, effective from January 1st, 2019.

Last May 2018 the Commercial Issues Committee endorsed the Colombia affiliation to the OECD, which means that it becomes Member No. 37 of the Organization, and it is the third Latin American country accepted as a member after Mexico and Chile.

The ICSC New York Deal Making Conference was held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from December 4 – 6.  NYDMC is ICSC’s second largest conference, with about 10,000 in attendance this year.

With the end of the year approaching and the holiday shopping season in full swing, now is an ideal time for brand owners to audit their trademark portfolios.

Amazon’s highly anticipated announcement that New York City and Northern Virginia will be the locations for its “split” second headquarters ended a lengthy contest among major American cities vying to be selected.

The Netherlands offers a highly competitive business and investment climate. The pro-business environment and supporting policies have greatly increased the international popularity of the Netherlands as an investment location.

During November, companies that closed the fiscal year 2017 in December, must present the model 232 of informative declaration of related operations and of operations related to countries or territories considered as tax havens.

For the 6^th consecutive year, Manubens Lawyers once again will be attending MAPIC in Cannes, France – the leading International Retail Property Market Exhibition.

This has enabled us to develop strong relationships with retail clients, retail investors and developers from across the world.