by Andrea Maura | Jul 20, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
Overview On April 29 2021, EIOPA (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) published a consultation paper on blockchain and smart contracts in insurance. Such initiative, that follows the public consultation on Open Insurance closed on April 28, 2021,...
by John Wolfs | Jul 6, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
After a long (European) legislative process, on July, 7 2020 the Registration Implementation Act was finally published in the Dutch Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees. This law paves the way for the introduction of the so-called UBO register. As of September 27,...
by Muthupandi Ganesan | Jun 17, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
Muthupandi Ganesan, S. Manuraj & Vadhana Bhaskar In March 2021, Oscar Davies, an English Barrister-at-law (called to the bar in 2018), became the first person known to be listed at Chambers in the U.K. with a gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx’, as opposed...
by Alessandro Grangiotti and Mariangela Zito | Jun 11, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
Italy is the first European country inspired by the American legislative initiative of 2010 to introduce with the 2016 Budget Law a similar business model into their legal system: the so called Società Benefit (SB), that integrates the profit-oriented economic...
by Muthupandi Ganesan | May 11, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
The benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) continue to be recognised by English Courts as well as internationally. The current ongoing pandemic has increased the speed and use of ADR and in particular mediation as an effective method in resolving a...
by John Wolfs | May 7, 2021 | Attorney Blogs, Insights
Every day, thousands of goods are imported into the European Union by importers and customs agents from so-called third countries. Goods imported from outside the European Union must be “cleared through customs” in order to bring the goods into free...