06 Nov
Member News, News

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira Gives Fresh Impetus To New York Office And Appoints New Managing Partner

Elena Cuatrecasas moves from Barcelona office to manage the firm’s US office Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira gives fresh impetus to its New York office, and appoints Elena Cuatrecasas as its managing partner there. The partner will move from the Barcelona office to take over from Miguel Ángel Melero, who held the position in New York between 2010 and 2014 and is now returning to the Madrid office. Elena Cuatrecasas will promote the firm’s international expansion from a strategic position. She stated: “Combined...

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06 Nov
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Equities Enjoy Modest Post-Election Bounce, Nothin’ Much for CMBS

Forty years ago yesterday, Stevie Wonder had the number one song on the Billboard charts with "You Haven't Done Nothin." (Incidentally, Wonder is playing New York's Madison Square Garden tonight.) If you know which superstar group provided background vocals on the politically charged funk song you will be immediately inducted into the TreppWire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While US stocks saw a nice little post-election bump, you could say the CMBS market didn't do nothin' on Wednesday. Trading volume...

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05 Nov
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Ogletree Deakins Named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Fourth Consecutive Year

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm has been named “Law Firm of the Year” in the Labor Law - Management category in the 2015 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list.This is the fourth consecutive year that Ogletree Deakins has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” and the second consecutive year...

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05 Nov
Chapter News, News

Atlantic Council: Interview with Anthony Gardner, US Ambassador to the European Union

TTIP is clearly going to be a prominent issue but it faces serious opposition in some EU countries, especially on the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and other matters such as GMOs. What, if anything, can and should the US do to address that opposition? "The fundamental reason the United States and the EU agreed to pursue the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to build on what is already a very successful trade and investment relationship – with bilateral...

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04 Nov
Chapter News, News

EU gears up for 2030 with more emissions reductions

The Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, today releases its annual Progress Report assessing the headway on climate action. According to latest estimates, EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 fell by 1.8% compared to 2012 and reached the lowest levels since 1990. So not only is the EU well on track to reach the 2020 target, it is also well on track to overachieve it. The Progress Report also for the first time provides data on the use of...

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04 Nov
Member News, News

Arendt & Medernach’s Claude Kremer elected to the Board of Directors of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA)

We are happy to announce that Claude Kremer, one of the founding partners of Arendt & Medernach, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) at their annual meeting in Canberra on 21 October 2014. Claude has dedicated his professional life to investment funds and is one of the top specialists in the European fund industry. In 2005, he was a member of the EU Commission expert group on market efficiency for the asset...

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04 Nov
Chapter News, News

2014 Autumn Economic forecast: Slow recovery with very low inflation

The European Commission's autumn forecast projects weak economic growth for the rest of this year in both the EU and the euro area. Real GDP growth is expected to reach 1.3% in the EU and 0.8% in the euro area for 2014 as a whole. MORE INFORMATION: Speech by Vice-President Jyrki Katainen and Commissioner Pierre Moscovici DOCUMENT. European Economic Forecast - Autumn 2014 Autumn Economic Forecast – powerpoint presentation More information on the Autumn forecast 2014

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03 Nov
Member News, News

USCIS Will Begin Accepting Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions for FY 2016 on April 1, 2015

The filing period for “new” H-1B petitions to be counted against the annual H-1B quota (the “H-1B cap”) for FY 2016 will begin on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Cap-subject H-1B petitions will have an employment start date of October 1, 2015, or later. In preparation for the opening of the FY 2016 H-1B filing period, employers are strongly encouraged to begin identifying current and future employees who will need H-1B visa status to be legally employed in the United...

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03 Nov
Chapter News, News

Juncker Commission takes office

Today the Juncker Commission is officially starting its term of office that will run until 31 October 2019. On this occasion, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: "Thanks to the democratic support of European citizens, the European Parliament and Heads of State and government, today the new Commission takes office. Now it's time to roll up the sleeves and get down to work. Europe's challenges cannot wait. As of today, my team and I will work hard to deliver Europe...

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01 Nov
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

Report of the Seventh Round of TTIP Negotiations

"Both sides also agreed on the importance of further strengthening outreach to SME's to familiarize them with the opportunities of TTIP negotiations and get further input on their specific concerns." The European Commission published a report outlining the accomplishments of the seventh round of TTIP negotiations which took place from September 29 to October 3 in Washington DC. The report summarizes key decisions in every negotiating area, calling for further outreach to SMEs to better communicate their opportunities in TTIP...

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