Business France today published its “2017 Annual Report: Foreign investment in France. The international development of the French economy”.   In 2017, France basked in the renewed confidence of foreign investors, whose investment decisions were an acknowledgement of France’s potential, highlighting the country’s key strengths in various job-creating and high value-added sectors.   On average, 25 foreign investment decisions were made in France every week throughout the year. France attracted a total of 1,298 new job-creating foreign investments in 2017 – up 16% from...

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By Tim Rezendes | Osborne Clark The growing digital economy, shifting demands of tenants and the convergence of technology within the real estate sector will have significant implications in the coming years for all companies who occupy commercial real estate, technology companies, real estate developers, operators and investors.  Some of the key factors forcing these changes are: The changing property occupier work styles, office needs and demographics e.g.: Companies moving to open floor plans, diverse working locations and break-out spaces within the...

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By Grant D. Petersen (Tampa)| Simon J. McMenemy (London) | Hendrik Muschal (Berlin)| Danielle Vanderzanden (Boston) | Stephen A. Riga (Indianapolis) On March 27, 2018, Helen Dixon, the data protection commissioner for Ireland, outlined the enforcement priorities of the Irish data protection authority (DPA) for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) during the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The Irish DPA has been ramping up its compliance capabilities for the GDPR and will undoubtedly serve as the lead DPA for GDPR...

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  By  Jim Blaeser | Esben Christensen | Srini Gopal | Brian Nemeth | Henry Pringle The industry enjoyed modest improvement in 2017, but it still needs to address the dual challenges of rising costs and oversupply—driven mostly by fleet expansion—to keep the momentum going. Download the full report HERE Compliments of Alix Partners

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By Giulio Coraggi | DLA Piper Italian companies can now rely on guidelines on how to comply with the European privacy regulation (GDPR) which unvail some interesting positions.  After the French and the Dutch data protection authorities, the Italian privacy regulator, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, (the “Italian DPA“) issued its 6 step methodology on the GDPR which aims at also increasing awareness on the most relevant changes introduced: 1. More detailed consent and broader legitimate interest As already provided by the current regime, any type of processing...

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  Discover Luxembourg's space adventure and the challenges the space industry will face in the next decade with our latest video.   We continuously supported the space and satellite industries and have developed our expertise and experience in these domains. We are now really looking forward to helping other businesses on their journeys into space.   Would you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated team:   Bob Calmes, PartnerLaurent Schummer, PartnerBlazej Gladysz, Senior Associate     Compliments of Arendt & Medernach, a member of...

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By Maureen McGetrick | Partner | BDO | mmcgetrickbdo.com | 212‑885‑8391. Every type of industry is impacted by the passing of the bill known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and the construction industry was not left out of the party.  However, the precise impact will depend upon the structure of the business and the nature of its operations. For construction businesses organized as C corporations, the most significant changes are the reduction in the corporate tax rate, the 100-percent bonus depreciation deduction,...

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By Dirk Van Gerven | Arie Van Hoe |  Geert Raaijmakers | Suzanne Rutten | Greet Wilkenhuysen Much will undoubtedly be written about these reforms in the coming months. Our BeNeLux team is pleased to have this opportunity to explain to you the most important points and guiding principles. We will closely follow further developments and will be sure to keep you informed.Luxembourg reformed its company law in 2016. The Netherlands and Belgium are in the process of doing likewise.In recent years, a number of European countries have...

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By: Jian-Cheng Ku,  Shee Boon Law, Ph.D., Sachin Sachdeva The European Commission has released draft proposals outlining its proposed approaches to taxing profits of digital businesses in the European Union.    The Commission's proposed plan, released on March 21, 2018, envisages two approaches: (i) a comprehensive solution, which is intended as a long-term solution in the form of a proposed EU Directive; and (ii) a targeted solution − an interim measure to fill in the gap until a comprehensive solution has been agreed and...

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VULCAN VIEW: KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: FACEBOOK DATA BREACH Further revelations show up to 87m Facebook users data hit Facebook’s data breach continues to escalate as the company this week admitted that it believes up to 87 millions of its users  may have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. These latest figures are a dramatic increase from last week’s initial revelations that up to 50 million Facebook users had their data mined from the data analytics company. Speaking to reporters about the breach,...

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